Open Access Policy
AKAF is an open-access journal. The authors own the copyright of their work published in AKAF and their work is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.tr).
Open Access is the availability of publications online to everyone free of charge and with few restrictions on reuse. The unrestricted dissemination of research is especially important for authors, readers and funders.
The Journal of Mediterranean Basin and African Civilisations has signed the Budapest Open Access Declaration.
http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/list_signatures/
https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/translations/turkish-translation
The publisher believes that for Open Access to work effectively, user rights and copyright ownership through licensing must be clear.
The journal's open access articles are licensed as Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).
The Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) licence permits sharing, copying, reproducing, and adapting the work in any size and format except for commercial use, including remixing, transforming, and building upon the work, provided that proper attribution is given to the original work.
The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms (specified rights) as long as you fulfil the terms of the licence.
You are free to do these things:
1) Share: You may copy and redistribute the work in any medium or format.
2) Adapt: Mix, transfer and build on existing artefacts
Under the following conditions:
3) Attribution: You must give appropriate reference, provide a link to the licence and provide information if changes have been made. You may do these in an appropriate manner, but this does not imply that the licensee approves of you and your use.
4) Non-commercial: You may not use this material for commercial purposes.
There are no additional restrictions: You may not impose legal conditions or technological measures that would legally restrict the use of the permissions provided by the licence.
Articles published in this journal are digitally archived in LOCKSS. The LOCKSS system is authorised to collect, preserve and make available this access Archive Volume.
The Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. However, all or part of the journal or studies cannot be reproduced without written permission. In addition, it cannot be cited in inappropriate proportions and quoted without citing the source.
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