Article Preparation

Language: Turkish, English, Arabic, German
The language of the journal is Turkish, English, Arabic and German.

Article Types: Articles, book reviews, symposium reviews and other types of scientific publications
However, we advise the authors to be as concise as possible for the dissemination of the work.

Article Format:
Image Format:
Citation Style: ISNAD 2 Citation System (Footnoted)

Author Change: Only processed before the manuscript is accepted. Authors are required to carefully review the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and provide the final author list at the time of original submission.

Writing Guidelines:

The manuscript should not exceed 15,000 words, including Abstract, Abstract, Footnotes and References. (The Editorial Board is the final decision-maker if the limit is exceeded due to the nature of the work.)
The arrangement of the manuscript elements should be as follows:

1. Title in English
2. Abstract
3. Keywords
4. Title in Turkish (Maximum 10-12 words)
5. Abstract (should be between 150-250 words)
6. Keywords (It should consist of at least 5 and at most 8 words)
- Arabic Title (for Arabic articles)
- Arabic Abstract (150-250) words (for Arabic articles)
- Arabic Keywords (for Arabic articles)
7. Body Text
8. Conclusion
9. Bibliography

The text should be written in Microsoft Office Word program. The page size should be A4.
Margins: 3 cm should be left from each edge.

Title: A title that is compatible with the content of the article and expresses the content in the best way should be chosen and should be written in bold letters, 12 Punto Times New Roman, and each word should be capitalized. The title of the article should be between 10-12 words at most. The title should be arranged according to the ISNAD2 Citation System; it should be set as 0 pt from the top, 6 pt from the bottom and without indentation; it should be center aligned. Prepositions and conjunctions in the title should be written in lower case. In addition, titles should be bolded and italics should not be used except for book titles and special cases.
Titling based on the decimal system should be used.
Example of Titling in Decimal System:
1. ________________________________________
1.1. _________________________________
1.1.1. __________________________

Author name and institution information: Since the manuscript to be uploaded to the system will go to the referees, author name and institutional information should not be written. After the manuscript is approved for publication and before it is uploaded in its final form, Name-Surname, Institutional Information (TR&ENG), e-mail and Orcid ID should be written as specified in the article template. This information will be requested from the author later.

Abstract/Abstract: English-Turkish abstract (150-250 words). The abstract should be in Times New Roman font, 9 pt, aligned on both sides, single-spaced and unindented. References, figure and table numbers should not be mentioned in the abstract.

Summary/Abstract: Articles that are peer-reviewed and accepted for publication should be preceded by an English Summary and a Turkish Abstract of at least 750 and at most 1,500 words. The abstract should be in Times New Roman font, 9 pt, aligned on both sides, single-spaced. Paragraph beginnings should be indented 1.25 cm from the left; spaces should be set as 0 pt above the paragraph and 6 pt below the paragraph.

Keywords: Keywords consisting of at least 5 and at most 8 words must be given below the abstract. Each word of the keywords should be capitalized and commas should be used between them. They should be written in 9-point font size, aligned on both sides, single-spaced and unindented.

Main Text: Manuscripts should not exceed 35 journal pages (15,000 words) including attachments such as pictures, figures, maps, etc. It should be written in Times New Roman font in 11 point size; aligned on both sides; 1.15 line spacing. Paragraph beginnings should be indented 1.25 cm from the left; spaces should be set as 0 pt above the paragraph and 6 pt below the paragraph. The main text should be prepared according to the ISNAD2 Citation System (with footnotes). Arabic expressions in the text and footnotes should be in Traditional Arabic, 11-point font and bold.

Section Headings: Main, intermediate and subheadings can be used in the article, provided that they are compatible with the content. These headings should be capitalized for each word. They should be organized according to the ISNAD2 Citation System; they should be set as 0 pt from the top and bottom, unindented and single line; they should be aligned on both sides. It should be in Times New Roman font, 11 point size, bold.

Tables and Figures: Tables should be numbered and titled. Tables and Figures should be organized according to the ISNAD2 Citation System. Tabular texts should be written in Times New Roman font with a font size of 10 points and should be aligned on both sides.
Table and Figure captions and references, if any, should be written in Times New Roman font, 8-point font size, aligned on both sides and single-spaced. Spacing should be set to 6 pt from the bottom and 0 pt from the top for Table and Figure captions, and 6 pt from the top and bottom for Table and Figure references.
Tables should not extend beyond the writing area (page margins should not be violated), and spacing should be set to 0 nk from the top and 6 nk from the bottom. Tables smaller than the page margins should be left-aligned.
Figures should not extend beyond the writing area (page margins should not be violated), spaces should be set to 0 pt from the top and 6 pt from the bottom. Tables smaller than the page margins should be left-aligned.

Images: They should be scanned in high resolution, print quality. Image naming conventions should follow the same rules as for figures and charts. Figures, charts and illustrations should not exceed a total of 10 pages (one third of the manuscript).

Citations and References: All direct quotations should be made in accordance with the ISNAD Citation System. If the direct quotation is a paragraph, it should be written in Times New Roman font with a font size of 10 points, aligned on both sides, and 1 line spacing. The beginning of the paragraph should be unindented, the whole paragraph should be indented 2 cm from left and right; spaces should be set as 0 pt above the paragraph and 6 pt below the paragraph.

Footnotes Must comply with the ISNAD2 Citation System (with footnotes). They should be written in Times New Roman font in 9 point size; aligned on both sides; single-spaced. Spacing should be set to 0 pt from top and bottom.

References: It should start on the page after the conclusion.
References should be organized according to the ISNAD2 Citation System.
References should be written in Times New Roman font in 11 point size; aligned on both sides; single-spaced.
For each reference, the first line should be indented from the left, and the following lines should be indented 1.25 cm from the left. Spaces for each source should be 0 pt from the top and 6 pt from the bottom.
If more than one work of an author is included in the bibliography, the author's name should be written again for each work.

Abbreviations: Abbreviations should be made as specified in the ISNAD2 Citation System; if the abbreviation is not specified in the ISNAD2 Citation System, the author's preference should be specified in the description section when submitting the article.
- If an end-of-page explanation is to be made for the title of the article, the * sign should be used.
- No Header and Footer entries should be made.
- Page numbers should not be added.
For detailed information on citations and references, see: https://www.isnadsistemi.org/download/isnad-citation-style-2nd-edition-manual/ 
See for the Principles of Edited Publication:
http://www.isam.org.tr/documents/_dosyalar/_pdfler/ISAM_Tahkikli_Nesir_Esaslari.pdf  

TRANSLATIONS
Article writing rules apply for translations.
The name and information of the translator should not be written in the translation.
The translation title should be the title of the translated text.
At the end of the translation title, a (*) should be added at the end of the page, and the type of the translated text (article, book chapter, paper, etc.) and the imprint of the text according to the ISNAD Citation System should be added at the end of the page.
Regardless of the citation system used in the original text, footnotes must comply with the ISNAD Citation System.
Tables and Figures should be organized according to the ISNAD Citation System. Tabular texts should be written in Times New Roman font with a font size of 10 points and aligned on both sides.
Abstract, keywords, abstract and keywords should be given as they appear in the original text. If not included in the text, 250-500 words of Abstract and Abstract, Keywords and keywords should be added.

BOOK EVALUATIONS
Article writing rules apply for Book Reviews.
Also;
Abstract and Abstract consisting of 150-250 words should be included.
Book Reviews should be between 500-1500 words.
If an end-of-page explanation is to be made for the title of the Book Review, the * sign should be used.

Source Citation Style
Articles should be prepared according to ISNAD2 Citation System.
https://www.isnadsistemi.org/en/guide/isnad2-2/ 

Final Checklist
It is hoped that this list will be useful during the final check of the manuscript before it is uploaded to the journal system.

Make sure that the following items are present:
1. Author information added.
- E-mail address
- Full mailing address
- Phone number
2. All necessary files have been uploaded.
- Article text
- Copyright Agreement
3. The article has been "spell-checked" and "grammar-checked".
4. All references mentioned in the bibliography are cited in the text and vice versa.

Submit Article
The corresponding author account of the corresponding author should be used in the submissions. All correspondence regarding the application is sent to the corresponding author via e-mail sent through the journal system.
When uploading the manuscript file, make sure that this file does not contain any elements that will decipher the identity of the author due to the double-blind review process.

Files You Need to Upload Separately:
1) Full Article Text

During submission, the following commitment is obtained from the author electronically:
1. I am authorized/authorized by the co-authors to submit this work to your journal.
2. The manuscript is original, has not been formally published in another peer-reviewed journal, is not under review by another journal, and does not violate any existing copyright or other third-party rights.
3. I/we agree that if the article is accepted for editorial publication, it will be licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license.
4. The copyright and intellectual property rights of the author(s) or, if applicable, the author(s)' employer are reserved. The author(s) undertake(s) that the publisher is not responsible for any claims or lawsuits to be filed by third parties due to copyright infringement, and that all responsibility belongs to them.
5. The author(s) undertake(s) that there are no criminal elements or illegal expressions in the article, and that no illegal materials and methods were used during the research.

Author Guidelines

Duties and Responsibilities of Authors

Authorship and Contribution
Authorship should be limited to those who made significant contributions to the conception, design, conduct or interpretation of the study. All significant contributors should be listed as co-authors. If there were minor contributors to the study, e.g. language editing, they should be acknowledged in the acknowledgments section. The corresponding author should ensure that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript and agree to its submission for publication. Authors are expected to carefully review the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and to provide the final author list at the time of original submission. Only in exceptional circumstances will the editor consider the addition, deletion or rearrangement of authors after the manuscript has been submitted. All authors must agree to any such addition, deletion or reorganization. Authors take joint responsibility for the work.

Author Change Requests
Addition, deletion or rearrangement of author names in the author list can only be made before the manuscript is accepted and only if approved by the Editor of the journal.
If such a change is requested, the Editor will request from the responsible author (a) the reason for the change in the author list and (b) written confirmation (e-mail) from all authors that they agree to the addition. Only in exceptional cases will the Editor consider the addition, deletion or reorganization of authors after the article has been accepted.

Article Writing
Authors of original research papers should address the topic in an original way and with an objective discussion. The paper should include sufficient detail and references to allow others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly false statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Originality
The author must ensure that the article is original, has not been previously published elsewhere, and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, in another language.

Using Original Sources and Citation
Authors should ensure that they are writing entirely original work and, if they have used the work or words of others, that it is properly cited. Privately obtained information, such as in conversations, correspondence or discussions with third parties, should not be used without the express written permission of the source.

Data Access and Preservation
Authors may be asked to provide research data supporting their articles for editorial review and/or to comply with the journal's open data requirements. Authors should be prepared to provide public access to such data, if possible, and to retain such data for a reasonable period after publication. The journal recommends uploading research data to TUBITAK's Aperta Portal.

Multiple and Simultaneous Publication
An author should not publish the same research article in more than one journal. It is unethical to submit the same article to more than one journal at the same time. An author should not submit a previously published article for consideration in another journal, except in the form of an abstract.

Publication of Studies Based on Surveys and Interviews
For research in all disciplines that require ethics committee approval (ethics committee approval must be obtained, this approval must be stated and documented in the article. In researches requiring ethics committee approval, information about the approval (name of the committee, date and number) should be included in the method section, as well as on one of the first/last pages of the article; in case reports, information on the signing of the informed consent form should be included in the article.

Conflict of Interest
Any financial or other interest that may cause the person to be conflicted in his/her work, significantly impair his/her objectivity, or provide an unfair advantage in favor of any person or organization. All sources of financial support received during the conduct of the research and preparation of the manuscript and the role of sponsors in the study should be disclosed. If there is no source of funding, this should also be indicated. Examples of potential conflicts of interest that should be disclosed include consultancies, salaries, grants. Potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed at the earliest possible stage.

Error Reporting
When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her published work, he/she should notify the journal immediately. It is also the author's obligation to cooperate in withdrawing or correcting the manuscript if deemed necessary by the editor. If the editor or publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains an error, it is the author's obligation to cooperate with the editor, including informing the editor.

Image Integrity
It is not acceptable to enhance, darken, move, remove or add a specific feature in an image. Authors must adhere to the policy for graphic images implemented by the journal.