Dear Colleagues,

FIRST TURKISH NATIONAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY CONGRESS ( 1^st TNPC) will take place in Istanbul, Turkey, from December 14 to 17, 2005. by  Gülhane Military Medical Academy,  Haydarpaşa Training Hospital,  Department of Psychiatry  and the staff of  the Bulletin  of  Clinical  Psychopharmacology  (Klinik Psikofarmakoloji Bülteni) associated with Gülhane Military Medical Academy,  Department of Medical  Pharmacology as to be the continuation of  the First  Gülhane Psychopharmacology Symposium which  was organized by GATA Medical Pharmacology Department in 1999 and the “International  Symposium of Recent Developments in Clinical  Psychopharmacology-” the first of which was organized in 1991 and the last in 1998 by the Gülhane Military Medical Academy Department of Psychiatry  Haydarpaşa Training Hospital and the staff of   Bulletin  of  Clinical  Psychopharmacology  (Klinik Psikofarmakoloji Bülteni).

At the 1^st TNPC, distinguished scientists from Turkey and abroad will bring the latest developments in psychopharmacology through conferences, panels, and satellite symposiums to the agenda, and participate in scientific discussions. At this congress, “Meet the Expert” sessions and workshops will be organized by the prominent scientists in their fields, and the attendees to these events will be awarded by certificates.

We hereby especially and kindly request you to complete the section included in this announcement with your views and recommendations embedded in and relay the same to us, since we consider realization of this congress with cooperative production and partake of all participants important and for that we believe in it.

I wish meeting you at 1^st TNPC, in Istanbul which is not an intercontinental city, a bridge between Asia and Europe, but the most famous and historical city of Turkey.   

Prof.Dr.Mesut Çetin
President of 1^st TNPC
Chair, Department of Psychiatry,
Gülhane Military Medicel Academy,
Haydarpaşa Training Hospital
Editor of the Bulletin of Clinical Psychopharmacology