Journal of Atatürk

Atatürk University The aim of Graduate School of Atatürk Principles and Revolution History is to conduct scientific research on Atatürk's principles and revolutions. The findings are shared with the academic community. Atatürk Journal is published for this purpose. Atatürk dedicated his life to the Turkish people. It is very important that done to establish a modern Republic of Turkey.  The purpose of the journal "Atatürk", which is the publication organ of Atatürk University, Graduate School of Atatürk Principles and Revolution History is to transfer Atatürk and his revolutions to Turkish youth scientifically

The Journal of Atatürk is published twice a year (July-December). It is within the scope of this journal to evaluate the social, political, military, economic and cultural factors, which are an extension of the modernization efforts of the Ottoman Empire in the last period, and the revolutions realized by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in the light of the methods of history science. However, in the Journal of Atatürk, the Republic of Turkey in connection with the biographical work history and historiography of the city are also included.

ATATURK UNIVERSITY
AUTHOR GUIDELINES FOR GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ATATURK’S PRINCIPLES AND REVOLUTION HISTORY JOURNAL OF ATATURK
Important Note on Compliance with Research and Publication Ethics: Similarity Rate for Articles: maximum 30%. Each article that reaches our journal is audited in the Turnitin Program according to ethical rules. Authors are kindly requested to consider this rule.
1- The orthographic rules to be followed in the articles are the current The orthographic and spelling rules of the Turkish Language Association.
(http://www.tdk.gov.tr/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=50)

2- The margins of the articles in the journal should be right: 2.5, top: 2.5, bottom: 2.5 left: 3.5.

3- The text part of the article is in “Times New Roman" tip font and 12 points; footnotes will be written in Times New Roman and 10 punto.


4- In paragraph settings, note the following: Leading “1.5”; The intervals should be 0 pt "before" and "after".

5- The article title should be centered on the page. A blank line should be left and the title of the article should be written in English. The name of the author will be written as follows.

For example:
ATATÜRK VE NUTUK
***
ATATURK AND SPEECH
Enver KONUKÇU*

6- Add the "*" sign at the bottom of the page. Here, the name of the university, the unit and the current e-mail and your ORCID number should be written in 10 pt.

For example:

*Prof. Dr., Atatürk Üniversitesi Atatürk İlkeleri ve İnkılap Tarihi Enstitüsü Öğretim Üyesi: erdalaydogan@atauni.edu.tr, ORCID: 0000-0000-0000

7- Under the title of the article (after 2 lines of space), write the abstract of the article justified to the left under the heading "ABSTRACT" (ABSTRACT should be left aligned).
It should consist of a minimum of 120 and a maximum of 150 words. Under the "ABSTRACT", four pieces "Key Words" related to the subject should be written. Paragraph input should be 1.5 cm for Keywords.

8- There should be two spaces between Turkish “ÖZ” and English “ABSTRACT”.

9- While creating the text part, "INTRODUCTION", if available, is written aligned to the left and the following paragraph starts 1.5 cm inside the bottom line.
10- If the footnote number will be given at the end of the sentence in the text, it should be placed before the period (.). In addition, when writing a footnote, the books should be given as shown below:
For example:

If the source is given for the first time in the footnote:
Enver Konukçu, Düzce Tarihi ve Bölgenin İdari Yapılanması, İstanbul 2016, s. 453.
If the source is given for the second time in the footnote:
E. Konukçu, Düzce Tarihi ve Bölgenin İdari Yapılanması, s.453.
Authors who need to shorten the names of the books can write as follows:
E. Konukçu, Düzce Tarihi ve…, s. 483-495.

Note: Publisher name is not required. If it is desired to be written, it should be stated after the title of the book in the first place. If the same source is given in the footnote for the second time, there is no need to specify the publisher name.

11- Journal and newspaper names should be given in quotation marks in the text. In addition, explanations in brackets should not be made as much as possible in the text. If this is needed, the necessary explanation should be made in the footnote by indicating the source.

12- After the information is given in the footnote, if the source is to be cited, it should be given in parentheses.

For example:

4 Ekonomik göstergeler Türkiye açısından bu dönemde iyi değildi. Türk Hükümeti ekonomiye yeniden istikrar kazandırmak amacıyla 1956’dan beri çaba göstermekteydi. Bu doğrultuda Milli Korunma Kanunu yeniden yürürlüğe sokuldu. Piyasalarda fiyat denetimi sıklaştırıldı. Ticari banka kredilerine sınır getirildi. Faiz oranı yükseltildi. (Enver Konukçu, Düzce Tarihi ve Bölgenin İdari Yapılanması, İstanbul 2016,s 453.)

Note: If the source is given for the second time, the abbreviation of the source is given in parentheses as in the examples above.

13- While the articles are given as footnotes (in the first place), the full name of the article is given in italics in quotation marks after the name of the author. Subsequently, the full name of the journal is written in bold (bolt) letters. The volume number of the journal (if any) is indicated by a roman numeral. After the number (S) is given, the publication date of the journal is given in brackets and the relevant page of the article is indicated with a lowercase (s) letter. The following article examples; It will be sufficient to show how to put footnotes from the same source for both the first and the second time.

For example:

5 Enver Konukçu, “Türkiye Avrupa Birliği İlişkilerinin Tarihsel Süreci ve Son Gelişmeler”, Atatürk Dergisi,V, S.5, (Mayıs-2005), s.45.

If the same article is given for the second time, it is written as in the example below. If the author has shortened the name of the article, the page number is given after the three dots starting from the abbreviation.

6 E. Konukçu, “Türkiye Avrupa Birliği İlişkilerinin Tarihsel Süreci…”, s.45.

14- Archive sources, Minutes, Newspapers and Electronic Resources are given as in the example below.

Archive Resources:
If the source is given for the first time in the footnote;

Başbakanlık Cumhuriyet Arşivi (BCA), 180.10.12.11.14.

If the source is given for the second time in the footnote
BCA, 180.10.12.11.14.

Note: If the archive number of the document belongs to the old classification, it can be written as in the example below.

BCA, Fon No: 30.1.0.0., Kutu No: 104, Dosya No: 651, Sıra No: 4.


Minutes:
If the source is given for the first time in the footnote;
Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Zabıt Ceridesi (TBMMZC), V/2, Ankara, 1958, s.101.

If the source is given for the second time in the footnote;

TBMMZC, V/2, s.101.

Note: "Volume" will be indicated by the Roman Numeral and "Period" by the Latin Numeral with the sign "/" in between, as shown in the example above.

Newspapers:

Cumhuriyet, 25 Mayıs 1950.

Note: If you want to specify the page number, you can refer to the newspaper after the date as shown below.

Cumhuriyet, 25 Mayıs 1950, s.5.

Note: In the second issue, no abbreviation will be used in the name of the newspaper.

Electronic Resources:

The address bar of the web page to be sourced is copied and pasted into the footnote. Then, the current date is written under the title of "Access Date". While the web address is placed in the footnote after it is copied, the address of the relevant page should not be "in different colors and underlined".

http://www.rayhaber.com/2014/06/erzurum-tren-gari-ndaki-muzeyle-tarihe-yolculuk/ Erişim Tarihi: 03.07.2018

Note: "Access Date:" can also be abbreviated as "E.T .:" if requested by the author.

If electronic resources will be used after the explanation which is made in the footnote, the electronic source should be specified in parentheses.

15- If the article is to be titled in itself, it should be edited as stated in the examples below.

After "ABSTRACT" ends, "INTRODUCTION/GİRİŞ" should be written as "Left aligned" at the beginning of the new page as in the example below.

GİRİŞ
27 Ekim 1957 erken genel seçimi sonrası Demokrat Parti (DP) üçüncü defa büyük bir çoğunlukla yeniden iktidara geldi. Kurulan V. Menderes Hükümeti’nin programı Adnan…

After the end of " INTRODUCTION ", a blank line is left and the title is written as in the example below.

Konu hakkında yapılan siyasi değerlendirmelere göre dönemin hükümetinin bilinçli bir dış politika izlemediği ifade edilmektedir.

A- TÜRKİYE’NİN AVRUPA İKTİSADİ TEŞKİLATLARI İÇERİSİNDE YER EDİNMEYE ÇALIŞMASI VE YUNANİSTAN İLE YAŞANAN REKABET
“Akşam” gazetenin 31 Temmuz 1959’daki nüshasında “kafa karışıklığına” neden olacak bir gelişmenin haberi yapılıyordu. Manşetten verilen haberde başlık “Müşterek Pazara Henüz….

Note: As in the example above, the main title is expressed with "capital letters" and the entire title is written in capital letters.

If subtitles are needed, they should be expressed numerically as in the examples below. There should be one line of space between titles :

A- TÜRKİYE’NİN AVRUPA İKTİSADİ TEŞKİLATLARI İÇERİSİNDE YER EDİNMEYE ÇALIŞMASI VE YUNANİSTAN İLE YAŞANAN REKABET
1- Türk Ekonomisinin Genel Durumu
a) Rakamsal Değerler

After the text is created under the title, one blank line is left when switching to the other title.

16- After the text of the article is completed, the author should create an independent title for "SONUÇ/CONCLUSION" and give it at the beginning of the new page.

For example:

SONUÇ
Federal Almanya, Belçika, Lüksemburg, Fransa, İtalya ve Hollanda’dan oluşan altı üye ülke 1951’de Avrupa Kömür ve Çelik Topluluğu’nu kurdu. Bu devletler tarafından mal ve hizmetlerin serbest dolaşımına dair bir ekonomik topluluk kurulmasına karar verildi.

17- After the article is completed, at the beginning of the new page, the sources used in the article are classified as shown in the example below. Whichever resource is used, it takes priority in the ranking. This situation is related to the academic material used. However, the author should pay attention to the order indicated:

KAYNAKÇA
1- Arşiv
Başbakanlık Cumhuriyet Arşivi (BCA)
2- Resmi Yayın ve Tutanaklar
TBMMZC, IV/3, Ankara, 1950, s.5
3- Gazeteler
Cumhuriyet
Akşam
4- Kitaplar
YILDIRIM, İsmail, Cumhuriyet Döneminde Demiryolları (1923-1950), Ankara, 2001.
5- Makaleler
TEMİZGÜNEY, Firdevs, “Demiryolu Ulaşımının Erzurum’a katkıları”, Atatürk Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Enstitüsü Dergisi, S.53, (2015), s.255-272.
Not: Makalenin başlangıç ve bitiş sayfa aralığı kaynakçada kesinlikle belirtilmelidir.
6- Elektronik Kaynaklar
http://www.rayhaber.com/2014/06/erzurum-tren-gari-ndaki-muzeyle-tarihe-yolculuk/ Erişim Tarihi: 03.07.2018

18- If scientific materials such as documents and photographs are to be added to the article, they should first list the documents (if any) and then the photographs after the bibliography. The documents and photographs should be listed as "B.1:" or "F.1:" and explained next to them.

A- PUBLICATION ETHICS

Publication processes of The Journal of Atatürk are based on producing, developing and sharing knowledge evenhandedly within scientific methods.

Refereed articles are studies require scientific methods and they provide objectivity. All components of publication process (publisher, editors, authors, reviewers and readers) should obey ethical rules for scientific production. Within this context, the policies of ‘publication ethics’ and ‘open access’ also require all components of publication process to obey the ethical principles, in direction of guides and policies of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), as “Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors” and “COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors”. 

No fee is charged for the evaluation and publication of the articles. In addition, authors are not charged for open access to the article.

Authors are not paid royalties for the articles published in the journal.

*In case we identify that author(s) of the manuscript use(s) falsified and fabricated data, then we will report this to the institution of the authors where he/she works and reject the manuscript. Editorial members of the journal and/or the reviewers reserve the right to ask author(s) to provide raw data which was used in the manuscript.

B- ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PUBLISHER

Atatürk University, the publisher of The Journal of Atatürk, is a public-spirited and nonprofit-making public educational institution.

Although The Journal of Atatürk is a well-established magazine in its field under the management of editorial board or editors board, it continues its duty with the administrative support of Atatürk University Board of Directors.

C- THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE JOURNAL OF ATATÜRK

Editorial Board of The Journal of Atatürk is responsible for all processes of the articles sent to the journal. This responsibility requires deciding independently by considering public interest, not personal gains. The relationship between Publisher and the Editorial Board is based on independence policy, and all decisions of the editors are independent from the publisher and the other persons and institutions.

The Journal of Atatürk permanently strives to develop and raise the quality of the journal.

The Journal of Atatürk determines and performs journal policies as publication, blind review, evaluation process and ethical principles.

The Journal of Atatürk keeps copyrights of the articles published in Ankara University Journal of Faculty of Educational Sciences.

The Journal of Atatürk  is responsible for keeping intellectual property rights of authors in publication processes and guarding against unethical behaviors, plagiarism and reference gangs.

The Journal of Atatürk prepares a “Guide for Authors” to inform authors and “Guide for Reviewers” to inform reviewers about evaluation processes.

The Journal of Atatürk determines incentive policies for the authors.

The Journal of Atatürk her keeps records of every article electronically or in written forms.

D- EDITORS ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES 

1-Editors try to inform reviewers, authors, researchers and readers, to answer their questions clearly within the principles of clarity.
2- Editors, during the publication process, consider that the articles should be original and contribute the literature, the readers and researchers.
3- While editors are making decisions about the article publication, they consider originality, contribution to the field, clarity of expressions, content and validity and reliability of the articles.
4- Editors take the articles without any problem to the preliminary evaluation, consider positive views of reviewers, and they do not change the decisions of the reviewers unless there is a big problem for publishing.
5- Editors implement the policies of blind review and evaluation processes, keep private personal identity information of the authors, and provide impartial evaluation processes in due of time for the articles.
6- Editors send the articles to field editors and reviewers considering their professional fields, and care that the articles are evaluated impartially and independently.
7- Editors, in evaluation processes, consider if there are conflicts or collaborations between authors and reviewers or not.
8- Editors generate a large number or reviewers, and they update it consistently.
9- Editors prevent non-scientific that do not comply with academic etiquette rules.
10- Editors ensure that journal publishing processes are operated in accordance with publishing policies and guidelines, inform those who are in the process of the developments on publishing policies, and prepare training programs when necessary.
11- Editors communicate effectively with everyone involved in the publishing processes, and organize meetings at regular intervals.
12- Editors provide protection of personal data in assessed articles; they keep personal data of authors, referees and readers.

13- Editors take precautions against misconduct. When there are complaints about the abuse of duty, they share the findings about the subject by conducting an objective investigation.
14- Editors provide errors, inconsistencies, or misleading errors in articles to be corrected.
15- Editors protect the intellectual property rights of the published articles, and defend the rights of the journal and the author (s) in case of violation. Editors also take the necessary precautions to ensure that the content of the published articles does not infringe the intellectual property rights of other publications; they control authenticity-similarity.
16- Editors considers consistent critiques for the articles published in the journal and enables authors to answer these critiques.
17- Editors considers the studies including negative conclusions also.
18- Editors evaluate the complaints sent to the journal and make necessary statements.

E- ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF REVIEWERS 

The Journal of Atatürk are evaluated by double-blind review in a process, which neither the authors know the reviewers nor the reviewers know the authors; reviewers cannot communicate the authors directly; article evaluation forms and proofreading requests are sent to the authors through the website of the journal. Reviewers must bear the ethical responsibilities in Atatürk University The Journal of Atatürk as below:

1- Reviewers should only accept to evaluate the articles related to the field of their specializations.
2- Reviewers should make the evaluation impartially and confidentially. In accordance with this principle, the articles they review should be annihilated after the evaluation process, but they should be used after publication. Nationality, gender, religious beliefs, political beliefs and commercial concerns should not distort the impartiality of the evaluation.
3- When reviewers understand that there is a conflict or collaboration, they should inform the editors and refuse to evaluate the article.
4- Reviewers must evaluate articles with a constructive attitude in accordance with the academic etiquette rules; they should refrain from insulting and hostile personal comments.
5- Reviewers should evaluate the articles they agree on during the evaluation.

6-Reviewers must evaluate the articles for at least 1 month and not more than 2 months.

F-  ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE AUTHORS  

The ethical responsibilities of the authors that apply to The Journal of Atatürk as below: 

1- The authors should not send an article published in or sent to be published in another journal to The Journal of Atatürk at the same time.
2- The authors should send original articles to The Journal of Atatürk. Authors should refer to the sources they use in writing articles in the correct way in the direction of ethical principles.
2- Persons who do not contribute to the articles should not be listed as authors, and it should not be proposed to change the author order of a published article and to add authors.
4- Reviewers must notify the editors of the conflicts and collaborations about the article.
5- In the evaluation process of the articles the authors should provide the editorial staff with information about the articles or the raw data if required.

6- The authors must document the rights to use the data they use in their articles, the permission for research or the approval of the participants to whom they have searched.

7- Authors should communicate with the editors to provide information, to correct the article or to withdraw it when they are aware of the error associated with the evaluation and early appearance phase or the published article in electronic form.

8- The author(s) must specify that they received the ethics committee approval for the researches that require data collection by using quantitative or qualitative methods such as experiment, survey, scale, interview, observation, focus group work that require ethics committee decision; the author(s) must also specify the name of the ethics committee, the date and the number of the ethics committee decision on the first-last page and in the method section of the candidate article. In addition, the author(s) must include information on the fact that the informed consent form was received for the case reports in the articles.

9- The author (s) should present proof of their ethical principles in the data collection process (such as obtaining permission from others to use documents such as scale, questionnaire, photograph). It should be noted that the articles comply with copyright regulations for research and publication ethics and intellectual and artistic works.

G- NOTIFICATION OF ETHICS NON-PRINCIPLES STATUS EDITOR 

In case of encountering an unethical situation in articles or about editors, reviewers and authors or in articles that does not comply with the ethical principles regarding in The Journal of Atatürk, it should be reported by  atailens@atauni.edu.tr  

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