Writing Rules

1. The written language of the journal is Turkish, English and German.

2. The manuscripts to be published in the journal should be sent via the DergiPark system in Microsoft Word software format and rich text format (*.rtf) and by the publication principles and spelling rules listed in this title.

3. The OSCOLA (The Oxford University Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities) 4th Edition citation system should be taken as the basis for the studies submitted to the journal. The OSCOLA 4th Edition citation rules booklet available at: https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxlaw/oscola_4th_edn_hart_2012.pdf . (Please open the link on your computer.)

4. Footnote numbers should be given after all kinds of punctuation marks without a space. For example; Law, ............. is a set of rules.1

5. Research articles should include an abstract of at least 150 and at most 300 words in Turkish and an abstract in English, and 5 keywords in the same languages should be included in the study.

6. Foreign words in the text should be italicised.

7. References to Turkish works should not include any foreign words. For example, "ve" should be preferred instead of "and" in works with two authors or editors. Similarly, when abbreviating the edition, "bs" should be used instead of "edn" and "6. bs" should be used instead of "6th". The abbreviations to be used in studies conducted in languages other than Turkish and English should be made in the relevant language. For example; "und" should be used instead of "and"; "aufl" should be used instead of edition.

8. The research article sent to the journal with a request for publication should consist of at least 5,000 and at most 20,000 words, including footnotes. The publication of studies outside the specified limits is at the discretion of the editors. Studies other than research articles are not subject to the specified word limits.

9. The text of the study should be prepared in Times New Roman font with 1.5 line spacing and 12 pt. font, and footnotes should be prepared with single line spacing and 10 pt. font. Footnotes are shown at the bottom of the page.

10. The first line of the paragraph should start 1.25 cm inside.

11. Headings in the text should be organised as follows:

        I. BOLD AND ALL CAPITAL LETTERS

            A. Bold and Capitalised First Letters Only

                1. Bold and Capitalised First Letters Only

                    a. Thin and Capitalised First Letters Only

                        (1) Thin and Only the First Letters are Capitalised

The research paper template is available here.

12. "INTRODUCTION" and "CONCLUSION" headings should not be numbered.

13. At the end of the study, there should be a bibliography where the sources used in the study are listed according to the surnames of the authors. References by different authors with the same surname are listed alphabetically according to the initials of the first names. Different works of the same author are listed starting from the oldest date.

14. The title "REFERENCES" should be placed on the next page after the end of the text.