Our Publication Policy and Ethical Values

The ethical duties and responsibilities adopted by our journal take into account the principles published by the "Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive" and the "Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)".

If the studies submitted to our journal envisage the collection of data from humans through surveys, interviews, focus group studies, experiments, etc. and their use for experimental or other scientific purposes, it is mandatory to obtain an Ethics Committee Approval Certificate from the Human Research Ethics Committee of the relevant institution before the application.

The basic principles regarding the publication policy of the journal are as follows:

1. Studies prepared in Turkish or English will be included in the journal.
2. English summaries of articles prepared in Turkish will also be added.
3. Articles sent to the journal by the authors must not have been published anywhere else.
4. The journal will be published four times a year. The editor and relevant boards may issue special issues if deemed necessary.
5. An advisory and referee board consisting of expert and respected academicians in the field will be established in accordance with the purpose of the journal.
6. The editor will undertake to conduct the scientific operations of the journal. Assistant editors will assist the editor in conducting these operations.

7. The publisher will undertake the cover and inner page design, publication, subscription transactions, and sales and distribution transactions of the journal.

8. First of all; the contribution level of the studies sent to the journal to the journal's field of expertise will be questioned. In this context, studies that are inadequate in conceptual and theoretical terms can be returned to the author/authors by writing a justification without being subjected to the referee process, after receiving the opinions of the editor and, if deemed necessary, one or two members of the advisory board.

9. In field research, equal distance will be maintained between qualitative and quantitative applications. At this point, in addition to the conformity of the application and analysis methods to the methodological infrastructure and the subject, whether they are used correctly and appropriately and whether they really contribute to the relevant field will be examined.

10. Studies sent to the journal will be sent to two referees related to the subject of the study after the editor's review and, if deemed necessary, the opinions of one or two members of the advisory board. The evaluation of the studies will be finalized according to the results of the referee review. If deemed necessary (one referee has a positive opinion and the other has a negative opinion, or similar situations), the editor may send the article to a third referee.

11. The editor and the publisher may decide to publish some issues thematically (with topics) if deemed necessary.

12. In the long term and depending on the demand that will arise, the studies may be published in full text in international indexes.

13. The editor and the publisher may also decide to organize seminars, symposiums and panels within the journal's subject.