GENERAL PRINCIPLES
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1. The Folklore Academy Journal is a peer-reviewed journal published four times a year.
2. The Folklore Academy Journal publishes scientific articles, translations, and review/critique pieces related to folklore and fields associated with it, such as folklore literature, anthropology, ethnology, and cultural history.
3. Submission of a manuscript to the Folklore Academy Journal is considered an application for publication. No royalties are paid for articles.
4. The author bears full legal responsibility for the content of articles published in the Folklore Academy Journal.
5. The folklore Academy Journal reserves the right to make corrections to submitted articles and to decide whether or not to publish them.
6. The languages of publication are Turkish and English.
7. At the beginning of the article, there should be an abstract of 400–500 words in both Turkish and English, as well as a list of 5 keywords in both Turkish and English; the title should be provided in both Turkish and English. The abstract should not include references, figures, tables, etc. It should provide general information about the article, including the study’s purpose, scope, rationale, methodology, findings, and conclusions.
8. The article should begin with an introduction, where the hypothesis of the paper is presented; the main body (which may be supported by subheadings and section headings) should consist of data, observations, opinions, interpretations, and discussions; and the Conclusion section should explain the findings reached, supported by recommendations. The text, including the Abstract, Notes, and References, should not exceed 10,000 words.
9. Information such as the author’s name, title (in a footnote), the institution where they are employed, and their email address should not be included below the article title. Additionally, the author information in the “About” section of the uploaded Word file must be deleted. Authors’ personal information will be requested again at the end of the article review process. Therefore, when submitting articles to the system, please review the text to ensure that no personal information about the author is included. This is important in accordance with the principle of double-blind peer review.
10. After the manuscript is submitted via the “Submit Article” button at https://dergipark.org.tr/folklor from the personal page accessed using an email address and a password to be created, the peer review process can be tracked from the same page. After this stage, authors must wait for reports from all reviewers before making revisions. This is because authors are allowed to upload revisions to the system only once. If an author makes the revisions requested by one reviewer and uploads the manuscript to the system, and a second reviewer subsequently requests further revisions, those additional revisions cannot be incorporated.
11. Manuscripts submitted to the journal must not have been previously published elsewhere. The publication of conference proceedings whose full text has not been published is permitted, provided this circumstance is explicitly stated.
12. Manuscripts submitted to the journal must be uploaded to the system along with similarity reports obtained by the authors. Additionally, during the editorial process, manuscripts will be checked using similarity detection software such as Turnitin. Works with a similarity rate exceeding 20% will not be published.
13. Articles must be submitted in the format and template specified below. Articles not entered into the system using this template will not be considered for review.
14. Authors must upload a signed Copyright Transfer Form to the system along with the article file.
15. All information regarding page layout is available in our article template. Please upload your article to the system without altering the template’s format.
16. With regard to spelling and punctuation, the Turkish Language Association’s Spelling Guide should be followed, except in special cases dictated by the article or the subject matter.
CITATION FORMAT
In-text citations
In-text citations can be formatted in two ways.
1. All references in the main text must be indicated using an in-text footnote system. The footnote method at the bottom of the page must not be used under any circumstances. Explanations that are not citations but are indirectly related to the main topic of the article may be provided using endnotes, starting with number one. Instructions on how to create endnotes are provided in the template.
2. At the appropriate place in the text, open parentheses to indicate the author(s)’ last name(s), publication year, and the page number being cited.
a) If the text refers to the same source again, the same method is used; abbreviations such as “ibid.” or “op. cit.” should not be used.
Example: (Köprülü, 1966: 71–76)
b) If the author’s first name appears in the text, there is no need to repeat it in parentheses.
Example: Boratav (1984: 11) states that there are 34 such accounts.
c) If the source being cited has two authors, both authors’ last names must be used.
Example: (Alptekin and Sakaoğlu, 2006: 133)
d) If there are more than two authors, the abbreviation “et al.” (and others) should be used after the first author’s last name.
Example: (Lvova et al., 2013: 194)
e) If there are multiple sources cited, the citations should be separated by semicolons.
Example: (Kaya, 2000: 180; Artun, 2004: 86)
f) If archival documents have been used in the text, references to these documents should be indicated sequentially as Document-1 or Archive-1, and the details of the archival document should be listed opposite the relevant entry in the bibliography.
g) If information from oral sources is included in the text, references should be indicated as KK-1, meaning “Oral Source.” In the “Sources” section of the work, under the subheading “Oral Sources,” the information for each source person must be listed in a manner consistent with the reference code used in the text.
h) Direct quotations in the text exceeding 40 words must be indented 1 cm from both the left and right margins, set in block format, and written in a font size 1 point smaller than the main text (10-point font).
FORMATTING THE REFERENCE LIST
1. The bibliography should include only those sources cited in the text and should be arranged in alphabetical order by the author’s last name.
2. If an author has multiple works listed in the bibliography, they should be arranged in chronological order from oldest to newest. For works published in the same year, the designations “a, b, c...” should be used, and these must also be consistent in the in-text citations.
Book:
KÖPRÜLÜ, M. F. (1999). Studies in Literature. Ankara: Turkish Historical Society Press.
Translated Book:
ELIADE, M. (1999). Shamanism. (Trans. İsmet Birkan), Ankara: İmge Kitabevi.
LVOVA, E. L. et al. (2013). Traditional Worldviews of the Turks of Southern Siberia: Symbol and Ritual. (Trans. Metin Ergun), Konya: Kömen Publications.
Book by Two Authors:
ALPTEKİN, A. B. and SAKAOĞLU, S. (2006). Anthology of Turkish Saz Poetry. Ankara: Akçağ Publications.
Book with More Than Two Authors:
OĞUZ, M. Öcal et al. (2010). Handbook of Turkish Folk Literature. Ankara: Grafiker Publications.
Article:
YAYIN, N. (2016). “On the Term ‘Köknar.’” Artuklu Journal of Human and Social Sciences, Vol. 1, No. 1, 72–75.
Unpublished Thesis:
AKYÜZ, Ç. (2013). The Epic of Bagış: Analysis and Text. Unpublished doctoral thesis, Ege University Institute of Social Sciences.
Conference Paper:
CUNBUR, M. (2000). “Islamic Elements in Dede Korkut’s Oğuz-namas,” Proceedings of the International Dede Korkut – Festival of Knowledge. (Eds.: A. Kahya-Birgül et al.), 77–108, Ankara Atatürk Cultural Center Publications.
Internet Sources:
* URL-1: “Social Groups.” http://www.sociologyguide.com/basic-consepts/Social-Groups.php (Accessed: June 10, 2014)
* Hufford, M. (1991). “American Folklife: A Commonwealth of Cultures,” http://www.loc.gov/folklife/cwc/ (Accessed: June 17, 2014)
Archival Sources:
Document-1/Archive-1: BOA—Prime Ministry Ottoman Archive (BOA, DH.EUM.EMN, no. 3, 19 Ş. 1330); BCA: Prime Ministry Republic Archive (BCA, 1927)
Oral Sources:
KK-1: Mustafa Mutlu, Istanbul 1935, Elementary School Graduate, Retired. (Interview: June 12, 2014)
Authors submitting articles to the journal are required to format their work in accordance with the Publication and Writing Guidelines.
