Publication Content
Artuklu Humanities contains original scientific publications. All published articles, except editorial works, are subject to a double-blind peer review process.

Aim
The aim of the journal is to contribute to science by publishing high-quality publications of scientific importance. For this purpose, original research articles, review articles, translated articles, proceedings and book reviews in fields related to social sciences and humanities are published. Artuklu Humanities is an independent, double-blind refereed, open access and online journal that aims to publish articles in fields related to social sciences and humanities. Articles must describe original data that has not previously been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.

Scope
Manuscripts that are deemed to comply with the submission rules of Artuklu Humanities and the scope of the journal are sent to at least two referees who are experts in their field for scientific evaluation. Discussing its suitability, Artuklu Humanities Editorial Board members then take into account the comments of the referees regarding each submission. The final decision for all submitted articles belongs to the Editor-in-Chief. 

Our Publication Areas:

Artuklu Humanities Journal focuses on the core areas of Social, Human and Administrative Sciences, Philology, and Educational Sciences. Our journal primarily accepts articles in fields within these core areas, including Turkish Language and Literature, History, Educational Sciences, Anthropology, Art History, Sociology, Archaeology, Translation and Interpreting, Philosophy, Fine Arts Education, Psychology, Special Education, Guidance and Psychological Counseling, Social Sciences Education, English Language and Literature, and Basic Education.

Keywords: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Ottoman History, Seljuk, History of the Republic of Turkey, World History, European History, African History, Art History, Family Sociology, Sociology of Religion, Sociology of Education and Social Science, Economic Sociology, Communication Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Public Health, Political Sociology, Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Islamic Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Education, Philosophy of Ethics, Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Psychology, Private Education, Guidance, International Education, School Administration, Measurement and Evaluation, Developmental Psychology, Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Experimental Psychology, Psychometrics, Applied Psychology, Forensic Psychology, Educational Psychology, Health Psychology, Sports Psychology, Traffic Psychology, Positive Psychology, Political Psychology, Psychology of Religion, Republican Era Literature , Divan Literature, Folk Literature, Biography, Anthropology of Art, Anthropology of Law, Anthropology of Religion, Applied Anthropology, Developmental Anthropology, Lower Paleolithic Age, Middle Paleolithic Age, Upper Paleolithic Age.

Publication Language: Turkish, English, Arabic, Persian and Kurdish
Full Text Publication Language:
• Primary Language: Turkish
• Second Language: English, Arabic, Persian and Kurdish

Content Written in English and Latin Alphabet:
• Article Title: Turkish & English
• Author Name: Turkish (Latin Alphabet)
• Author Address: Turkish (Latin Alphabet)
• Keywords: Turkish & English
• Bibliography: Turkish (Latin Alphabet)
Full Text: Turkish (Latin Alphabet)

Article Applications
Submitted articles must comply with the purpose and scope of the journal. Original, unpublished articles that are not in the evaluation process in another journal and whose content and submission have been approved by each author are accepted for evaluation.

Readership
Target readership; They are professionals, experts, researchers, specialist and doctoral students in the field of social sciences and humanities, as well as students related to this field. It aims to contribute to the dissemination of continuous professional development and research culture.
APA

Article Preparation
Language: Turkish, English, Arabi Persian and Kurdish
Article Types: Original Research Articles, Compiled Articles, Translated Articles, Papers and Book Reviews
However, we advise authors to be as concise as possible for dissemination of the work.
Article Format: MS Word
Image Format: JPEG at least 300 dpi
Citation Style: APA7

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ddh0wO645kAaxNLr7J7m22vGsb-o7iTr/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=109061013191533970802&rtpof=true&sd=true

Author Change: Processed only before the article is accepted. Authors should carefully review the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and must ensure the exact author list at the time of original submission.

Writing rules:
Manuscripts must be submitted in accordance with the writing and publication principles of Artuklu Humanities. Manuscripts that are not uploaded to the journal system in the specified format will not be evaluated.
• Page layout; It should be A4 size and written in a single column with margins set at 3.5 cm from the left, right, bottom and 3 cm from the top.
• Text; It should be written in MS Word format, Times New Roman font, 10 points, justified, with 1.15 line spacing. Main headings should be written in 12 point font and bold. If an explanation footnote is to be used, it should be written in Cambria font, 8 point. Paragraph indent should be 1 cm and spacing should be 6 pt.
• The main titles of the article in Turkish and English should clearly reflect the content of the article. Turkish and English main headings should be written in bold Times New Roman 12 point font. In the Turkish title, the first letter of each word should be capitalized, except conjunctions.
• Subheadings in the article should be given in accordance with the system in the APA 7th Edition.
• Articles must include introduction and conclusion sections.
• Summary of the article; It should clearly and concisely reflect the purpose, scope, method and result. The English abstract sections of the article should be between 150-350 words.
• At least 3 (three) and at most 5 (five) keywords that reflect the integrity of the article should be determined.
• The word count of articles must be at least 3000 and at most 8000. Research notes should not exceed 2,500 words and other articles should not exceed 1,500 words.
• In text writing, the Turkish Language Association's Spelling Guide should be taken as basis in terms of spelling and punctuation.
• Adopts "Double-Blind Reviewer Practice" in article evaluations. For this reason, any information that would reveal the identity of the author should not be included in the footnotes. Studies whose author information is included in the Word text when the article is first uploaded to the system will not be evaluated.
• Authors who send articles to Artuklu Humanities must ensure that the submitted article has not been previously published anywhere else (except for publication as an abstract in conference proceedings books and as an academic thesis), and that after it is sent to the journal, it will be published elsewhere until the decision is notified to the authors. declares that it has not been sent anywhere.
• Any legal, legal, economic and ethical liability that may arise from the articles sent to Artuklu Humanities belongs to the authors, even if the article in question has been published. The journal does not accept any liability.
• All in-text and bibliographical citations should be given according to APA 7th Edition.
• Drawings, graphics, pictures and similar materials used in the articles must be in JPEG format. Visual materials and attachments should be sent via e-mail to itb@artuklu.edu.tr when necessary. Explanations about photographs, tables, graphs, figures and maps should be given according to APA 7th Edition rules.
• Applications are made via the dergipark address linked below: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/ahu
• If the articles are derived from a thesis, project, or presented as a paper, this must be stated on the first page of the article.
• For multi-authored works, authors must submit a statement of contribution ratio and a conflict of interest statement during the article submission process. For works derived from graduate theses, the author with the highest contribution ratio must be the student.
• If the work has received support from any institution, organization, or fund during the article submission process, this support must be stated. Furthermore, if there are individuals, institutions, or organizations that deserve acknowledgment, the relevant information must be clearly stated in the article file.
• If artificial intelligence-based tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Grammarly, etc.) were used during the article production process, the stages in which they were used must be clearly stated. This information must be provided during the article submission process. All responsibility regarding the use of Artificial Intelligence lies with the authors. Click here for detailed information.

Ethics Committee Approval
Our journal requires that all studies in scientific fields requiring ethics committee approval have obtained the relevant ethics committee decision. In this context, information regarding ethics committee approval (committee name, date, and decision number) must be clearly stated in the article text.
In line with the regulations implemented by Ulakbim TR Index since 2020, studies without ethics committee approval are not considered for publication in our journal.

Studies Requiring Ethics Committee Approval
Studies requiring ethics committee approval in our journal include the following:
• All research conducted using qualitative or quantitative approaches that involve collecting data from participants through methods such as surveys, interviews, focus group studies, observation, and interview techniques.
• Retrospective studies within the framework of the Personal Data Protection Law.
For such studies to be considered for evaluation, the relevant ethics committee approvals must have been obtained and clearly stated in the article text.

Citation Style
Articles must be prepared according to APA 7th Edition.

Final Checklist
It is hoped that this list will be useful during the final check of the prepared article before it is uploaded to the journal system.
Make sure the following items are available:

1. Author information added.
• E-mail address
• Full mailing address
• Phone number
• ORCID
• Institution Information

2. All required files have been installed.
• Article Text
• Copyright Form
• Journal Checklist
• Ethics Committee Approval

3. The article has been "spelling checked" and "grammar checked".
4. All references cited in the bibliography are cited in the text and vice versa.

Submit Article
In applications, the account of the corresponding author of the study should be used. All correspondence regarding the application is forwarded to the corresponding author via e-mail sent through the journal system.
When uploading the article file, make sure that this file does not contain any elements that would reveal the identity of the author due to the double-blind peer review process.
Files You Need to Install Separately:
1) Full Text of the Article
2) Copyright Notice Text
2) Journal Author-Article Checklist
3) Ethics Committee Approval

Our journal adheres to national and international standards regarding research and publication ethics.
National Legislation
• Press Law
• Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works
• Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Guidelines
International Legislation
• Committee on Publication Ethics
• Directory of Open Access Journals

Actions Contrary to Scientific Research and Publication Ethics
ARTICLE 4 - (1) Actions contrary to scientific research and publication ethics are as follows:
• Plagiarism: Presenting the original ideas, methods, data, or works of others as one's own, in whole or in part, without proper citation in accordance with scientific rules,
• Fabrication: Using data that does not actually exist or has been falsified in scientific research,
• Distortion: Altering research records or obtained data, presenting devices or materials not used in the research as if they had been used, altering or shaping research results in line with the interests of the individuals and organizations providing support,
• Re-publication: Presenting duplicate publications as separate publications for academic appointments and promotions,
• Salami slicing: Dividing the results of a study into parts in an inappropriate manner that compromises the integrity of the study and publishing them in multiple publications, presenting these publications as separate publications for academic appointments and promotions,
• Unfair authorship: Including individuals who have not made an active contribution among the authors or excluding those who have, changing the author order in an unjustified and inappropriate manner, removing the names of those who have made an active contribution from subsequent editions, or including one's name among the authors by using influence despite not having made an active contribution,

Click here for information on other types of ethical violations listed in the Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Guidelines.

Objections, Complaints, and Ethical Violation Reports
Readers who notice a significant error or inaccuracy in an article published in Artuklu Humanities Journal or who have any complaints regarding editorial content (plagiarism, duplicate articles, objections, complaints, etc.) can submit a notification by sending an email to artukluhumanities@artuklu.edu.tr. Objections, complaints, and reports submitted to our journal will be evaluated in accordance with COPE principles.

Ethics Committee Approval
Our journal requires that all studies in scientific fields requiring ethics committee approval have obtained the relevant ethics committee decision. In this context, information regarding ethics committee approval (committee name, date, and decision number) must be clearly stated in the article text.
In line with the regulations implemented by Ulakbim TR Index since 2020, studies without ethics committee approval are not considered for publication in our journal.

Studies Requiring Ethics Committee Approval
Studies requiring ethics committee approval in our journal include the following:
• All research conducted using qualitative or quantitative approaches that involve collecting data from participants through methods such as surveys, interviews, focus group studies, observation, and interview techniques.
• Retrospective studies within the framework of the Personal Data Protection Law.
For such studies to be considered for evaluation, the relevant ethics committee approvals must have been obtained and clearly stated in the article text.

Research Ethics Principles
Artuklu Humanities Journal adheres to the highest standards in research ethics and embraces the international research ethics principles outlined below. Authors are responsible for ensuring that their articles comply with ethical guidelines.
• Integrity, quality, and transparency must be ensured in the design, review, and conduct of research.
• The research team and participants must be fully informed about the purpose, methods, and anticipated uses of the research; the requirements for participation in the research; and any risks involved.
• The confidentiality of the information provided by research participants and the anonymity of respondents must be ensured. Research must be designed to protect the autonomy and dignity of participants.
• Research participants must participate voluntarily and not be coerced in any way.
• Harm to participants must be avoided. Research must be planned in a way that does not put participants at risk.
• Research independence must be clear and transparent; any conflicts of interest must be disclosed.
• If the study is to be conducted at any institution or organization, approval must be obtained from that institution or organization.

Principles of Publication Ethics

Correction, Retraction, Expression of Concern
Editors may consider publishing a correction if minor errors are found in a published article that do not affect the findings, interpretations, or conclusions. However, they may consider retracting the article if there are major errors or violations that could invalidate the findings and conclusions.
If there is a possibility that authors have misused their research or publication; if there is evidence that the findings are unreliable; and if the authors' affiliated institutions have not investigated the matter or if the investigation appears inadequate or inconclusive, editors may consider publishing a statement of concern.
Our journal follows COPE guidelines in cases of corrections, retractions, or expressions of concern.

Plagiarism Check
Plagiarism is presenting someone else's ideas, methods, data, applications, writings, figures, or works as one's own, in whole or in part, without proper scientific attribution.
Our journal scans all submitted articles to prevent plagiarism. Submitted works are checked for plagiarism using iThenticate software. The similarity rate is expected to be less than 20%. Works exceeding this rate will be rejected during the preliminary review stage.
If plagiarism is detected in a work published in our journal or under review, the following steps are meticulously applied:
• The plagiarism detection is officially reported to the author's university, and cooperation is sought to initiate the necessary legal proceedings.
• The PDF copy of the relevant article is removed from the journal's website, and links to the article are disabled. The phrase “Article Found to Contain Plagiarism” is added to the article title to publicly indicate the violation.
• The account of the author responsible for the plagiarism is closed, and the author is permanently banned from submitting any future articles to our journal.

Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
Our journal is responsible for protecting the intellectual property rights of all published articles and the rights of the journal and author(s) in cases where these rights are violated. In addition, our journal must take the necessary measures to prevent the content of all published articles from infringing on the intellectual property rights of other publications.

Protection of Personal Information
All personal data submitted to our journal is protected in accordance with legal regulations and ethical rules.

Conflict of Interest
Authors must clearly declare any financial or other significant conflicts of interest that could influence their findings or interpretations in their articles. Potential conflicts of interest that must be disclosed include consulting activities, salary payments, and grant support. Such conflicts of interest should be stated at the earliest possible stage.

Financial Support
Authors must clearly state in the article text any financial support provided by any organization for their work.

Author Changes
Only processed before the article is accepted. Authors must carefully review the list and order of authors before submitting their articles and provide the final author list at the time of initial submission.

Use of Artificial Intelligence
The use of artificial intelligence in processes that do not affect the originality of the article, such as literature review or language control, is acceptable in studies submitted to our journal. However, the use of artificial intelligence must be carried out within the framework of ethical rules and must not be used for unethical purposes such as fabricated data or manipulation. For studies involving the use of artificial intelligence, it is mandatory to inform our journal of this situation during the article submission stage. All responsibility regarding the use of artificial intelligence lies with the authors themselves. Click here for detailed information.

Publisher's Responsibilities
• To establish the necessary policies to prevent plagiarism and ethical violations by adhering to COPE and other international ethical principles.
• To protect intellectual property rights and ensure the protection of personal data.
• To determine journal policies and carry out the necessary work to be included in international indexes.
• To work on meeting the infrastructure and other needs of the journal.
Note: All decisions made by the editors working for the journal are independent of the publisher. The relationship between the editors and the publisher is based on the principle of editorial independence.

Responsibilities of Editors
• Ensuring that the publication process is conducted in an ethical, impartial, and transparent manner.
• Evaluating the scientific standards of articles, managing the peer review process, resolving conflicts of interest, and identifying situations that are not in line with publication ethics.
• Carrying out corrections or retractions in case of errors or violations in articles.
Note: Editors evaluate articles fairly based on their intellectual content, regardless of the author(s)' gender, race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, or political views.

Authors' Responsibilities
• Prepare their work in accordance with ethical and scientific rules.
• Ensure that article data is original and accurate, and refrain from plagiarism, fabrication, or manipulation.
• Clearly declare any conflicts of interest, financial support, or contributing individuals and institutions in the work.
• Act in accordance with international ethical principles during and after the article evaluation process with editors and reviewers.

Reviewers' Responsibilities
• Accept only studies within their area of expertise.
• Evaluate articles impartially in accordance with scientific, ethical, and academic standards.
• Maintain confidentiality regarding study data during the evaluation process.
• Disclose conflicts of interest during the evaluation process and provide objective and constructive comments.
• Inform editors in cases of suspected plagiarism, data manipulation, or ethical violations.

Publication Policies
• All processes and procedures of our journal are conducted through the DergiPark platform, and our journal does not have any other website.
• Submissions to our journal must be unpublished and not simultaneously submitted to another journal for evaluation.
• Submissions must be in line with the aims and scope of our journal and comply with the writing rules. Manuscripts that do not meet the specified criteria will be returned to the authors during the preliminary review stage.
• Our journal publishes original research articles, review articles, translated articles, conference papers, and book reviews.
• A maximum of one manuscript per author can be published in the same issue.
• Manuscripts prepared in Turkish, English, Arabic, Persian, and Kurdish are accepted for review in our journal.
• All articles published in our journal are published as open access under the CC-BY-NC license and are freely accessible from our archive page.
• Double-blind peer review is applied during the review process. Authors and reviewers do not know each other's identities. Board members who submit articles from within the journal (such as editors or editorial board members) are suspended from their duties at the journal until the process is complete and are prevented from viewing the process.
• In the article evaluation process, care is taken to ensure that reviewers are experts in their field, hold at least a doctoral degree, and do not work at the same institution as the author. To protect double-blind peer review, members of our editorial board do not serve as reviewers.

Special Issue Publication Policy
Our journal may publish a special issue once a year, subject to the decision of the Editorial Board. Articles submitted for the special issue undergo the same review process as articles in our regular issues. These articles must comply with the journal's Writing Guidelines and Ethical and Publication Policies.

Fee Policy
There are no fees for publishing articles or for the article submission process in the journal. No processing fees or submission fees are charged under any name for articles submitted to the journal or accepted for publication.

Advertising Policy
In accordance with our publication policies, our journal does not accept sponsorships or advertisements. All expenses of our journal are covered by Mardin Artuklu University.

Open Access Policy
Articles published in our journal are published as open access under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. The full text of all published articles can be accessed free of charge at https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/ahu/lockss-manifest. Click here for detailed information.

Copyright Policy
Authors retain the copyright of their work published in our journal, and their work is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0. Click here for detailed information.

Archiving and Data Distribution Policy
All works published in our journal are digitally archived in LOCKSS. Click here for detailed information.

Article Evaluation Process
The article evaluation process in our journal consists of four main stages: preliminary review, peer review, revision, and publication. Click here for detailed information.

1- Preliminary Review
• The work is reviewed by the editor for compliance with the journal's publication principles, academic writing rules, and the APA 7 citation system, and is screened for plagiarism using the iThenticate program. The similarity rate must be less than 20%. Works exceeding this rate are returned to the authors at the preliminary review stage.

2- Peer Review Process
• For manuscripts that pass the preliminary review stage, a Double-Blind Peer Review process is initiated. As part of this process, the manuscript is sent to two reviewers who are experts in the field for evaluation. Throughout the peer review process, the identities of the reviewers and authors are kept confidential, and the process is conducted in accordance with the principle of confidentiality. For a manuscript to be published in our journal, both reviewers must give a positive opinion. However, if one reviewer gives a positive opinion and the other gives a negative opinion, the work is sent to a third reviewer for a final decision.

3- Revision Process
• If reviewers request revisions, authors must mark the changes they make in their work in red. Revisions made in accordance with reviewer requests are first evaluated and checked by the editor, then by the reviewers.
• Papers that have completed the referee process are reviewed by our journal's language editors. If deemed necessary, authors are asked to make revisions related to language and writing. Revisions made by authors are reviewed again by language editors and approved.

4- Publication Process
• Articles that have passed technical, academic, and linguistic reviews are typeset and formatted, made ready for publication, and published in the next issue. 

There is no fee for the publication of articles in the journal and the execution of article processes.
No processing fee or submission fee is charged under any name for articles sent to the journal or accepted for publication.
Artuklu Humanities Journal does not accept sponsorship or advertising due to its publication policies.
All expenses of Artuklu Humanities are covered by the publisher.

Citation Indexes

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	ERIH PLUS (European Reference Index for the Humanities)
	EBSCO - Central & Eastern European Academic Source (CEEAS)
	ProQuest | Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory
	Linguistic Bibliography
	MLA - Modern Language Association Database
	DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals