DergiPark SYSTEM OBLIGATION
As of 27.10.2020, only the articles sent via the “Dergipark” system will be taken into consideration and the articles sent to “auhfd@law.ankara.edu.tr” will not be taken into consideration.

ORCID AND ROR ID NUMBER REQUIREMENT
In all manuscripts submitted for evaluation at AÜHF, authors are required to obtain an ORCID number (Scientific Researcher Identification Number) and upload their manuscripts and ORCID numbers to the Dergipark system. In addition, authors are required to indicate the ROR ID information of the institution they are affiliated with in the text of the manuscript. Institutional ID information can be accessed at https://ror.org. ORCID Number can be obtained from https://orcid.org/signin.
Studies of researchers who do not provide ORCID and ROR ID access will not be evaluated.

WORD LIMIT
The text of the articles submitted to the journal should not exceed 15,000 words. Manuscripts exceeding the word limit will be returned without being taken to the referee process.
Abstracts, bibliography and footnotes are not included in the word limit for the text. Turkish and English abstracts should be at least 150 words and should not exceed 200 words. 5 (five) keywords must be identified and included with their English versions. The text of the article, Turkish and English (Abstract) abstracts, references and footnotes should be prepared in “Microsoft Word” program using “Times New Roman” font and 12 pt. font size with 1.5 line spacing in accordance with the following procedures.

SPELLING RULES

1) Manuscripts submitted to the journal must not have been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.

2) The article must be prepared in accordance with the current spelling rules accepted by the Turkish Language Association and the rules given in this text. In case of non-compliance, the Editorial Office may request that the manuscript be reorganized and resubmitted in accordance with the relevant rules.

3) It is recommended that articles are uploaded to the system at least 45 days before the issue in which they are planned to be published. This period is not an assurance that the article will be published, but only a prerequisite for evaluating the possibility of publication.

4) The manuscripts that are initially evaluated by the Editorial Commission will be sent to the referees, and it will be decided to publish the manuscript in line with the reports of the referees, to request corrections from the author within the framework of the reports or to reject the manuscript, and the author will be notified as soon as possible. In the event that corrections are requested in the referee's report, changes can only be made by the author within the framework of the specified corrections. The journal will also include articles, translations, judgments and book reviews, legislative evaluations and informative notes. The acceptance or rejection of such articles will be made by the Editorial Commission. If the articles are accepted for publication, the copyrights of the work are transferred to our journal under the CC-BY-NC-ND license.

5) TITLE AND AUTHOR NAME: The main title of the article should be written in 14-point font, all letters capitalized, bold and centered. The author's name and surname should appear to the right of the title. The author's name should be written in 13 pt, bold, right justified, with capitalized first letters. At the end of the author's surname, there should be an asterisk containing the author's title, institution, field, e-mail address, ROR ID and ORCID information. ROR ID, ORCID and e-mail addresses in the text of the article should be provided with a URL link.
Ethical statements (e.g., funding, acknowledgments, derivation from thesis, etc.) on the first pages of the manuscript should also be stated in English. In studies with more than one author, the contribution rate and conflict of interest statements of the authors should be included in the article text.
Article subheadings, the words “Abstract” as the title of the Turkish abstract, “Abstract” as the title of the English abstract, and the title “Keywords” should be written in bold and capitalized.
For example: Ankara University Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Law (ornek@law.ankara.edu.tr, https://ror.org/00000, https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000).

6) Ethics Committee Permission
In our journal, all studies that require ethics committee approval must be approved by the relevant committee. Surveys, experiments, observations, clinical and animal studies and research involving personal data are subject to ethics committee approval. This permission must be clearly stated in the text of the article. Studies without ethical approval are not evaluated. Scientific research on humans and animals must be conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and ARRIVE guidelines and approval must be obtained from the relevant ethics committee. Studies without ethics committee approval are not evaluated in our journal.

7) TEXT
The text of the article and subheadings within the text should be prepared in 12 pt, 1.5 line spacing, left justified and organized as follows.
First Level Style: I, II, III.... (I. BLACK, BOLD AND ALL CAPS)
Second Level Style: A, B, C... (A. Black, Bold and Capitalized First Letters Only)
Third Level Style: 1, 2, 3... (1. Black, Bold and Capitalized First Letters Only)
Fourth Level Style: a, b, c (a. Black, Bold and Capitalized First Letters Only)
Fifth Level Style: i, ii, iii... (i. Italicized, Thin and Capitalized First Letters Only)
Example:
I. SCOPE OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
A. Subjects of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms
1. Persons
a. Communities of Persons
i. For Legal Entities

8) NOTES and REFERENCES
“Chicago” citation system is adopted in footnotes and bibliography. Works that do not comply with the relevant citation procedure will be returned to the author. The footnotes of the article should be shown at the bottom of the page and should be prepared with 10 font size and single line spacing. Footnotes used at the end of a sentence should be given without a space before the end-of-sentence punctuation mark.
Ex: ............ This practice has entered into force as of this date.
In case of any doubt, the official website of the citation procedure can be accessed through this link: https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.html 
The following are examples of citations and references made according to this citation system:

A) Citations to Books

Single Author
Footnote: Zadie Smith, Swing Time (Penguin Press, 2016), 315.
Cited Again: Smith, Swing Time, 320.
In Bibliography: Smith, Zadie. Swing Time. Penguin Press, 2016.

Two or More Authors
Footnote: Brian Grazer and Charles Fishman, A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life (Simon & Schuster, 2015), 12.
Cited Again: Grazer and Fishman, Curious Mind, 37.
Citation: Grazer, Brian, and Charles Fishman. A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life. Simon & Schuster, 2015.

Citation in an Edited (Review) Book
Footnote: Henry David Thoreau, “Walking,” in The Making of the American Essay, ed. John D'Agata (Graywolf Press, 2016), 177-78.
Cited Again: Thoreau, “Walking,” 182.
In Bibliography: Thoreau, Henry David. “Walking.” In The Making of the American Essay, edited by John D'Agata, 167-95. Graywolf Press, 2016.

Citation to the Entire Edited (Compilation) Book
Footnote: John D'Agata, ed., The Making of the American Essay (Graywolf Press, 2016), 177-78.
Cited Again: D'Agata, American Essay, 182.
Citation: D'Agata, John, ed. The Making of the American Essay. Graywolf Press, 2016.

Citation to Translated Work
Footnote Jhumpa Lahiri, In Other Words, trans. Ann Goldstein (Alfred A. Knopf, 2016), 146.
Robert Dahl, On Democracy, trans. Betül Kadıoğlu (Phoenix Publishing House, 2021), 58.
Cited Again:
Lahiri, In Other Words, 184.
Dahl, On Democracy, 58.
In Bibliography:
Lahiri, Jhumpa. In Other Words. Translated by Ann Goldstein. Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.
Dahl, Robert. On Democracy, Translated by Betül Kadıoğlu. Phoenix Publishing House, 2021.

B. Citations to Journals and Periodicals

Single Author
Footnote: Hyeyoung Kwon, “Inclusion Work: Children of Immigrants Claiming Membership in Everyday Life,” American Journal of Sociology 127, no. 6 (2022): 1842–43, https://doi.org/10.1086/720277.
Cited Again: Kwon, “Inclusion Work,” 1851.
Bibliography: Kwon, Hyeyoung. “Inclusion Work: Children of Immigrants Claiming Membership in Everyday Life.” American Journal of Sociology 127, no. 6 (2022): 1818–59. https://doi.org/10.1086/720277.

Two or More Authors
Footnote: Shao-Hsun Keng, Chun-Hung Lin, and Peter F. Orazem, “Expanding College Access in Taiwan, 1978-2014: Effects on Graduate Quality and Income Inequality,” Journal of Human Capital 11, no. 1 (Spring 2017): 9–10. https://doi.org/10.1086/690235.
Cited Again: Keng, Lin, and Orazem, “Expanding College Access,” 23.
Citation: Keng, Shao-Hsun, Chun-Hung Lin, and Peter F. Orazem. “Expanding College Access in Taiwan, 1978-2014: Effects on Graduate Quality and Income Inequality.” Journal of Human Capital 11, no. 1 (Spring 2017): 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1086/690235.

C. Citations to the Official Newspaper
RG, 30.12.2020, P. 31350.

D. References to Judicial Decisions
References to the decisions of the Court of Cassation and the Regional Court of Appeal should be organized as set out in this section. Although the Journal does not prescribe a special procedure when referring to foreign court decisions, the procedure adopted should be used uniformly throughout the article.
For example: Y. 17th HD, E.2019/3192, K.2020/4927, 08.09.2020, (Source of the judgment).
Ankara BAM 2nd HD, E.2016/113, K.2017/21, 23.01.2017, (Source of the judgment).

E. Citations to Electronic Sources
Ex: Philip B. Kurland and Ralph Lerner, eds., The Founders' Constitution (University of Chicago Press, 1987), 22, http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/.

9) REFERENCES
At the end of the article, there must be a Bibliography section at the end of the article, starting on a separate page, listing the sources used in the article. The title of the bibliography should be written in bold, 12-point font, in all capital letters and should be justified on both sides. The bibliography should be ordered according to the alphabetical surnames of the authors. The works in the bibliography should also be in 12-point font and justified on both sides. The bibliography section should always start on a new page.

10) FOREIGN WORDS AND ABBREVIATIONS
Foreign words used in the text must be italicized. However, if the publication language of the work is Turkish, the Turkish equivalent of the expressions other than the original name of the work should be written in the bibliography or footnotes.
For example: “volume” for ‘volume’, ‘issue’ for ‘issue’, ‘edited by/editor’ for ‘editor’, ‘editors’ for ‘editors’.
It is not obligatory to prepare a table of abbreviations. However, if an abbreviation is used in the text, the abbreviated expression should be written without abbreviation in the place where this abbreviation is used for the first time and the abbreviation should be included in parentheses.