Dear Colleagues and Researchers,

I am honored to have been selected as the new Editor in Chief of the İstanbul Medical Journal. I want to thank our previous Editor in Chief, Dr. Tevfik Fikret Çermik, for his great effort over the years and success about getting registered in an international index. I also want to thank to associate editors and all previous Editors in Chief for supporting the journal with commitment.

As Editor in Chief, I will try to achieve a high-quality, and unbiased peer-review conducted promptly and provide a high standard of editing and publishing for every paper submitted. I will also try to ensure that the journal represents a wide range of academic and clinical interests with high-quality articles and to be widely recognized at an international level and be accepted in Pubmed over time.We hope to receive your contribution.

Kind regards,

MD, Feray AKBAŞ