1. Aim and Scope
The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning-based tools (such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grammarly, DeepL, etc.) in academic research is becoming increasingly prevalent. To maintain scientific integrity, transparency, and ethical standards, Dil Dergisi has established specific limits and declaration requirements regarding the use of these tools by authors, reviewers, and editors. This policy has been prepared in accordance with the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), and major international indices (SSCI, AHCI).

All authors submitting manuscripts to the journal are deemed to have accepted the policy articles stated below and to have acted in accordance with these principles in their studies.

2. Authorship and Artificial Intelligence
AI tools (Large Language Models - LLMs, image generators, or data analysis bots) cannot be listed as an author or co-author of a manuscript under any circumstances.

Principle of Accountability: Authorship requires making a significant intellectual contribution to the design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation of the study, as well as being accountable for the accuracy and integrity of the resulting work. Since AI tools cannot bear this responsibility or assume legal and ethical obligations (such as plagiarism, conflict of interest, etc.), they cannot hold authorship status.

Human Oversight: Any content (text, tables, graphics, code) generated using AI tools is under the full supervision and responsibility of the author. The author is obliged to verify the accuracy, validity, and impartiality of the information provided by the AI.

3. Permitted and Prohibited Uses
3.1. Permitted Uses (Supportive Purposes)
Authors may use AI tools for supportive purposes in the following cases, provided that this usage is explicitly disclosed in the "Declaration of AI Use" section:

Language and Style Editing: To improve grammar, spelling, and flow of the text (e.g., proofreading with Grammarly or ChatGPT).

Translation Support: Especially for authors whose native language is not English/Turkish (e.g., using DeepL, Google Translate), provided that the final text is thoroughly reviewed by the author.

Literature Review and Summarization: Using search engine-based AI tools to scan extensive literature or summarize complex texts.

Coding and Statistical Analysis Assistance: Generating code snippets or debugging for statistical software (R, Python, etc.).

3.2. Prohibited Uses (Generative Purposes)
The following uses are considered contrary to scientific ethics and may result in the rejection or retraction of the manuscript:

Core Content Generation: Having AI write the core arguments, hypotheses, or scientific interpretations in the Introduction, Discussion, or Conclusion sections.

Data Fabrication: Generating synthetic datasets, survey results, or clinical findings using AI tools.

Fake Citations: AI tools citing non-existent articles or books (due to "hallucination"). Authors must verify the authenticity of all references.

Image Manipulation: Creating or altering images representing scientific data (graphs, microscopy images, maps) with AI (except in studies where AI itself is the object of research).

4. Declaration and Transparency Obligation
Authors must explicitly declare whether AI was used during the submission stage. If an AI tool was used at any stage of the study (writing, analysis, visualization), the following information must be added at the end of the article, immediately before the References, under the heading "Declaration of AI Use":

Name and Version of the Tool: (e.g., ChatGPT-4, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Grammarly Premium).

Purpose and Scope of Use: In which section and for what purpose the tool was used (e.g., "For grammar checking in the Introduction section" or "For generating data analysis codes").

Author's Statement of Verification: A commitment that the AI outputs have been checked by the author.

Example Declaration Statement:

"During the preparation of this work, ChatGPT (GPT-4 model) developed by OpenAI was used to improve the grammar and flow of the English text. The changes suggested by the artificial intelligence were reviewed and verified by the authors, and the final text was created under the authors' responsibility. The scientific content, data analysis, and results of the study belong entirely to the authors."

If no AI tool was used, this section is not required, or the statement "No artificial intelligence or AI-assisted technologies were used in this study" may be added.

5. Special Case: AI Usage in Linguistics Research
Due to the scope of Dil Dergisi (Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Corpus Linguistics, etc.), AI tools themselves may be the "object of research." For example, in an article analyzing the Turkish outputs of ChatGPT, the texts generated by AI are considered "data."

In this case, the use of AI should be detailed in the "Methodology" section, and the "prompts" used and raw outputs obtained should be presented as Supplementary Material if possible.

In such studies, the use of AI is not subject to the "supportive use" restrictions mentioned above, as AI is the phenomenon being studied rather than just a tool.

6. Guidelines for Reviewers and Editors
The peer review process is based on confidentiality. Reviewers cannot upload unpublished manuscripts (in whole or in part) sent to them for evaluation to AI tools (such as ChatGPT).

This violates the author's intellectual property rights and compromises confidentiality by feeding the manuscript content into the databases of third-party companies (OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, etc.).

Reviewer reports must reflect the reviewers' own original academic evaluations and should not be automatically generated by AI.

7. Sanctions in Case of Violation
If the editors of Dil Dergisi detect undeclared extensive AI use in a manuscript (via AI detection software or editorial review):

An explanation is requested from the author.

If the explanation is deemed insufficient, the manuscript is Rejected.

If a violation is detected after the article is published, the article may be Retracted or a Corrigendum may be published in accordance with COPE guidelines.