THE PURPOSE OF OUR SOCIETY:

- To determine the main principles of surgical procedures in the treatment of obesity and morbid obesity

- To present "surgery" as an accepted and approved option in the treatment of morbid obesity, to organize medical activities, congresses and conferences, to develop educational programmes for Turkish physicians, paramedical persons and patients

- To explain the medical problems and complications related to morbid obesity

- To promote quality assurance in this field, to advance the art and science of bariatric surgery in Turkey

- To prove the fact that obesity surgery is not an esthetic surgery and it is impossible to treat obesity by cosmetic methods

- To present morbid obesity as an important problem to all Turkish community and medical authorities

- To present the economic and health problems caused by the increase in the rate of obese people in the population

- To call the public's attention to morbid obesity and improper weight-loosing methods