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Publisher Archive Policy
In keeping with our efforts to support the dissemination of research results, the publisher is pleased to announce its archival policy:
Publisher: Karabuk University Faculty of Theology
Journal Name: BALAGH - Journal of Islamic and Humanities Studies
e-ISSN: 2791-6561
Start 2021
Period: 2 points per year
Publisher: Karabuk University Faculty of Theology
e-ISSN: 2791-6561

1. The publisher grants authors permission to use the final published version of an article (publisher pdf) for self-archiving (author's personal website) and/or archiving in an institutional repository after publication.
2. Authors may self-archive their articles in public and/or commercial subject-based repositories. There is no embargo period, but the published source must be cited and a link to the journal home page must be set.
3. Authors can download the manuscript as a PDF document. Authors can send copies of the article to colleagues without any embargo.

4. The publisher allows all versions of the articles (submitted version, accepted version, published version) to be stored in an institutional or other archive of the author's choice without embargo.