Evaluation
Articles submitted to the journal must not have been published anywhere before or it must not be in a publication process at the moment. An editor is assigned to the papers that meet this requirement for preliminary evaluation with the approval of the Editorial Board. Manuscripts deemed appropriate as a result of the preliminary evaluation are sent to the field editor. For the manuscripts reviewed by the field editors, a double blind review process is initiated and sent to two referees for review. If two referee reports are “positive”, the article is accepted to the journal. Completed articles are published in order of arrival. If one of the reports is “negative”, the article is sent to the third referee at the discretion of the field editor. Articles that have completed process are published in the order of their arrival. If the article is not found “appropriate” for publication in both reports, this situation is reported to the author. The authors take into account the evaluations of the Editorial Board and the editors; however, they also have the right to defend their articles. If a situation that prevents publication is detected in the articles, the publication process can be suspended. Articles should be reported for plagiarism by the authors before submission. The similarity rate should not exceed 20%. If it is detected that this ratio is exceeded, the articles will not be included in the publication process. Articles should be sent through the Dergipark. Articles from abroad can be sent to cakutad@karatekin.edu.tr via e-mail for preliminary evaluation. Authors should write only the title of the article in the subject part of the e-mail while sending their articles.

Copyright
The responsibility of the opinions expressed in the studies published in the Çankırı Karatekin University Journal of Turkology Studies belongs to the authors. Submitted articles are not returned whether they are published or not. The authors accept that they have transfer the copyright of their article to Çankırı Karatekin University Journal of Turkology Studies, after their works are accepted for publication. No royalty fees are paid for the articles. Articles can be shared electronically by the authors themselves. All processes of the journal are free of charge. There is no charge before or after the publication process. Articles published in the journal will be presented as open access. Articles published in the journal may not be reprinted or copied without the permission of the publisher. However, it can be cited from the articles by showing the source. All processes of the journal are free of charge and the journal adopts an open access policy. The articles published in the journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No-Derivatives 4.0 International Public License (CC BY NC ND). Accordingly, the work may be downloaded or shared with reference to the journal, but may not be changed or used for commercial purposes.

Ethical Statement
CAKUJTS adopts guidelines and policies published by the Turkish Council of Higher Education and Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) on ethical duties and responsibilities. For the articles sent to the journal, for which “Ethics Committee” report is requested, “Ethics Statement Report” of the studies must be submitted. The responsibility of “Ethics Statement” report belongs to the authors. In translated articles, “Translation Permission Document” is required showing that permission has been obtained from the author. This document can be obtained from the system or accepted in a format prepared by the authors themselves.

Duties of the Editorial Board
1. The Editorial Board evaluates the manuscripts in terms of the purpose and scope of the journal and decides whether the manuscripts are suitable for the journal.
2. The Editorial Board also regulates the relationship between the field editor, referee and author. It has full authority to decide on the articles to be published in the journal and to make referee appointments. In this sense, the editorial board may request the field editor to appoint referees for the manuscripts submitted to the journal.
3. The Editorial Board, field editors and referees objectively evaluate the manuscripts submitted to the journal within the framework of scientific ethics and principles.
4. The Editorial Board may make the necessary corrections to the submitted manuscripts and may request the author to make additions and deletions in accordance with the integrity of the manuscript. If the field editor and the referee feel unsatisfied with the assigned manuscript or do not have the opportunity to evaluate it in a timely manner, they should notify the Editorial Board.

Duties and Responsibilities of the Editor
1. The editor is responsible for ensuring that each manuscript published in the journal complies with the journal's editorial policy, purpose and scope. In cases where individuals do not have explicit consent, they should take care to preserve personal data.
2. The editor should take care to keep all information about the manuscript confidential throughout the publication process. Editor should archive the files of each manuscript that enters the publication process by keeping them under record.
3. Improving the publication quality of the journal is one of the main responsibilities of the editor.
4. The editor should display an objective attitude without taking into account the beliefs, ethnicity, gender and political views of the authors in accordance with the understanding of scientific ethics.
5. The editor should act with the principle of transparency and make the necessary explanations about all processes, follow up the legal permissions related to experimental research in the manuscripts submitted to the journal and pay attention to whether the Ethics Committee Approval has been obtained.
6. The editor should make maximum effort to ensure that all processes are carried out within the framework of this rule by adhering to the understanding of double and blind refereeing.
7. The editor should act independently from the interventions of the journal owner and publisher and make his/her decisions accordingly. The editor should always be in contact with the Editorial Board.
8. The editor should provide a harmonious working environment with the Editorial Board and assistant editors who will contribute to the journal, and create appropriate conditions for the Editorial Board to be objective in accordance with scientific ethics.
9. The editorial policy of the journal should be determined by taking into account the opinions of the editorial board.
10. The editor should clearly state the publication and writing rules of the journal and ensure that the most up-to-date version of the article template is available to the authors. The editor should make informative explanations to the authors about all stages from the submission process to the publication date.
11. The editor should pay attention to the field of study and content of the manuscripts submitted to the journal and direct the manuscript to referees who are suitable for evaluation.
12. In order for the manuscripts to be evaluated under appropriate conditions, the necessary referee evaluation forms should be prepared, and these templates should be sent and made available on time.

Responsibilities of Referees
1. Reviewers should adhere to the principles of confidentiality and impartiality in accordance with the blind review process.
2. Reviewers should return to the editor within 10 days of receiving an invitation to review the manuscript to determine whether they are able to review the manuscript. Evaluations should be completed within 15 days.
3. Reviewers should refuse to review manuscripts that are not in their area of expertise and should only review manuscripts that are in their area of expertise.
4. Referees should evaluate the manuscripts with a scientific and impartial understanding by adhering to the principle of objectivity, and should act in accordance with the rules of courtesy without including non-scientific personal opinions and derogatory expressions.
5. One of the responsibilities of the referees is to notify the editor of the journal if they detect any plagiarism, copyright infringement, conflict of interest or association of interest of the author/authors.

Authors' Responsibilities
1. Authors accept and agree to transfer all kinds of publication rights of their articles published in the journal to the journal. They cannot claim any copyright regarding the manuscripts.
2. Authors are obliged to undertake and declare that the manuscripts they submit to the journal have not been published anywhere and in any language before, and that they have not sent them to any journal for publication / have not been evaluated.
3. Authors should not add the names of individuals who do not contribute as authors to the article, and should not send two or more articles to the journal to be published in the same issue.
4. Authors are responsible for organizing the manuscripts they send to the journal for publication in strict accordance with the journal's spelling and publication rules, and uploading the edited version to the system in accordance with the article template.
5. Authors are obliged to prove that the articles they submit for publication are original by submitting plagiarism reports. Copyrighted materials such as tables, figures, etc. in the manuscripts are the responsibility of the author.
6. Authors should indicate any conflict of interest, competition areas that may affect the findings and scientific results of the manuscript submitted to the journal, and should clearly state in writing any sponsorship, financial or project support provided to the study.
7. Authors should cite the contributors, sources and other authors in their manuscripts submitted to the journal in accordance with the journal's spelling rules and should definitely show the relevant sources in the bibliography.
8. If the manuscripts submitted to the journal have been presented at a national or international congress/symposium or the abstract text has been published, the authors should definitely indicate this in the manuscript.
9. Authors should ensure that the manuscripts submitted to the journal comply with scientific research and publication ethics, and in this regard, YÖK Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive should be meticulously taken into consideration.
10. Documents related to the ethical status of the article requested by the journal editor during the publication process must be sent by the authors within the specified period.
11. Authors should not make any interventions such as adding, removing, or changing the order of authors regarding the publication that has entered the evaluation process.
12. When authors detect a scientific error in their manuscript published in the journal, they should contact the editor immediately to correct the errors in the manuscript or to withdraw the manuscript.
13. Authors must obtain Ethics Committee Approval for the subjects to be used in the manuscripts submitted for publication in the journal. Respect for basic human and animal rights is essential.
14. The journal management assumes that authors who submit manuscripts for publication in the journal agree to act in accordance with the above-mentioned conditions.