Höyük

History
The journal Höyük (ISSN: 1309-8780 | e-ISSN: 2822-3985) started to be published in 1988. The first issue included reports of the excavations supported by the Turkish Historical Society. After a 21-year break, the journal published 7 issues between 2010-2015 and then suspended its publication life for 6 more years. Considering the need for publication arising from the increase in the number and quality of archaeological excavations and research in Turkey, it was decided to publish the journal regularly as 2 issues a year starting from May 2022.

Aim
Höyük journal aims to promote the excavations and surveys carried out in archaeology and all social sciences supporting this field, to publish original scientific articles in Turkish and English, prepared with comparisons and interpretations, in which important discoveries made in excavations and the data obtained are discussed in depth, and to share them with the national and international scientific world.

Scope
Höyük Journal covers original research and review articles in the fields of Prehistory (Prehistoric Archaeology), Protohistory and Prehistoric Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Archaeometry, Cultural Heritage, Medieval Archaeology, Ancient Languages and Cultures, Physical and Social Anthropology, Epigraphy, Numismatics and Turkish Islamic Archaeology, Ancient and Medieval civilisations and the surrounding regions within the cultural interaction areas of these civilisations.

The research and review articles are expected to present the subject of the research and review articles with a summary of the scientific problem, purpose, hypothesis, methodology and critical literature, followed by interpretations and conclusions in which the contribution to the literature is clearly stated. Excavation reports, general histories of excavations or catalogues and articles translated from other languages into Turkish are not accepted.

Höyük is published twice a year (May-November) both in print and electronically.

The readership of the journal is researchers, students and related professional and academic institutions and organisations.

Höyük is published in Turkish and English. All published articles include title, author and institution information, funding description and keywords in Turkish and English. In addition, the texts and references of all articles are in Latin alphabet.

Subject Area and Category: Arts and Humanities / Archaeology / Art History / Social Sciences / Cultural Studies

The keywords reflecting the scope of the mound are: Prehistory, Prehistoric Archaeology, Protohistory and Prehistoric Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Archaeometry, Cultural Heritage, Medieval Archaeology, Ancient Languages and Cultures, Physical and Social Anthropology, Epigraphy, Numismatics, Mythology, Turkish Islamic Archaeology, Ancient and Medieval Civilisations.

Article Preparation
Language: The language of the journal is Turkish and English.
Article Types: Höyük journal includes research articles. Translations, book reviews, etc. are not evaluated.
Article Format: PDF and Microsoft Word.
Pictures, Drawings, Maps or Documents: At least 300 dpi in formats such as PDF, JPG, TIFF.
Citation Style: Citation procedures are given below with various examples.
Author Changes: Only processed before the article is accepted. Authors are required to carefully review the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and provide the final author list at the time of original submission.

Article Submission
The application of manuscripts prepared in accordance with the spelling rules is made through the Publication Tracking System (by becoming a member of the https://yaysis.ayk.gov.tr website). Since the processes of the applied manuscripts will be carried out through the Publication Tracking System, care should be taken to ensure that the copies to be uploaded to the system (in PDF and Microsoft Word format) do not contain the names of the authors.

During submission, the following declaration is received from the author electronically:
• In case the article is published, the copyright belongs to me and the right of commercial use of the work belongs to the Publisher,
• That I cited all the sources I used,
• That my work is not in the process of being published elsewhere,
• I accept that the royalty to be paid to me in case of a decision to publish my work will be made within the framework of the Regulation on Copyright, Publication and Sales of Atatürk Culture, Language and History High Institution and its Affiliated Organisations,
• That the decision on the printed or digital publication of my work is under the authority of the relevant Publication Commission of the Institution,
• I will not give up publishing my work without the decision of the Board of Directors during the review process, otherwise the reviewer fees will be paid by me,
• If my work is accepted for publication, I agree to publish it with CC BY-NC 4.0 open access licence,
• I hereby undertake that the information I have provided in the attached Work Application Form is correct and I respectfully request the necessary actions to be taken regarding my work.

Spelling and Formatting Rules
• Manuscripts should be written in A4 size in Microsoft Word compatible programme in Times New Roman or Baskerville font.
• The title should be 12 pt, regular (normal) and lower case. The title should be centre-aligned. Main and subheadings can be used in the text. Main headings in the text should be written in 11 pt, lower case and bolt (bold), left aligned; subheadings should be written in 11 pt, bold (bolt) and lower case, left aligned. There should be 6 pt spacing between headings and paragraphs.
• The author's name and surname should be written in 11 pt regular (normal), lower case and centre aligned after 12 pt spacing under the main title. Title, university, faculty, department, city/country, e-mail and ORCID information should be given at the bottom of the page with ( * ) sign in 9 pt.
• The text should be 11 pt, justified. Top: 2,5 cm, bottom: 3 cm, right: 2,25 cm, left: 2,25 cm space should be left. Line spacing should be 12 pt. full spacing. Paragraph spacing should be 6 pt, and there should be no paragraph indentation. (For the visuals and appendices in the text, the line spacing should be more than one, 1.15 pt.).
• Header-Footer, the name and surname of the author should be written on double pages in the header section, not on the first page of the article, and the meaningful abbreviated version of the article should be written in lower case, 11 pt. (During the applications to be made through the Publication Tracking System, it should be noted that the articles uploaded to the system - in PDF and Microsoft Word format - should not have the author's name in the header section).
• Page numbers should be placed in the right and left upper margin in the header in 9 pt. font size, not to be placed on the first page of the article.
• When quotations exceed 5 lines, they should start 1 cm from the paragraph indent, and should be written 1 point smaller than the text. Quotations of less than 5 lines are italicised in the text. Expressions that need to be emphasised are also italicised.
• Footnotes should be written in 9-point full spacing. Their alignment should be justified and paragraph indentation should be 0.5 cm. There should be no footnote bracket line. References in the text should be numbered starting from 1 as footnotes at the bottom of the page. Apart from this, no references should be made in the text. In the footnote, the order of author's surname, year of publication and page number should be given as follows.
• Mansel 2020, 281.
• Childe-Levy 2020, 32. (If the number of authors is more than 3, et al. is added after the third author's name)

If two or more publications of an author published in the same year are used
They are listed in alphabetical order of the titles of the works as "2022a", "2022b".
Liampi 1998a, 15.
Liampi 1998b, 20.

If a web page is used
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/grbr/hd_grbr.htm, accessed on: 09.03.2015.

Sources and Referencing Procedures
The sources and researches used in the articles should be shown under this heading at the end of the article. References should start on a new page under this heading and should be written in 11 font size. Only the references cited in the text should be included and should be arranged alphabetically according to the surnames of the authors.

For Books:

For single authors:
Mansel 2020
Mansel, A. M., Ege ve Yunan Tarihi, Turkish Historical Society Publications, Ankara.

For two or more authors:
Albayrak-Erol 2016
Albayrak İ.-Erol H., Kültepe Tabletleri IX-a, Turkish Historical Society Publications, Ankara.
Ashton et al. 1998
Ashton, R., Meadows, A., Sheedy, K. and Wartenberg, U., "Some Greek Coins in the British Museum", The Numismatic Chronicle (1966-), NC 158, London.

For Translation Books:
Bosch 2020
Bosch, C., Roma Tarihi’nin Ana Hatları: I. Kısım Cumhuriyet Devri, trans. S. Atlan, Turkish Historical Society Publications, Ankara.

Edited Books:
Abacı 2019
Abacı, N., Tarih Nasıl Yazılır? Tarihyazımı İçin Çağdaş Bir Metodoloji, ed. A. Şimşek, Turkish Historical Society Publications, Ankara.

Works Prepared for Publication:
Yakubovskiy 2021
Yakubovskiy, A., Timur ve Timurîler Devri’nde Semerkand, ed. İ. Kemaloğlu, Turkish Historical Society Publications, Ankara.

For Papers Presented at Symposiums and Congresses:
Pektaş 2019
Pektaş K., " Beçin Kalesi Kazısı 2014 Yılı Çalışmaları", XIX. Middle Ages and Turkish Period Excavations and Art History Research Symposium, C II, Turkish Historical Society Publications, Ankara, 163-173.
Önal 2019
Önal M., " Harran 2018 Yılı Çalışmaları ", 41st Excavation Results Meeting, C III, Ankara, 157-18.

E-Book:
Derya 2004
Derya, Ş., Amisos Mozaiği, PDF: Ministry of Culture and Tourism Publications, 2004.

For Articles:
Kuzuoglu 2015
Kuzuoglu, R., "Acemhöyük’te Eski Asur Dönemi’ne Ait İki Çivi Yazılı Belge", Höyük, S. 8, Ankara, 685-700.

Unpublished Thesis:
Akgül 2018
Akgül, I. T., 15-16. Yüzyıl Venüs Tasvirleri, (Unpublished Master's/PhD Thesis), Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul.

Ancient Age Sources:
Homer 1984
Homer, Odyssey, trans. A. Erhat-A. Kadir, Can Publications, Ankara.

Web Page:
Hemingway-Hemingway
Hemingway, C.-Hemingway, S., "The Technique of Bronze Statuary in Ancient Greece", The Metropolitan Museum of Art, http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/grbr/hd_grbr.htm , accessed on: 09.03.2015.

Ethical Principles for Scholarly Publication
A self-regulatory mechanism known as publication ethics demands honesty from authors, referees, and publishers in order to raise the standards for editorial processing. High-quality scientific publications, public confidence in scientific discoveries, and respect for people's viewpoints are all made possible by ethical standards for publication.
• Sincere scholars avoid plagiarism.
• They do not misidentify sources.
• They don't misrepresent opposing viewpoints.
• They don't destroy or conceal data.

Studies that have undergone peer review support and embody the scientific method. It is therefore crucial that everyone involved in the publication process—authors, readers, researchers, publishers, referees, and editors—adhere to ethical principles. The research and publication ethics standards followed by Höyük journal are both national and international norms. It adheres to the Press Law, the Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works and the Directive on Scientific Research and Publication Ethics of Higher Education Institutions. Höyük Journal has adopted the International Code of Ethical Publishing published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA).

Republishing
Republishing is the act of publishing the same article—or an article that is substantially similar—in more than one publication. Such an article gets rejected by the editor unreviewed. A time-limited embargo on the attempted republication may then be placed on it, the editor may announce it in the journal where the author had previously published (possibly simultaneously with the editor of the journal where the earlier article had been published), or they may combine all of these actions.

Simultaneous Submission of the Same Work to More Than One Journal
Authors are not permitted to simultaneously submit an identical paper to more than one journal. When an editor becomes aware of a potential simultaneous submission, he or she reserves the right to contact the other editor(s) who will be reviewing the manuscript. The editor may also decide to stop accepting submissions from such authors for a predetermined length of time. Other options include returning the work unreviewed, rejecting the paper without taking the reviews into account, or making this decision in consultation with the other editor(s) involved. Additionally, the editor has the right to inform the situation to the authors' employers as well as combining all three of these actions.

Measures for the Prevention of Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the act of representing someone else's thoughts, ideas, methods, data, applications, writings, figures, or works as one's own, in whole or in part, without giving due credit to the original author(s), as required by scientific standards. Articles submitted to the journal are checked for plagiarism using the Intihal (https://intihal.net/) software in order to prevent ethical violations. The editor examines the similarity report to see if the "citation-quotation discrepancy" has been noted by the software.The work will be returned to the author(s) if any unethical or inappropriate situations are found therein.
The following actions are regarded as unethical: plagiarism, duplication, forged authorship/denied authorship, research/data falsification, article slicing and dicing, copyright infringement, and concealing of conflict of interest. The publication of any articles that do not adhere to recognized principles of ethics is discontinued. This comprises articles with potential inconsistencies or improprieties that were discovered after publication.

Forgery
Creation of material that isn't supported by research, the use of false information when altering or revising a work that has already been submitted or published, reporting or publishing it, or presenting research that hasn't been conducted as though it has.
Falsification of research records and data obtained, falsification of techniques, tools, and materials that were not used in the research, failure to evaluate data that are inconsistent with the research hypothesis, manipulation of data and/or results to fit the pertinent theory or assumptions, and falsification or shaping of research findings to suit the interests of the people and organizations supported.

Protection of Participants' Personal Data
Höyük journal mandates that every study containing sensitive or private data or materials pertaining to individuals that aren't lawfully accessible to the public be subject to an appropriate ethical assessment.

Handling Allegations of Research Misconduct
The COPE Ethical Toolkit for a Successful Editorial is followed by Höyük journal. The editors of Höyük journal will take action to stop the publishing of submissions that contain instances of plagiarism, improper citation style, fabricated or falsified data, or other research misconduct. The editors of Höyük journal will never intentionally permit such behaviour. The editors will adhere to COPE's procedures for handling allegations in the event that they become aware of any claims of research misconduct involving a piece of writing that was published in their journal.

Notifications for Ethical Violations
If a reader finds a substantial error or inaccuracy in a Höyük article, they can contact the editor by email at eihlal@ttk.gov.tr. They can also contact the editor if they have any concerns about the editorial content (plagiarism, duplicate articles, etc.). Notifications are encouraged, and we will reply as soon as possible with helpful feedback since they present a chance for development.

Correction, Retraction, Expression of Concern
If there are minor errors in a published article that do not influence the findings, interpretations, or conclusions, the editors may think about releasing a correction. If the findings and conclusions are invalidated by significant errors or omissions, the editors should think about retracting the work. Editors should think about issuing a statement of concern if there is a chance that the authors have engaged in unethical behavior in their research or publications, if there is proof that the conclusions are unreliable and the authors' institutions have not conducted an investigation, or if the investigation's potential outcome seems unfair or inconclusive. Guidelines for correction, retraction, or expression of concern are in accordance with COPE.

Publication of Studies Based on Surveys and Interviews
In order to guarantee ethical standards in scientific publications, Höyük journal has adopted the "Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "Code of Conduct for Journal Editors" from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The following guidelines should be followed in the articles that are submitted to the journal in this situation:
1) All study in fields requiring ethics committee permission must first acquire approval from the committee, which must then be acknowledged and documented in the article.
2) For studies requiring ethical committee permission, the method section and one of the first/last pages of the publication should provide information about the permission (name of the committee, date, and number no.). In case reports, the article should contain information about the signature on the informed consent form.

Editorial Confidentiality Obligation
The editors of Höyük journal respect all submitted papers as confidential materials, and they do not share any information about them with third parties without the authors' consent. The following personnel have access to the papers during the review process: members of Editorial Board, editors, and referees. Only when the editor suspects significant research misconduct may information about a manuscript be disclosed to a third party without the authors' consent. If the editor has strong suspicions of serious research misconduct, information about an article may only be disclosed to a third party without the authors' consent.

Complaint Procedure
This process is followed when complaints are made about material, procedures, or guidelines that fall under Höyük journal or our editorial staff's purview. We strive to respond to complaints as soon, politely, and constructively as possible because they might present an opportunity as well as inspiration for improvement.
The complaint must be in relation to material, procedures, or policies that fall under the purview of Höyük journal or our editorial staff. Email complaints to eihlal@ttk.gov.tr, where they will be handled confidentially. Complaints will receive a quick response from the editor. The editor handles complaints in accordance with the steps laid out in the COPE flowchart.
If a complaint is not resolved after being evaluated by the appropriate editorial team member, the following procedures are followed:
If the complainant feels that the journal's initial answer to their complaint is insufficient, they may ask for it to be passed to a more senior employee.
The editor-in-chief may receive the complaint if the complainant is unsatisfied.
If possible, a complete response will be given in less than four weeks.
For editors of scientific publications, COPE provides a code of conduct. This will make resolving conflicts with editors, journals, and institutions easier, but it should only be used after the journal's internal complaint procedures have been exhausted.

Appeal Process
Serious objections to the editors' and referees' judgments are welcomed by Höyük journal. An appeal communication can be addressed to the editorial team at hoyuk@ttk.gov.tr if it is thought that the paper was rejected because the scientific content was misunderstood. This step does not warrant sending the article's revised version. The corrected version of the article will be sought from the author after the letter of objection has been placed on the Editorial Board's schedule and if it is determined that the objection is valid. As a result, the work is again can be sent out for review by an outside referee.
The letter of objection should contain all pertinent information. For each article, just one objection will be taken into account. This makes it crucial to express the objection in a comprehensible and straightforward manner. We don't consider several objections for the same article due to our experience and convictions, as we have found that lengthy conversations on rejected papers are unsatisfying for both authors and editors.

Conflicts of Interest
A conflict of interest occurs when a secondary objective (such as financial gain or personal competition) may influence professional judgment about a primary interest. The competing interests of the authors should be known in order to manage an article the best way possible, and if the work is published, readers should be made aware of this information.
Any financial or other interest that might get in the way with one's work, significantly influence one's objectivity, or unfairly benefit a person or group is considered a conflict of interest. The role of sponsors in the study, as well as all financial support received during the course of the research and paper production, should be disclosed. It should also be stated if there is no financing source. Consultancies, salaries, and grants are a few examples of potential conflicts of interest that need to be declared. The earliest opportunity should be taken to declare any potential conflicts of interest.
To guarantee unbiased evaluations, Höyük journal has a specific procedure for dealing with submissions from editors, staff, or editorial board members. Such submission is initially forwarded to other publications. The submitter's status in the journal is suspended if this is not achievable. These submissions go through a double-blind review process.
Editors shouldn't participate in decisions regarding papers written by themselves or members of their family. Such a work should also go through all the standard journal procedures. The editor shall adhere to COPE criteria regarding author and referee disclosure of any conflicts of interest.

Authors are not asked to pay any fees for paper submission to the journal or the review process.
The journal pays the authors and referees for their copyright in accordance with the Copyright Regulations of Atatürk Culture, Language and History Institution and the Regulations of Publication and Sale.