The Anatolian Journal of Philosophy

AJP aims to understand and explain the relationship between philosophy and life and to produce international scientific publications that will discuss how life and thought have influenced each other throughout history.

The Journal of Anatolian Philosophy (AJP) is a journal that publishes original and qualified articles, interviews, discussions and papers based on academic, scientific and research in the field of philosophy.

Having started its publication life by adopting the idea that “Experiences are the premises of thoughts”, AJP sees philosophy as an activity intertwined with life. Even though in philosophy, metaphysics or utopian thoughts that transcend reality have been put forward with speculation based on reason, these thoughts are ultimately based on the philosophers’ own life experiences and observations. Therefore, although philosophical thought sometimes transcends reality in a speculative and abstract way, it ultimately originates from the reality and authenticity of life. However, philosophical thought is also an attempt to organize and shape life.
Although it is transcendent to reality, it somehow affects the reality of life. In this context, the aim of the journal is to publish studies that will reveal how life and thought have influenced each other throughout history. In this context, articles that show the relationship between a philosopher's thought and life and experience, that reveal the effects or possible effects of a philosopher's thoughts on life (the period in which he lived or today), that discuss different ideas developed on a problem and the effects of these ideas on the problem will be accepted for evaluation. The journal will include original research articles, critiques, interviews, unpublished papers and translations prepared in line with this purpose and scope.

The studies to be sent to the journal must be prepared in accordance with the purpose, scope and content specified below.

 Studies discussing how philosophical accumulation will contribute to the understanding and solution of current problems. In other words, studies discussing thoughts caused by a reality or realities shaped by thoughts.
 Studies explaining the relationship between a philosopher's thought and historical, social, economic etc. conditions that shape his thought.
 Studies discussing the contributions that a philosopher has made or will potentially make to the understanding and solution of various problems in the fields of education, culture, justice, ethics etc. or the reality shaped and influenced by his thoughts.
 Studies discussing the philosophical thought necessary for the understanding and solution of current problems.
 Studies discussing the problems that will arise in the future under the guidance of philosophical thought.
 Studies introducing new original thoughts caused by problems specific to the era or region.

The purpose of the study to be addressed in line with the specified themes must be clearly stated both in the abstract and in the introduction of the study. From now on, this purpose should be discussed in the development section and conclusion section based on the way the subject is handled. Studies that discuss purely theoretical ideas that do not include the intertwining of life and thought will not be evaluated.

AJP Journal Management

Researchers who will submit their studies to AJP must prepare their studies in accordance with internationally valid ethical principles. At this point, all scientific ethical and legal responsibilities of the studies submitted to the journal belong to the researchers, but the editorial board may request an ethics committee certificate when necessary. Studies that the editorial board does not find compatible with research and publication ethics are not evaluated.
• Author name and address: Since the studies are directed to the referees directly through the system (without making any changes to the file uploaded by the author), there should be no information on the study that identifies the author of the article in order to ensure author-referee confidentiality. For this reason, author name(s) should not be included both in the work and in the file name.
• Article Text: Studies should not exceed 8,000 words, should be prepared as a Word file, and 12 point Book Antiqua font should be used as the font, except for special cases of some study areas. If there is a special font used in the study, it must be sent along with the manuscript. The study should start with the Introduction section, and this section should focus on the hypothesis, scope and purpose of the article. The Development section, which can be divided into intermediate and subheadings, should be supported by data, observations, opinions, comments and discussions. In the conclusion section, the conclusions reached in the study should be explained, supported by suggestions. Except for compulsory cases, the current Spelling Guide of the Turkish Language Association should be taken as basis in the study.
• Page Setup: All margins of the Word page should be set to 2.5 cm. The text should be written with 3pt and 1.5 line spacing before and after the paragraph.
• Title: Studies should be titled in Turkish and English. Titles must consist of a maximum of 13 (thirteen) words and must be written in all capital letters. All headings in the text should be written in bold with the first letter capitalized.
• Headings within the Article: Main and sub-headings should be created in the article based on the number system according to the treatment of the subject.
• Essence and Abstract: There should be an abstract in Turkish and English, within the range of 180-200 words, that expresses the subject discussed in the study in the shortest and most concise manner. At least 4 (three) and at most 6 (five) keywords and their English translations should be included under both abstracts. The Abstract and Abstract sections should be written in 10 font size and single line spacing.
• Photographs, Maps and Tables: Care should be taken to ensure that the photographs, plans and tables used in the text do not go beyond the page structure. Such documents must have a resolution appropriate to the printing technique and, if more than one, must be numbered. Table, Photograph and Map numbers should be centered and bold above the relevant figure.
• Quotations and Footnotes: Short direct quotes from five lines: should be shown in quotation marks: "Quote". Quotations longer than five lines should be written in 10 point font, 1 cm from the right and left of the line. Footnotes should be written in 10 pt, 3 pt before and after the paragraph, single line spacing, and justified.
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CITATION SYSTEM

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• The journal uses APA 7 Citation System.

• For an example of APA 7 Citation System, see: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples/
• Citations and references should be prepared using the Zotero program, which is free to use. Articles with manually created citations and references will not be evaluated.

Helpful links for Zotero Usage are as follows:

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Ethical Principles

    In the publication process, all parties involved (authors, editors, reviewers, publishers) must agree on the expected standards of ethical conduct.

International Standards for Publication/Editorial Boards
1. Editors and Editorial Board members must adhere to international publishing standards. AJP’s editors and editorial board members are expected to voluntarily adhere to international standards (see Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). https://publicationethics.org/).
2. The Editorial Board must keep all author, reviewer, and manuscript information confidential.
3. The Editorial Board is responsible for making decisions on whether submitted manuscripts will be evaluated and published after evaluation.
4. The Editorial Board must base its decisions solely on the importance, originality, clarity, and relevance of the manuscripts to the scope of the publication.
5. The Editorial Board is obliged to act impartially in the evaluation of studies and selection of referees in accordance with academic principles (competence, absence of conflict of interest, blind refereeing, competent evaluation, healthy communication, etc.).
6. The Editorial Board should make an effort to meet the needs of readers and authors.
7. The Editorial Board should make an effort to increase the quality of AJP's writing and publications.
8. The Editorial Board should give importance to scientific quality and originality in line with the purpose and scope of the journal.
9. The Editorial Board should publish corrections, explanations, retractions and apologies when necessary.
10. The Editorial Board should act in accordance with the "Study Evaluation Process" determined for AJP, and should make the necessary effort to ensure that authors and referees also act in accordance with these periods.

International Standards for Publishers
1. AJP is an academic journal published by the Philosophy Department of Erzurum Technical University. The journal is expected to voluntarily comply with international publisher standards (Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). https://publicationethics.org/) that hold the official franchise.
2. Neither the publisher nor any external agent may make any claim that violates AJP's editorial independence or interfere with the publication process.
3. The publisher is responsible for protecting the intellectual property and copyright of all works published in AJP.
4. The publisher is committed to providing permanent and free access to all works published in AJP in accordance with the Open Access principle.
5. The publisher does not charge any fees under any name from authors during the submission and publication process of articles.
6. The publisher takes the necessary measures to archive and preserve online content.

International Standards for Authors
1. AJP does not request a signed letter of application from all authors of an article and does not engage in practices that impose orders on authors. All authors applying to AJP are expected to voluntarily comply with international standards (Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). https://publicationethics.org/).
2. Articles must be the original work of the authors. There should be no unethical situations such as plagiarism, fabrication, forgery, slicing, duplicate publication, unfair authorship, data production in the articles.
3. The responsibility of the studies published in the journal in terms of science and language belongs to the authors, and AFD cannot be held responsible in this regard. The ethical and legal responsibility of the studies belongs to the author(s).
4. Authors should not cause physical and legal harm and psychological abuse to the research participants in their studies requiring ethics committee approval. They should also guarantee confidentiality and anonymity regarding the private life of the research participants.
5. Authors should declare the person or institutions (sponsor) supporting the research, any conflict of interest.
6. Authors should confirm that their studies have not been published before and have not sent them to any journal for publication elsewhere at the same time.
7. Authors must cite appropriately in the preparation of their articles and ensure that all sources used are listed in the bibliography.
8. Individuals listed as authors in the study must have taken a personal role in the preparation of the study and made significant contributions. Individuals who contributed to certain stages of the study should be listed as contributors.
9. Authors must complete the recommendations made by the referees within the given time period as a result of the evaluation. However, authors must prepare a response text regarding the referees' recommendations and inform the referee about the corrections they made or did not make.
10. If an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their published work, they must immediately notify the editor or publisher and take the necessary steps to retract or correct the article.

11. AJP uses various plagiarism detection programs (iThenticate and intihal.net) to determine the similarity rate for all articles. Authors must absolutely avoid plagiarism. The similarity rate of the articles must not exceed 20%. The process of studies that do not comply with research publication ethics or carry a risk of plagiarism is terminated at any stage.

12. When authors discover a significant error or inaccuracy in their published articles, it is the author's obligation to immediately inform the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the article.

International Standards for Reviewers
1. Reviewers must comply with international review standards after accepting the review invitation. AJP reviewers are expected to voluntarily comply with international standards (Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). https://publicationethics.org/).
2. Reviewers must keep information about the author and the article confidential and no information about the study should be shared with third parties.
3. If the reviewers feel inadequate to review a study or realize that they will not be able to complete the review in the allotted time, the editor should be informed as soon as possible.
4. The reviewers should bring all information that may cause the rejection of the study they are reviewing to the attention of the Editorial Board.
5. The reviewers should objectively evaluate the articles according to their scientific originality, importance and suitability for the journal's purpose and scope.
6. The reviewers should provide the authors with the necessary suggestions regarding the systematics of the study, the arguments it is based on, the justifications used and the sources regarding the deficiencies of the studies that require major or minor revisions.
7. The reviewers are independent of the authors. For this reason, if the reviewers somehow obtain information about the author of the study they are reviewing, they should cease their duty as reviewers by informing the editor.
8. The reviewers should notify AJP if any conflict of interest arises.
9. The reviewers' evaluations should be done objectively and in a balanced manner, criticisms of the study should be made. Personal criticism should not be directed at the author. They should express their views on the study clearly with supporting arguments.

NOTE: This section, which includes the journal's publication ethics principles, has been prepared using the relevant internet text of Elsevier publishing. https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/publishing-ethics.

Publishing Principles
• Manuscripts sent to AJP must be original and in accordance with academic standards, not previously published or accepted for publication anywhere. If the article submitted for publication is a paper previously presented at a scientific meeting, this should be stated in the article and the journal editorship should be informed. Translations may also be included in the magazine.
• The languages ​​of the journal are Turkish and English.
• The journal is published twice a year, in Spring and Fall (March and September). When necessary, it may also be published as a Special Issue by the decision of the Editorial Board. More than one article of an author cannot be published in an issue.
• Manuscripts sent to the journal are first examined by the Editorial Board in terms of subject, presentation style and technique, in terms of compliance with the journal publishing principles. Those found to be suitable for the purpose and scope of the journal are sent to at least two referees who are accepted for their works and studies in their field for scientific review. If one of the referee reports is positive and the other is negative, the article is sent to a third referee. It is published if the referee reports are positive and approved by the editorial board. If the referees want some issues to be corrected in their reports, the articles are sent back to the author for corrections to be made. The author's name is not disclosed to the referees, the referee's name is not disclosed to the authors, and the referee reports are kept for 5 years.
• All processes in the journal are carried out within the framework of the ethical principles recommended by COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) for Social Sciences. Relevant ethical principles can be accessed at https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.4.1.
• All articles sent to the journal are checked at the end of the referee process to determine whether there are similarities in the study and whether the citations are made in accordance with scientific procedures. If the similarity rate is over 20% (excluding abstract and bibliography), the article is removed from the process. Apart from this, if evidence of ethical violation is detected or reported in any article published in the journal, the article in question will be removed from the journal, even if it has been published.
• The scientific and linguistic responsibility of the articles belongs entirely to the authors. The views and opinions expressed in the articles are binding on the authors and do not reflect the views of our journal and institution. It is recommended that authors follow the Turkish Language Association's spelling guide. However, the authors are still responsible for the spelling in the articles.
• Articles must comply with nationally and internationally valid research and publication ethics.
• If the articles uploaded to the system do not comply with the spelling and reference rules below, the editor will reject the article without submitting it to the publication board for approval.
• The document uploaded to the article system should never include the author's name(s) or any information that would identify the authors.