Bosnian Turkish Cytopathology School
The Bosnian-Turkish Cytopathology School (BTCS) has been founded by the Turkish Division of the International Academy of Pathology (TDIAP), Turkish Society for Cytopathology, and the Department of Pathology and Cytology Clinical Center of the University of Sarajevo, with the purpose to facilitate the development of cytopathology in Bosnia Herzegovina and the region. The School has been initiated in 2016 with the great efforts and support of Professor Sitki Tuzlali, the secretary of the TDIAP, Dr. Semir Vranic and Dr. Faruk Skenderi.
| BTCS | Year | Date | Lecturers | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8th | 2024 | 25 May | Hakan Yıldız, Volkan Adsay, Nesrin Turhan, Pınar Uyar Göçün, Ayşegül Aksoy Altınboğa, Çisel Aydın, Şenay Erdoğan Durmuş, Levent Trabzonlu, Olcay Kurtulan | |
| 7th | 2023 | 27 May | Nejat Özgül, Tuğba Taşkın Türkmenoğlu, Yasemin Özlük, Burcu Özcan, Şenay Erdoğan Durmuş, Ayşegül Aksoy Altınboğa, Pınar Uyar Göçün, Çisel Aydın Meriçöz, Binnur Önal, M. Faruk Köse | Gynecologic cytopathology |
| 6th | 2022 | 29 May | Koray Ceyhan, Nesrin Turhan, Sanela Vesnić, Irem Onur, Ayşegül Aksoy Altınboğa, Tuğba Taşkın Türkmenoğlu, Cisel Aydin, İrem Şahver İşgör | Diagnostic Dilemmas in FNAC Practice |
| 5th | 2021 | 29 May | Aysegul Altinboga (Turkey), Cisel Aydin (Turkey), Amera Sadija (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Serpil Dizbay Sak (Turkey), Haldun Umudum (Turkey), Sanela Vesnić (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (GOING VIRTUAL) | Lung and thyroid cytopathology |
| 4th | 2019 | 18-19 May | Emrah Alper (Turkey), Pinar Firat (Turkey), İrem Onur (Turkey), Sevgen Önder (Turkey), Vedad Papović (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Nesrin Turhan (Turkey), Sanela Vesnić (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | GI cytopathology |
| 3rd | 2018 | 23-24 June | Aysun Uğuz (Turkey), Özlem Aydın (Turkey), Faruk Köse (Turkey), Nejat Özgül (Turkey), Ermina Iljazović (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | Gynecologic cytopathology |
| 2nd | 2017 | 6-7 May | Fernando Schmitt (Portugal), Haldun Umudum (Turkey), Ilkser Akpolat (Turkey), Koray Ceyhan (Turkey), Pinar Firat (Turkey), Nurija Bilalovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | Non-gyneco cytopathology |
| 1st | 2016 | 18-19 June | Akif Demir (Sweden), Aysun Uguz (Turkey), Fernando Schmitt (Luxembourg), Pinar Firat (Turkey), Sitki Tuzlali (Turkey) | Non-gyneco cytopathology |
