1. KMU EFAD EDITORIAL RULES

• Articles and studies to be submitted to KMU EFAD Journal must not have been previously published or submitted for publication.
  
• The Journal of the Faculty of Letters of KMU (KMU EFAD) mainly publishes original research, original compilations, extended papers, original translations, book reviews, reviews, opinions and letters to the editor in Turkish in the field of social and human sciences.
  
• Studies submitted to KMU Faculty of Letters Journal (KMU EFAD) are carefully and objectively reviewed by the editorial board in the first stage. If the articles submitted to KMU EFAD do not comply with the spelling rules, the Editorial Board may reject the submitted articles outright. If the articles are written in accordance with KMU EFAD's publishing and writing rules, they are sent to three referees using the "double-blind" technique. After the positive report of at least two of the three referees, the studies will be published in the relevant issues after the necessary arrangements have been made.
  
• In accordance with the double-blind technique, the names and institutions of the authors are removed from the original text and sent to peer reviewers. Information about the reviewers is not shared with the authors, and information about the authors is not shared with the reviewers under any circumstances.
  
• The referee evaluation process is set to a maximum of 30 days. However, for those articles for which no feedback is provided, a new referee will be appointed and the referee process will start again for the study. The Arbitration Board membership of the referee who does not evaluate the paper within the specified time will be evaluated by the journal management.
  
• The current status should be indicated as a footnote under the first page of the studies supported by an institution or organisation or prepared from master's or doctoral theses sent to the Journal of the Faculty of Letters of KMU (KMU EFAD).
  
• When the articles submitted to the Journal of the Faculty of Letters of KMU (KMU EFAD) are sent to the authors for the necessary corrections after the refereeing process, the author cannot add or remove anything that remains outside the referee's recommendations and cannot change the original text.
  
• The final version of the articles sent to the KMU Faculty of Letters Journal (KMU EFAD) and approved for publication in accordance with the referee's recommendations will be sent back to the author for review. After the author's check, the papers that have passed the peer review process will be published according to the date of receipt.
• The responsibility (scientific ethics, plagiarism, etc.) of the articles sent to the Journal of the Faculty of Letters of KMU (KMU EFAD) rests with the author or authors unilaterally. EFAD cannot be put under any obligation in this regard.
• Articles sent to KMU Faculty of Letters Journal (KMU EFAD) are scanned with plagiarism detection programs called "iThenticate" or "Turnitin". In cases where the plagiarism rate is exceeded, the Editor group retains the authority to take the necessary sanctions. Studies may be rejected for this reason.
• Please note that works that do not comply with the rules mentioned above will not be evaluated under any circumstances.
• You can send your articles to be published in the KMU Faculty of Letters Journal (KMU EFAD) at https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/efad. 

2. KMU EFAD WRITING AND REFERENCES RULES

The bibliography, imprint, in-text references and citation rules used and to be used in the Journal of the Faculty of Letters of Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University (KMU EFAD) have been prepared on the basis of the references commonly used in the fields of social sciences and humanities.

• The articles to be sent to the journal should be in a Word file in A4 format; 2 cm from the top and 1.5 cm from the bottom. 1.5 cm from the left and right. should be prepared accordingly.
• Articles should be written in Times New Roman font with single line spacing. The title of the main article should be short, no more than 15 words, and should cover the topic; the words should be in capital letters, 12 point and bold. The title of the second article (in Turkish/English) should have the same meaning as the original title, the words should be in lower case, 12 point and bold.
• The "Abstract" part of the article should be written in Turkish and English, with a minimum of 100 and a maximum of 350 words, reflecting the purpose, method and results of the research. If the language of the article is Turkish, "Oz" should come first, and if it is English, "Abstract" should come first. Keywords should be a minimum of 3 words and a maximum of 5 words.
• Authors' names should be left blank after the title of the article, and the initials of the name(s) should be capitalised in 12 point size and bold; my genealogy should be written in all capitals. Authors' names should be aligned on the right-hand side of the page. Academic titles and other information should be given in footnotes in font size 10 (e.g., title, institution name and information, city/country. E-mail: ...., Orcid: ...).
• First-level headings should be left-aligned, 12 point, bold and single-spaced, with the first letter of each word capitalised. Articles should clearly state the subject of the problem/study in the introduction. The title of the paper should not be numbered. The introduction should be followed by the method, if any, the results, the comments/discussion and the conclusion. There may be different sections for different areas. All other sections of the text should be written in 12 point font with single line spacing without breaking the formatting.
  
• Second, third and fourth level subheadings should be left-aligned, 12 pt, lowercase with the first letters of words capitalised and bold.
  
• Tables in the article should be formatted as required by their own content, with the table title numbered, above the table and centred.
  
• Subheadings and numbering should not be used in the conclusion; articles may be sorted if desired.
  
• If there are more than five authors, the names of the first five authors should be given in the bibliography, and the expression "et al" should be used after the fifth author.
  
• In the text and titles, the abbreviation "Before Christ" should be given as BC, and the abbreviation "After Christ" should be given as AD.
• At the end of the article; a statement of the researcher's contribution rate, a statement of support and acknowledgement, if any, and a conflict statement should be included.
  
• If the date of publication of a work cannot be found, the date when copyright was last granted should be given; if the date information cannot be found at all, the abbreviation "n.y." should be used.
  
• In the bibliography section, after the name of the person who prepared the publication, the abbreviation (Jun.) should be used instead of the author(s), and (Ed.) should be used instead of the editor(s).
  
• In the bibliography section, the names of journals and books should be written in italics with the full name without abbreviation.
  
• In the bibliography section, proceedings should be listed as "book", and a statement taken from the proceedings book should be listed as "book section".
  
• In the Bibliography section, encyclopaedias, dictionaries, biographies, etc. should be listed. It should be written as "a chapter within a book" for information taken from a particular part of sources such as
  
• In the bibliography section, encyclopaedia, dictionary, biography, etc. If the author of the articles is not known in the sources, the entry should be made using the name of the article.
  
• In the case of dissertations to be used in the bibliography section, the words "Unpublished Master's Thesis", "Unpublished Doctoral Thesis" or "Unpublished Proficiency in Art" should be used after the name of the dissertation. The name of the university or institution where the degree was obtained must be given.
  
• In the bibliography section, the imprint entry should be made with the name of the law in laws and regulations. After the name of the law, the date of adoption of the law (only in the year) and the date of the journal in which the law was published (as day, month, year) should be given at the end of the imprint.
  
• In the bibliography section, in addition to the basic information in electronic resources, the date of access and the access address should be given; in the case of e-resources, the date of last update should be given as the date of publication.
  
• In the bibliography section, personal interviews such as letters, emails, telephone conversations do not need to be included in the bibliography, but should be referenced in the text.

2.1. Bibliography Examples

KMU EFAD
ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND PUBLICATION POLICY

1. STAKEHOLDER RESPONSIBILITIES

• Editors have the responsibility and authority to accept or reject articles. They must use this responsibility and authority in a proper and timely manner.
• Editors should prioritise academic concerns and criteria when accepting articles to the journal.
  
• Editors should not be in a conflict of interest/relationship with the articles they accept or reject.
• Editors should accept original articles that will contribute to the relevant fields specified in the journal policy.
• Editors should reject incomplete and erroneous research that does not comply with the journal policy, publication rules and level without any influence.
• Editors should allow inaccurate, incomplete and problematic articles to be withdrawn before or after the referee report or to be published after correction.
• Editors are responsible for ensuring that manuscripts evaluated by at least two referees are evaluated according to a double-blind refereeing system and for keeping the names of referees and authors confidential.
• Editors continue their work processes without compromising intellectual property rights and ethical standards.
• The editors take responsibility for the plagiarism status of the articles through "Turnitin and/or Ithenticate" plagiarism programmes and whether they are unpublished original research.
• The editors take into account the knowledge, skills and experience required by all readers, researchers and practitioners.
• The editors take care that the published issues contribute to the reader, researcher, practitioner and the scientific field and are of original quality.
• The editors ensure that all members of the advisory committee advance the processes in accordance with the publication policies and guidelines.
• The editors inform the advisory committee members about the publication policies.
• Editors ensure that advisory committee members evaluate their work independently.
• Editors can contribute to new advisory board members and make decisions as appropriate.
• Editors should submit manuscripts appropriate to the expertise of advisory board members for evaluation.
• Editors interact regularly with the advisory board.
• Editors organise regular meetings with the editorial board to discuss editorial policies and journal development.
• The relationship between the editors (Editor and Associate Editors) and the publisher is based on the principle of editorial independence. According to the written agreement between the editors and the publisher, all decisions of the editors are independent of the publisher and the owner of the journal.
• It is the duty of the editors to complete the preliminary review, refereeing, editing and publishing processes of the articles submitted to the journal in a timely and healthy manner.

• Reviewers should evaluate the manuscript to be published in the journal with the responsibility to promote academic quality.
• Reviewers should only accept to review manuscripts for which they have the necessary expertise to make an appropriate assessment, can observe blind reviewer confidentiality, and can keep the details of the manuscript confidential in every way.
• During and after the manuscript review process, no information about the manuscript should be shared with others in any way.
• Reviewers should only evaluate the accuracy of the content of the articles and their compliance with academic criteria.
• The fact that the ideas put forward in the article differ from the referee's thoughts should not affect the evaluation.
  
• Evaluations should be made impartially and referee reports should be objective and measured. Insulting, condescending and accusatory expressions should be avoided.
  
• Referees should avoid superficial and vague statements in their evaluation reports. In evaluations with negative results, the deficient and defective issues on which the result is based should be shown concretely.
  
• Referees should evaluate the manuscripts within the time allocated to them. If they will not evaluate the manuscript, they should notify the journal within a reasonable period of time.
  
• There should be no conflict of interest between the referees and the stakeholders of the article under evaluation.
  
• The completion of other articles, artefacts, references, citations, rules and similar deficiencies related to the article should be pointed out.
  
• Based on the double-blind refereeing system, evaluated articles or referees are not disclosed.

3. PLAGIARISM POLICY

4. OPEN ACCESS POLICY

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6. PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA

7. ETHICS COMMITTEE, HUMAN AND ANIMAL RIGHTS

8. POSSIBLE ABUSE AND FRAUD MEASURES

9. ENSURING ACADEMIC PUBLICATION INTEGRITY

10. PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

11. CONSTRUCTION AND DISCUSSION

12. COMPLAINTS

13. POLITICAL AND COMMERCIAL CONCERNS

14. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST