EDITORIAL As a result of merging of five regional societies of Turkey, the Federation of Societies of Pathology has been established in 2006 and Turkish Journal of Pathology has become the unique Journal of the Federation.
The vision of Turkish Journal of Pathology is high quality, easy accessibility and publishing continuity. Since 2006 the Editorial Boards have worked hard to get Turkish Journal of Pathology to reach the highest level. Speaking of the progress the Journal has achieved, it is our pleasure to inform you that Turkish Journal of Pathology has been indexed in PubMed of National Library of Medicine starting with the first issue of this year.
We acknowledge our former Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Şükrü Oğuz ÖZDAMAR for his great contribution to this progress and appreciate very much all contributions done by the referees and authors.
We have aimed so far that all Turkish pathologists and residents can have hardcopies of the Journal without any limitation and charge of delivery. Starting with this issue the Journal is still free of charge but readers must be a member of any regional society, to the Federation of Societies of Pathology website and update the personal information.
Finally I would like to comment on the current status of Turkish Journal of Pathology. It is obvious that the impact of the Journal has been beyond the borders of the Turkish Republic with many articles submitted from the neighbouring countries.
We are aware of that the scientific quality of submissions is of great importance not only to keep the level but also to improve it as well. We believe that we can achieve this only with your contributions.
With my best regards,
Professor Kutsal YÖRÜKOĞLU , M.D.
On behalf of the Editorial Board
