Turkish Society of Cardiology that was founded in 1963 held the 30th Turkish Cardiology Congress with International Participation on October 23-26, 2014 with its experience of more than half a century.

We cordially invite you for sponsoring your doctors to participate in the 31^st Turkish Cardiology Congress with International Participation to be held on October 22 - 25, 2015, again in Antalya, a metropolis for more than 5000 years. The members of our 31 years old Arrhythmia Working Group, 30 years old Cardiac Imaging Working Group and the 27 years old TSC-Interventional Association will be happy to exchange their experience with your doctors. We are sure that the facts and figures of our 30th Congress would be convincing by themselves.

The scientific program was presented in 10 parallel halls with a wide spectrum in multi-level approach providing subjects of interest in all fields for all cardiologists, trainees and specialists from other fields participating in our Congress. All the sessions held in the major 3 halls were presented either in English or with simultaneous translation into English.

The participants approaching to 3000 indeed turned the 30th Congress into one of the prominent meetings at international level in terms of high quality scientific content and number of attendees, as described by our international participants. Our Congress was again accredited by EBAC and Turkish Medical Association.

This year, an increasing number of colleagues from the other continents and countries were with us at the 30th Congress besides colleagues from the member national cardiac societies of the European Society of Cardiology. Apart from the international faculty of celebrated authors in all aspects of the Cardiovascular Medicine, we hosted a significant number of audience from Albania, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, Kosovo, Macedonia, The Netherlands, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

60 scientific sessions programmed in the forms of “Symposia”, “Pro-Con Debates” and ”How-to Sessions” allowed us to update and discuss our recent knowledge on diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. The 13 Visual Interactive Certification Courses in Turkish and an international certification course on Advanced 3D Echocardiography improved clinical skills of our young cardiologists and they were totally booked three weeks before the Congress.

With the “Case Focused Sessions”, that were introduced in our 25th Congress, we provided a case based interactive discussion format for the clinicians who want to develop their practice.

Celebrated speakers who are the prominent authors of their respective fields from Turkey and from the world chaired and lectured in our sessions. The participants enthusiastically attended the Joint Sessions with ESC, American College of Cardiology (ACC), Turkic World Cardiology Association (TWCA), European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) and Turkish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery besides the sessions on New Guidelines, Evaluation of Cardiology Education and Training from the View of Turkish Board for Accreditation in Cardiology and the Young Cardiologists, Recent State of National Researches and Efficient Research Project Management with the participation of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey.

The authors and researchers from Turkey and all over the world made significant contributions to the success and scientific content of our 30th Congress with the carefully selected and meticulously prepared abstracts and interesting clinical cases which were presented in 26 sessions for Oral Presentations of 173 Scientific Abstracts and 9 sessions for Oral Presentations of 56 Clinical Cases. We are indebted to them and to our reviewers who evaluated each abstract and case with great devotion and attention.

We hope you will attend our 31st Turkish Cardiology Congress with International Participation which is already started to be organized meticulously and provide the opportunity for your doctors to be a part of this remarkable scientific event to be held in one of the best places on earth with its natural, archaeological, cultural aspects and genuine golf courses. We also expect you to encourage your doctors to submit their Scientific Abstracts which will be published in the Special Supplement of our Anatolian Journal of Cardiology which is fully indexed in SCI-E, PubMed and 9 other international indices.

We will be glad to host you in our 31st Turkish Cardiology Congress with International Participation and offer you a high grade scientific and social program this year in the amazing turquoise coast of Antalya.

Yours sincerely,

• Prof. Dr. Lale Tokgozoglu, FACC, FESC
  President

• Prof. Dr. Mahmut Sahin, FESC
  President Elect