Writing Rules 

GENERAL RULES

The language to be used in articles published in the journal is Turkish and English. If there is a supporting institution for the study, the information of the supporting institution should be indicated as a footnote on the last word of the article title (*) and on the same page. Submitted articles should not exceed 12,000 words, including references and appendices. Articles should be formatted according to the APA reference system (APA 7.0). Please make sure that references given in the text are included in the reference list. The maximum similarity rate determined by the editorial board for our journal is 15%. Filtering options in the similarity detection program are set as follows: – Excluding references (Bibliography excluded) – Excluding text parts with less than 5-word overlap (Limit match size to 5 words) – Other filtering options in the program menu are not included in the report.

Writing Rules

All submissions to our journal must have the following characteristics:

As a basic writing rule, submitted studies should be written in accordance with the APA (7.0) style. Examples and exceptions are listed below:GENERAL RULES

Page Layout

The entire text area should be 170 mm X 240 mm, leaving 3.5 cm at the top, 2.5 cm at the bottom, 2.5 cm on the left, and 2 cm on the right.

Font

Times New Roman font should be used. The Turkish “Abstract” and English “Abstract” sections should be in 11-point font, the main text should be in 11-point font, and the references section should be in 11-point font. The text, Turkish-English abstracts, and references should be justified and single-spaced. There should be a one-line space between paragraphs.

Headings

The article should be organized into main and subheadings.

Main Heading

In Times New Roman font, uppercase, bold, and 14-point size, the main heading should be in Microsoft Word format. The author’s name, abbreviations, ORCID number, and email address should be written two lines below the title, with the author’s name in lowercase and surname in uppercase, in 11-point font.

Abstract

The abstract should be written in Times New Roman font, uppercase, bold, 11-point size, fully justified, and in a single paragraph in Microsoft Word format, following the Turkish keywords. It should not exceed 600 words and should be in Times New Roman font in Microsoft Word format. The keywords in the abstract should be in italics, bold, and 11-point font. The first letters of at least three and maximum five keywords suitable for the article should be capitalized, and the others in lowercase. The abstract should provide brief information about the subject, research method, and results of the article.

Sections

Subheadings created according to the content of the article (INTRODUCTION, CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK, LITERATURE REVIEW, RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, FINDINGS, CONCLUSION, etc.) should be in uppercase, bold, 11-point font, and without numbering.

Main Text

Subheadings should be written in 11-point font, bold, and uppercase, and the text should be in 11-point font, Times New Roman font in Microsoft Word format. Articles should be written in a single column, justified, with single line spacing between paragraphs. The first subsection after the keywords should begin one line below and there should be no space in the following text paragraphs. The length of the article, including figures and tables, should not exceed 30 pages.

Tables, Figures, Graphs, and Images

If tables, figures, graphs, and images used in the text are not created by the author(s) themselves, they can be used in the text by indicating the “source”. Tables, figures, graphs, and images should be placed in the text to fit and their titles should be written in 11-point font. Tables and graphs used in the text should be numbered and titled as Table 1, Table 2./Graph 1, Graph 2, etc. The table numbers and titles should be written before the table. The numbers and titles of figures, graphs, and images should be written after them (figure, graph, image) in lower case except for the first letter, such as Figure 1, Figure 2./Image 1, Image 2, etc.

Conclusion

The title should be bold, 11-point font, uppercase, and the text should be in 11-point Times New Roman font in Microsoft Word format.