Publication Ethics Principles
Publication Ethics can be defined as a self-regulatory mechanism that insists on integrity on behalf of authors, reviewers and publishers to establish higher standards of editorial processing. Ethical standards for publication exist to ensure high-quality scientific publications, public confidence in scientific findings, and respect for people's opinions.
• Honest researchers do not plagiarise.
• They do not misattribute sources.
• They do not hide objections they cannot refute.
• They do not distort opposing views.
• They do not destroy or conceal data.

Peer-reviewed studies are studies that support and realise the scientific method. At this point, it is of great importance that all parties involved in the publication process (authors, readers and researchers, publisher, referees and editors) comply with ethical principles. Our journal adheres to national and international standards in research and publication ethics. It complies with the Press Law, the Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works and the Directive on Scientific Research and Publication Ethics of Higher Education Institutions. Our journal has adopted the International Ethical Publishing Principles published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA). It also undertakes to comply with the decisions of the Turkish Editors' Workshop.
• Press Law (National Legislation)
• Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works (National Legislation)
• Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive (National Legislation)
• Transparency and Best Practice Principles in Academic Publishing (International Criteria)
• Turkey Editors' Workshop Decisions (National Criteria)

PUBLICATION ETHICS
Author(s);
Persons who have not made any contribution to the work during the scientific research and writing phase should not be listed as authors.
The same publication should not be submitted to more than one journal. Author(s) are advised (by TR Index) not to include the supervisor as the first author in studies produced from graduate theses. Author(s) are advised (by TR Index) to provide a Declaration of Contribution Ratio of the Researchers, a Statement of Support and Acknowledgement, if any, and a Conflict Statement at the end of the article. Author(s) should avoid unethical behaviours such as irresponsible authorship, piracy, fabrication, multiple publication, divisional publication, biased source, biased publication, violation of human-animal ethics. The author(s) should act in accordance with the citation system specified in the journal during the writing phase of the candidate article. Unpublished or unpresented works should not be cited as references. All or part of any work cannot be published without permission or reference (plagiarism). The author(s) should indicate the financial sources of the study, if any. The status of the article regarding ethical issues and ethics committee permissions should be clearly stated in the methods section of the relevant article.

Editor(s);
The editor(s) should pay attention to the absence of the names of the author(s) in the full-text article to be sent to the referees, and should not inform the referees of the names of the authors. The candidate is obliged to appoint at least two referees suitable for the subject of the article. The candidate should ensure communication between the referee(s) and the corresponding author, taking into account the double-blind refereeing process. They should maintain their relations in a transparent and objective manner without discriminating between any author and referee. They should not use their position for their own personal and academic interests. Provide clear and detailed justifications for candidate manuscripts that they will reject.
They should also consider scientific research, publication and referee ethics.

Reviewer(s);
Referees must be experts in the fields addressed by the candidate article.
They should make their criticisms objectively and clearly. Referees should not request to learn the names of the author(s) of the study they will evaluate, and considering that the study texts are personal, they should not be shared with third parties. They should not transfer information for their own work from the candidate article in the evaluation process and should not pursue any academic/personal interest.
For the candidate articles that they will reject, they should clearly and in detail state the reasons for rejection.
They should also consider the rules of scientific research and publication ethics. Referees must indicate their titles and names in the evaluation report.

ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
Scientific Research Ethics:
The following points should be taken into consideration for the ethics committee report:
Separate ethics committee approval must be obtained for research in social sciences and for clinical and experimental human and animal studies that require ethics committee approval, and this approval must be stated and documented in the article. Articles should include a statement that Research and Publication Ethics are complied with. In studies requiring Ethics Committee approval, information about the approval (name of the committee, date and number) should be included in the method section and also on the first/last page of the article. In case presentations, information on the signature of the informed consent/assent form should be included in the article.

Researches that require Ethics Committee approval are as follows:
All kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from participants using survey, interview, focus group study, observation, experiment, interview techniques. The use of humans and animals (including materials/data) for experimental or other scientific purposes, Clinical research on humans, Research on animals, Retrospective studies in accordance with the law on the protection of personal data. In addition; obtaining and indicating permission from the owners for the use of scales, questionnaires, photographs belonging to others, indicating that copyright regulations are complied with for the intellectual and artistic works used. Researchers who are not members of the university can apply to the Ethics Committees in their regions for the Ethics Committee Report.