Yearbook of Turkic Studies - Belleten

The aim of  Yearbook of Turkic Studies - Belleten is to support the improvement of Turkish language studies and the advance in qualified language researches.  The journal provides a scientific platform concerning various contemporary and historical topics, which will attract the Turkish language researchers’ attention and will interest a large audience of readers who pursue their studies on language while also introducing the works on the field and bringing them to the attention of researchers.

• In Belleten, there are scientific writings that treat the history, present state, the grammar and current problems of Turkish language.

• In the journal, there are also writings, which introduce authors, and works that treat the history of Turkish language, its present state, Turkish grammar and its current problems and that announce the new activities.

• The general publishing language of the journal is Turkish but articles in contemporary Turkish written languages and in English, German, French and Russian are also included.

• The writings sent to be published in the journal must not have been published anywhere else. The proceedings presented at congresses and conference papers may be sent on condition that they are not published in proceedings books.

                PUBLICATION PRINCIPLES

• Yearbook of Turkic Studies - Belleten, which is an international refereed journal is published as two issues in June and December, and one volume a year.

• Scientific writings treating the history of Turkish language, its current state, Turkish grammar and its current problems are included in the journal.

• The writings sent to be published in the journal must not have been published anywhere else. The proceedings presented at congresses and conference papers may be sent on condition that they are not published in proceedings books.

• The general publishing language of the journal is Turkish but articles in contemporary Turkish writing languages and in English, German, French and Russian are also included.

• The journal accepts the article applications via YAYSIS (Publication Tracking System). The applications made through mail or e-mail are not included in the publication process.

• The article sent to the journal is sent to two referees after being examined in terms of appropriateness for publication (Those articles which are not considered appropriate for publication are not included in the process.) After the evaluation of the referees, an article deemed publishable with a report given by two referees is published in the following issue. In case one of the referee reports is positive and the other negative, the article is sent to a third referee. At that rate, whether the article will be published or not is to be decided with respect to the third referee’s report. The reviewers of the paper won't get to know the identity of the author(s), and the author(s) won't get to know the identity of the reviewer (double blind peer review).

• The articles are directly oriented towards the referees via YAYSIS (without making a change on the file which the author has uploaded.) There should be no information defining the author of the article in terms of ensuring the author-referee confidentiality.

• The authors should indicate their own ORCID numbers in the footnote they add to the “Name SURNAME” part.

• You have to use the template file when sending an article. You can download the template from here.

•  You can download the declarations file, which must be signed by all authors contributing to the article and uploaded to YAYSIS, from here.

• The Turkish Language Institution Spelling Dictionary should be considered in the articles sent to the journal (including the abbreviations).

•  The number of words of the articles should not exceed 8000 and the number of pages should not exceed 20.

• The abstracts of articles to be sent to the journal should have abstracts of at least 200 and at most 250 words in Turkish and English and key words in both languages should be on the first page. After the “references” part of the articles, there should be a detailed English abstract made up of at least 700 and at most 1000 words.

• The articles sent to the journal are published after the necessary referee examinations. The editorial board has the right not to publish the articles sent. The Editorial Board/ Editor may make corrections on the articles published that will not impair their integrity.

• A royalty is paid for the articles published in the journal in accordance with the relevant regulations.

• The opinions brought forward in the articles published in the journal and the article’s legal liability are the author’s responsibility.

• The articles, photographs, tables and figures in the journal may not be quoted from without providing reference.

PAGE LAYOUT PRINCIPLES

• Times New Roman font should be used in the article. However, if a specific font was used when writing as some parts necessitate, these fonts should be sent to Yearbook of Turkic Studies - Belleten Broadcast Team via e-mail in case the article is accepted for publication.

• Abstract should be written 2 cm inward from right and left sides, with 10pt and a single line break.

• The article should be prepared as MS Word file. The page layout of the paper should be as follows:

Text size: 11pt

Footnote size: 9 pt

Paragraph break: 6 pt

Indent: 1,25 cm

Top-bottom-right-left margins: 3cm.

Line break: single

• If there will be footnotes in the article, they should be written with single line break, 0pt paragraph break and 9pt.

• In the article, the direct quotations exceeding 40 words should be written 1,5 cm inward from right and left sides and with 10pt.

REFERENCE PRINCIPLES

• The APA 7 system is adopted regarding the issue of giving reference in the articles that will be sent to our journal.

• All the resourced used should be specified under the title “Resources” at the end of the article.

The articles, which do not conform to these principles will absolutely not be evaluated.

Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

Publication Ethics Statement: All parties in the publication process (authors, editorial board and referees) will make decisions in accordance with the ethical standards. In order to guarantee high ethical standards, The Yearbook of Turkic Studies - Belleten has acknowledged international standards for all parties. The Yearbook of Turkic Studies - Belleten expects all parties to comply with these standards. The best publication ethics standards are supported and all precautions against publication malpractices are taken. The Yearbook of Turkic Studies - Belleten as the publisher takes the tutorship task seriously in all phases of publishing and acknowledges ethical and other responsibilities.

International Standards for the Authors

The Yearbook of Turkic Studies – Belleten does not request all authors of an article a signed letter of application, and does not conduct mandatory practices on the authors. All authors applying to the Yearbook of Turkic Studies - Belleten are expected to comply voluntarily with the international standards (the ethical principles determined by the Committee on the Publication Ethics (COPE), https://publicationethics.org/).

· The authors will approve that the articles are their genuine works. Plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, dual publication, data manipulation are not allowed.

· The authors will not inflict physical or legal harm to the participants of the study and they will not abuse the participants psychologically. In addition, the authors will provide the right to privacy and anonymity.

· The authors will indicate the individuals or institutions (sponsors) supporting the study.

· The authors will approve that the article has not been published elsewhere before, and is not being evaluated elsewhere for publishing at the moment.

· The authors will ensure the list of references they used in their article.

· If an author finds out that there is an important error or mistake in their published work, they will immediately inform the journal’s editor or published and will cooperate with the editor to withdraw or correct the article.

· The authors will inform the Yearbook of Turkic Studies – Belleten about any conflict of interest.

International Standards for the Editorial Board

The editors and the members of the Editorial Board will comply with the international standards for the Editorial Board. The editor and the Editorial Board of the Yearbook of Turkic Studies – Belleten are expected to comply voluntarily with the international standards (the ethical principles determined by the Committee on the Publication Ethics (COPE), https://publicationethics.org/).

· The editorial board will keep all the data about the submitted papers confidential.

· The editorial board is responsible for taking the publishing decisions for all papers submitted.

· The editorial board will make an effort to meet the requirements of both the readers and the authors.

· The editorial board will make an effort to increase the quality of the Yearbook of Turkic Studies - Belleten.

· The editorial board will attach utmost importance to quality and authenticity.

· The editorial board will be ready to publish revisions, statements, withdrawals and apologies when needed.

International Standards for Referees

The referees are will comply with the international standards for refereeing after accepting the invitation. The referees of the Yearbook of Turkic Studies - Belleten are expected to to comply voluntarily with the international standards (the ethical principles determined by the Committee on the Publication Ethics (COPE), https://publicationethics.org/).

· The referees will keep the information about the papers confidential.

· The referees will present all the information that would be a reason for rejecting an article to the attention of the editorial board.

· The referees will evaluate the articles with regard to being scientific.

· The referees will evaluate the articles only with regard to their authenticity, significance and compliance with the scope of the journal.

· The referees will inform the Yearbook of Turkic Studies - Belleten about any conflict of interest.

All articles are subjected to the plagiarism check using the iThenticate software by the Yearbook of Turkic Studies - Belleten. The authors will avoid all kinds of plagiarism including self-plagiarism. The articles with a similarity report containing results exceeding 18% similarity will not be published by the journal. The articles will be authentic, and not be published before or submitted for publication elsewhere.

The editor will control the articles for deciding the publication process and determining misconducts. If a paper is defined as misconducting, the author will be responsible for the withdrawal or correction of that paper in line with the feedback provided by the editor and the referees.

Informed Consent Policy

Author(s) should comply with the following conditions in order to meet ethical and legal standards for work with human subjects:

Participants in your research should be informed that you will be conducting research in which they will be the participants or that you would like to write about them for publication.

Participants in your research should be informed that participation is voluntary, that there is no penalty for refusing to participate, and that the participants may withdraw at any time without penalty.

Participants in your research should be informed that the purpose of your research and the procedure you will follow in the research.

Participants in your research should be informed that contact information that they can reach you for answers to questions regarding the research.

Participants in your research should be informed that any foreseeable risks and discomforts involved in agreeing to cooperate.

Participants in your research should be informed that any possible direct benefits of participating (e.g., receiving a copy of the article or chapter).

Participants in your research should be informed if and how their confidentiality will be protected.

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