PUBLICATION ETHICS AND PUBLICATION MALPRACTICE STATEMENT

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, Bezgek journal of Teaching Turkish Language to Foreigners has acknowledged international standards for all parties. Bezgek journal of Teaching Turkish Language to Foreigners expects all parties to comply with these standards. The best publication ethics standards are supported and all precautions against publication malpractices are taken. Bezgek journal of Teaching Turkish Language to Foreigners as the publisher takes the tutorship task seriously in all phases of publishing and acknowledges ethical and other responsibilities.

International Standards for the Authors

Bezgek journal of Teaching Turkish Language to Foreigners 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 Bezgek journal of Teaching Turkish Language to Foreigners 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 Bezgek journal of Teaching Turkish Language to Foreigners 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 Bezgek Journal of Teaching Turkish Language to Foreigners 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 Bezgek journal of Teaching Turkish Language to Foreigners.
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 Bezgek journal of Teaching Turkish Language to Foreigners 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 are independent of the authors, i.e. not affiliated with the same institution.
The referees will inform Bezgek journal of Teaching Turkish Language to Foreigners about any conflict of interest.
All articles are subjected to the plagiarism check using the iThenticate software by Bezgek journal of Teaching Turkish Language to Foreigners. The authors will avoid all kinds of plagiarism including self-plagiarism. The articles with a similarity report containing results exceeding 20% similarity will not be published by Bezgek journal of Teaching Turkish Language to Foreigners. Bezgek journal of Teaching Turkish Language to Foreigners 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.

Bezgek journal of Teaching Turkish Language to Foreigners is a member of CrossCheck, an initiative, which helps the editors to confirm the authenticity of the submitted papers.

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.



SENDING OF THE ARTICLES




The articles which are prepared by considering the principles above must be sent through the ARTICLE FOLLOW-UP SYSTEM.

In order to send an article through the “ARTICLE FOLLOW-UP SYSTEM”:
*One must enter the webpage with the user name (the e-mail address saved in the system) and the password after s/he becomes a member of the article follow-up system.
*One must fill in the related blanks by opening the section “send the article”.
*One must load the article on the system as an MS file.



OPEN ACCESS SYSTEM


This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.

The manuscripts sent to journal are controled with “IThenticate” screening program.

Note: The authors cannot retain the copyrights and full publishing rights without the permission of journal ediors' committee. This is guaranteed with the copyright aggreement form of journal, which authors have to accept that their copyrights are transferred to the journal. You can see the journal's copyright transfer aggreement form İf you click link.