The Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive of the Council of Higher Education and the International Standards for Editors and Authors of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) should be taken into consideration in scientific articles submitted to Hacettepe Law Review. In this context, the Journal undertakes to comply with the above-mentioned national and international rules regarding “Publication Ethics”, “Research Ethics” and “Obtaining Legal/Special Permission”.

Pursuant to Article 8 of the Council of Higher Education's Directive on Scientific Research and Publication Ethics; actions contrary to scientific research and publication ethics are as follows:

a) Plagiarism: Presenting the ideas, methods, data, applications, writings, forms or works of others as one's own work, in whole or in part, without citing their owners in accordance with scientific rules,

b) Forgery: Producing data that are not based on research, editing or changing the work presented or published based on untrue data, reporting or publishing them, presenting a research that has not been conducted as if it has been conducted,

c) Falsification: Falsifying research records and data obtained, falsifying methods, devices and materials that were not used in the research, not evaluating data that are not in accordance with the research hypothesis, manipulating data and/or results to fit the relevant theory or assumptions, falsifying or shaping research results in line with the interests of the persons and organizations receiving support,

ç) Republishing: Presenting more than one work containing the same results of a research as separate works in associate professorship exam evaluations and academic promotions,

d) Slicing : Presenting the results of a research as separate works in associate professorship exam evaluations and academic promotions by inappropriately dividing the results of a research into parts in a way that disrupts the integrity of the research and by publishing a large number of publications without citing each other,

e) Unfair authorship: Including people who have not made active contributions among the authors, not including people who have made active contributions among the authors, changing the author ranking in an unjustified and inappropriate manner, removing the names of active contributors from the work during publication or in subsequent editions, using his/her influence to get his/her name included among the authors even though he/she has not made active contributions,

f) Other types of ethical violations: Failure to clearly indicate the persons, institutions or organizations that provide support and their contributions to the research in the publications of the research conducted with support, failure to comply with ethical rules in research on humans and animals, failure to respect patient rights in their publications, sharing the information contained in a work that they have been assigned to review as a referee with others before publication, misuse of resources, spaces, facilities and devices provided or allocated for scientific research, making completely groundless, unwarranted and deliberate accusations of ethical violations.

Responsibilities of Authors
1. For studies that require Ethics Committee permission, the necessary permissions from ethics committees or commissions must be obtained and these must be specified in the content of the article. In the absence of these permissions, the publication will be returned to the author at the preliminary review stage. Research requiring Ethics Committee permission is 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
- Use of humans and animals (including materials/data) for experimental or other scientific purposes,

- Clinical trials in humans,
- Research on animals,
- Retrospective studies in accordance with the law on the protection of personal data,
Also;
- Stating that the “informed consent form” has been obtained in case presentations,
- Obtaining and indicating permission from the owners for the use of scales, questionnaires, photographs belonging to others,
- Indication of compliance with copyright regulations for the intellectual and artistic works used


It should be stated whether ethics committee approval and/or legal/private permission is required. If these permissions are required, it should be clearly presented from which institution, on which date and with which decision or number number the permission was obtained.
2. Submitted manuscripts must be the original work of the author(s).
3. All authors named in the article have equal responsibility for the submitted and published articles.
4. Submitted articles must not have been previously published and must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere in the original language of the article or in any other language.
5. Any possible conflict of interest should be clearly stated.
6. Plagiarism and falsification of data should be avoided.
7. During peer review, raw data on the research must be made available if requested by the reviewers.
8. Copyright regulations must be respected for the intellectual and artistic works used.
9. Articles should include a statement that Research and Publication Ethics are followed.

Responsibilities of Referees
1. All articles must be evaluated fairly on the basis of the scientific content of the work, without regard to the author's gender, ethnicity, race, religion, nationality or political affiliation.
2. In cases where the content of an article submitted for review is considered to be incompatible with the scientific field or background of the proposed referee, or in cases where a rapid review cannot be carried out within the proposed timeframe, the Editor should be notified and the proposal to referee the article should be rejected.
3. The confidentiality of the peer review process should be respected; information about the article being reviewed or the review process and its aftermath should not be shared with third parties.
4. Peer reviews should be conducted objectively and constructively, without hostility or provocation, and without disparaging personal comments.
5. If a conflict of interest is observed during the review process, it should be reported to the Editor.
6. Information or ideas obtained through peer review should be kept confidential and should not be used for personal advantage.
7. If any information that may lead to the rejection of the article for publication is accessed, the Editor should be notified.
For detailed information see: https://publicationethics.org/files/Peer%20review%20guidelines.pdf

Editor's Responsibilities
1. The editor has the responsibility and authority to accept or reject manuscripts.
2. All manuscripts should be evaluated fairly on the basis of the scientific content of the work, without regard to the author's gender, ethnicity, race, religion, nationality or political affiliation.
3. No conflict of interest should be involved in accepted or rejected manuscripts.
4. Only original articles that will contribute to the field should be accepted for publication.
5. The submitted manuscripts should be evaluated by at least two referees according to the double-blind refereeing system and the referees should be kept confidential.
6. All information about the submitted manuscripts should be kept confidential.
7. Incomplete and erroneous manuscripts that do not comply with the journal policy and publication rules should be rejected without any influence.
8. The Editorial Board is responsible for the decision to publish the submitted manuscript based on peer review, the editorial board policies of the journal, and taking legal measures against plagiarism, defamation and copyright infringement.
For detailed information see: https://publicationethics.org/files/2008%20Code%20of%20Conduct.pdf


If the reader notices a significant error or omission in an article published in Hacettepe Law Review or detects a problem in the editorial activities (plagiarism, duplicate articles, etc.), he/she may notify the Journal by sending an e-mail to hukukdergi@hacettepe.edu.tr.