Writing Rules
Writing Rules
1) Manuscripts submitted to the journal must be original and should not have been previously published or under consideration for publication elsewhere.
2) The manuscript should adhere to British rather than American spelling, e.g., ‘recognise,’ not ‘recognize’; ‘labour,’ not ‘labor’; ‘analyse’ not ‘analyze.’ Place full points and commas inside quotation marks; place other punctuation marks outside quotation marks unless they are part of the quoted material. Footnote numbers should be placed outside quotation marks except when they are part of the exact quote. If there are any non-compliance issues, the Editorial Board may request the manuscript to be revised and resubmitted according to the relevant rules.
3) Once the manuscripts pass the initial evaluation by the Editorial Board, they will be forwarded to referees for review. CUHAD operates under a double-blind peer-review model. Based on the referees’ reports, the decision will be made to accept the manuscript for publication, request revisions based on the reports, or reject the manuscript. The author will be promptly informed of the outcome. If revisions are requested, the author may only make changes within the framework of the specified corrections. The journal also includes translations, decision reviews, book reviews, legislative evaluations, and informative notes. The final decision to accept or reject a manuscript of this nature lies with the Editorial Board. If the articles are accepted for publication, Cukurova University Law Studies Journal holds all publication rights, including full-text publication in electronic format.
4) Only manuscripts submitted through the “Dergipark” system will be considered, and submissions sent via email to the journal’s contact address will not be reviewed.
5) Manuscript and Word Limits: The submitted work should include a title in both Turkish and foreign languages, abstracts of at least 100 and a maximum of 300 words in Turkish and foreign languages, and a minimum of three and a maximum of ten keywords in Turkish and foreign languages. The keywords should have the first letter capitalized.
6) Title and Author Name: The article title should be written in Times New Roman font, 12 points, with all letters capitalized, bolded, and centered. Below the title, the author’s full name should be provided. The author’s name, surname, academic title, institution, email address, and ORCID number should be listed as a footnote. The author’s name and surname should be written in size 12, bolded, and right-justified. The academic title, institution, email address, and ORCID number should be indicated sequentially with an asterisk (*) at the end. (Researchers without an ORCID number can obtain one from https://orcid.org/. Studies by researchers without an ORCID number will not be evaluated.)
Example: Assoc. Prof. Dr., Cukurova University Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Law, author@cu.edu.tr, ORCID: 0000-0000-0000-0000.
7) Page Layout: The page layout should have margins of 2.5 cm from the top, bottom, and sides.
8) Text: The main body of the study should contain a minimum of 4,500 words and a maximum of 15,000 words. The main heading of the article should be formatted as 'Heading 1'. Titles such as Abstract, Introduction, Conclusion, and Bibliography should be formatted as 'Heading 2'. Headings should be numbered using Roman numerals, starting with I. The first line of each heading should be indented by 1.25 cm.
a. Here is an example of the header structure:
MANUSCRIPT TITLE (English) (Heading 1)
ABSTRACT (English) (Heading 2)
MANUSCRIPT TITLE (Turkish) (Heading 1)
ABSTRACT (Turkish) (Heading 2)
INTRODUCTION (Heading 2)
I. HEADING 3
A. HEADING 4
1. Heading 5
a. Heading 6
I. Heading 7
AA. Heading 8
CONCLUSION (Heading 2)
REFERENCES (Heading 2)
A bibliography should be included at the end of the manuscript document, listing the sources used in alphabetical order based on the authors' surnames.
The main text of the study should be prepared in Times New Roman font, with a size of 12pt and 1.5 line spacing. Footnotes should be single-spaced with a font size of 10pt. The footnotes should hang 0.75 cm and have a 3.0 line spacing between them.
b. Citations should be presented in footnotes, following the "APA" citation system adopted for both footnotes and bibliographies. Examples of citations according to this system are provided below:
Book with one author:
In-text citation: (TANRIVER, p. 123)
Bibliography Citation: TANRIVER, S. (2021). Civil Procedure Law (4th ed., Vol. I). Ankara.
Book with two or more authors:
In-text citation: (ARSLAN, TANRIVER, p. 123)
In-text citation with multiple authors: (ARSLAN, YILMAZ, TASPINAR AYVAZ, HANAGASI, p. 123)
Bibliography Citation: ARSLAN, R., TANRIVER, S. (2001). Textbook of the Organization of the Judiciary (2nd ed.). Ankara.
Bibliography citation with multiple authors: ARSLAN, R., YILMAZ, E., TASPINAR AYVAZ, S., HANAGASI, E. (2018). Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law (4th ed.). Ankara.
Reference to more than one work by the same author:
In-text citation: (ALANGOYA, Arbitration, p. 123; ALANGOYA, Principles, p. 123)
Bibliography Citation: ALANGOYA, H. Y. (1973). The Nature and Supervision of Arbitration in Our Civil Procedure Law. Istanbul. (Arbitration).
Bibliography citation for another work by the same author: ALANGOYA, H. Y. (1979). Principles Regarding the Collection of Facts and Evidence in Civil Procedure Law. Istanbul. (Principles).
Book Chapter:
In-text citation: (AKKAN, p. 123)
Bibliography Citation: AKKAN, M. (2017). Pekcanıtez Procedural Civil Procedure Law (15th ed., Volume I). (H. PEKCANITEZ, M. OZEKES, H. TAŞ KORKMAZ, M. AKKAN, Organizers) Istanbul.
Article:
In-text citation: (ONEN, p. 568)
Bibliography Citation: ONEN, E. (1966). Authority in Real Estate Litigation. Ankara University Faculty of Law Journal, 22(1), 567-633.
Reference to Judgments:
References to decisions from the Court of Cassation and the District Court of Justice should follow the format presented in this section. While the Journal prescribes no specific procedure for citing foreign court decisions, a consistent format should be used throughout the article.
Example citation for a Court of Cassation decision: Y. 17. HD, T. 08.09.2020, M. 2019/3192, K. 2020/4927: Source from which the judicial decision was reached, (Accessed 12.12.2021).
Example citation for a District Court of Justice decision: Ankara BAM 2. HD, T. 23.01.2017, E. 2016/113, K. 2017/21: Source from which the judicial decision was reached, (Accessed 12.12.2021).
Article Evaluation Process
A. Submission Phase
1. Prepared manuscripts should be submitted to the journal editorial office by uploading them to the system via Dergipark. All stages, including referee review, are carried out through Dergipark.
2. The work submitted for publication in the journal must not have been published anywhere before or sent for publication.
3. A copyright transfer form must be filled out and sent with the work submitted for publication in the journal.
B. Preliminary Review Phase
1. All manuscripts submitted to CUHAD for publication will be examined by plagiarism software (Turnitin or Ithendicate). As a result of this examination, articles with a plagiarism rate exceeding 30% will not be evaluated.
2. The works submitted for publication in the journal are subject to preliminary evaluation by the editorial board. At the preliminary evaluation stage, the authors must complete the corrections requested by the editorial board within 15 days. If the correction is not made in time, the editorial board reserves the right to reject the work without contacting the author.
C. Referee Evaluation Process
2. The manuscripts submitted for publication in the journal are not published without the favourable opinions of the anonymous referees or a new manuscript containing the corrections suggested by the referees. If one of the referees gives a positive and the other a negative opinion, the manuscript is sent to a third referee. If the editorial board evaluates the referee reports and does not feel the need to appoint a third referee, it may reject the manuscript itself.3. The period given to the referees for evaluation is 30 days and this period can be extended by 10 days in case of necessity. If the referee evaluation report is not sent in due time, the editorial board may appoint a new referee without contacting the referee.
4. The author is given 15 days to complete the corrections specified in the evaluation report sent by the referee. If the author does not complete the corrections within this period, the editorial board reserves the right to reject the work without contacting the author.