Page Properties

Programme: Microsoft Office Word versions
Page size: A4 (29.7x21 cm.) vertical
Margins: 3 cm on all four sides (right, left, top, bottom)
Font type Times New Roman

Limitation
The main text of the article should not exceed 10,000 words including tables, appendices and footnotes.
Article titles, abstracts, keywords and bibliography are considered outside this limit.

Titles

Article Title
Each manuscript should have a title in Turkish and English. The title of the study should clearly reflect the content and be comprehensive. The title should not exceed 12 words, should be bold and capitalised in 14-point font, and its second language equivalent should be italicised, capitalised, in 12-point font and immediately below the Turkish title.

Numbering
All headings including introduction, conclusion, appendices and bibliography should be numbered. Introduction should be indicated with "0" in numbering. Main headings should continue as "1, 2, 3". Letters such as A, a, i, b and Roman numerals should not be used in numbering.

Main Headings
The main headings in the manuscript should be numbered as "1, 2, 3" and should be written in 12 pt. bold and capitalised.

Sub-headings
Sub-headings in the article should be numbered gradually as "1.1, 2.3, 3.2.2, 4.1.3.1 etc.". Punctuation marks such as period (.), colon (:) etc. should not be used at the end of headings up to four levels.
Two-level headings such as 1.2, 3.1, 5.2, etc. should be written in 12 point font with capitalised initials.
Three-tier headings such as 1.2.1, 3.1.2, 5.2.4 should be written in 11-point font with capitalised initials.
Four-level headings such as 1.2.1.3, 3.1.2.1, 5.2.4.2 should be written in 11 pt, initials capitalised and italicised.
For titles with more than four levels, a colon (:) should be placed at the end of the word where the title ends and the text should continue after the colon.
Other than these, in cases requiring special headings or special numbering, arrangements can be made by the editorial decision.

Author name(s) and address(es)
Under the article titles, the surname should be written in capital letters, 11-point font, bold, and the institution, title, contact information and ORCID information of the author(s) should be italicised with a footnote as "*" on the first page of the article. In case there is more than one author, the author's name(s) and surname(s) should be written in the order of author name(s) and surname(s), and author information should be indicated as "*, **, ***" with starred footnotes.

Abstract / Abstract
At the beginning of the article, one line space should be left after the author information, followed by the Turkish abstract and English abstract. However, if the manuscripts are prepared in German, French, Russian or modern Turkish dialects other than these languages, the article should include the abstract and abstract prepared in Turkish, English and the third language, respectively.
Abstract and abstract should be at least 100 and at most 300 words. Abstract and abstract should not contain citations, references, figures, charts, etc.
Abstract and abstract should be identical in terms of content, and should be written in 10-point font, indented 1 cm from left and right.

Keywords / Key words
"Keywords" should be given below the abstract by making carriage returns. Keywords should consist of at least 3 and at most 8 words. Keywords should be compatible and inclusive with the content of the article. Very general expressions such as "language, languages, etc." should not be used in keywords. Each phrase in keywords should consist of maximum three words.

Main Text
The main text should be single-spaced and written in 11 pt. font size, paragraph spacing should be set as 6 pt. before and after.

Visuals
The pictures, photographs, maps, figures and tables in the article should be italicised and numbered in 10 pt. on the left as Picture 1., Map 2., Figure 1. etc., followed by an explanatory statement.
For example. Table 1. Vowel System in Turkish
Written phrases in tables and figures in the article should not exceed 10 points. In voluminous tables and figures, the font size can be reduced to 8.
Pictures and photographs should be placed in the article in high resolution.

The ratio of pictures, photographs, maps, figures and tables in the article should not exceed 50% of the main text of the article. The article should be planned according to these principles.


Citation and Bibliography

APA 6 should be used.