(The writing rules of our journal have been updated. Before submitting your work,please take into account the conformity with the writing rules)

Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University Journal of Theology Faculty Writing Rules
[e-ISSN: 2757-6418]

Our journal follows ISNAD2 Citation System (with footnotes). We recommend the ZOTERO tool in order to accurately and actively adapt your references to the ISNAD2 citation system in your work. Papers submitted to the journal should not have been published anywhere before and should not have been decided to be published.

The article should not exceed 15,000 words including Öz, Abstract, Footnotes and References. (In case the limit is exceeded due to the nature of the work, the final decision-maker is the Editorial Board.)

The arrangement of article elements should be as follows:

1. English Title
2. Abstract
3. Keywords
4. Turkish Title (Maximum 10-12 words)
5. Öz (Turkish Abstract should be in the range of 150-250 words.)
6. Keywords (minimum 5, maximum 8 words)
• Arabic Title (for Arabic articles)
• Arabic Abstract (150-250) words (for Arabic articles)
• Arabic Keywords (for Arabic articles)
7. Main Text
8. Conclusion
9. Bibliography

The text should be written in Microsoft Office Word with the A4 page size.

Margins: 3 cms should be left from each edge.

Title: A title that is compatible with the content of the article and expresses the content in the best way should be chosen and should be written in bold letters, 12 Punto Times New Roman, and each word should be capitalised. The title of the article should be maximum 10-12 words. The title should be arranged according to the ISNAD2 Citation System; 0 pt from the top, 6 pt from the bottom and without indenting; it should be centre-aligned. Prepositions and conjunctions in the title should be written in lower case. In addition, titles should be in bold and italics should not be used except for book titles and special cases.
Titling based on the decimal system should be used.


Titling Example in Decimal System:
1. ________________________________________
1.1. _________________________________
1.1.1. __________________________


Author name and institution information: Since the study to be uploaded to the system will go to the referees, author name and institution information should not be written. After the manuscript is approved for publication and before it is uploaded in its final form, Name-Surname, Institutional Information (TR&ENG), email and Orcid ID should be written as specified in the article template. This information will be requested from the author later.

Abstract/Öz (Turkish Abstract): English-Turkish Abstract (150-250 words). The abstract should be in Times New Roman font, 9 pt, aligned on both sides, single-spaced and unindented. References, figure and table numbers should not be mentioned in the abstract.

Summary/Özet (Turkish Summary): Articles that are peer-reviewed and accepted for publication should be preceded by an English Summary and a Turkish Summary of at least 750 and at most 1,500 words. The abstract should be in Times New Roman, 9 pt, aligned on both sides, single-spaced. Paragraph beginnings should be indented 1.25 cm from the left; spaces should be set as 0 pt above the paragraph and 6 pt below the paragraph.

Keywords: Keywords consisting of at least 5 and at most 8 words must be given below the abstract. Each word of the keywords should be capitalised and commas should be used between them. It should be in 9-point font size, aligned on both sides, single-spaced and unindented.

Main Text: Manuscripts should not exceed 35 journal pages (15,000 words) including attachments such as pictures, figures, maps, etc. It should be written in Times New Roman font in 11 punto size; aligned on both sides; 1.15 line spacing. Paragraph beginnings should be indented 1.25 cm from the left; spacing should be 0 pt above the paragraph and 6 pt below the paragraph. The main text should be prepared according to ISNAD2 Citation System (with footnotes). Arabic expressions in the text and footnotes should be in Traditional Arabic, 11 Punto and bold characters.

Section Headings: Main, intermediate and subheadings can be used in the article, provided that they are compatible with the content. These headings should be capitalised for each word. It should be arranged according to the ISNAD2 Citation System; it should be set as 0 pt from the top and bottom, unindented and single line; it should be aligned on both sides. It should be in Times New Roman font, 11 punto size, bold.

Tables and Figures: Tables should be numbered and titled. Tables and Figures should be arranged in accordance with ISNAD2 Citation System. Tabular texts should be written in Times New Roman font with a font size of 10 punto and should be aligned on both sides.

Table and Figure captions and references, if any, should be written in Times New Roman font, 8-punto font size, aligned on both sides and single-spaced. Spacing should be set to 6 pt from the bottom and 0 pt from the top for Table and Figure descriptions; 6 pt from the top and bottom for Table and Figure references.
Tables should not extend beyond the writing area (page margins should not be violated), spaces should be set as 0 pt from the top and 6 pt from the bottom. Tables smaller than the page margins should be left aligned.
Figures should not extend beyond the writing area (page margins should not be violated), spaces should be set as 0 pt from the top and 6 pt from the bottom. Tables smaller than the page margins should be left aligned.

Images: They should be scanned in high resolution, print quality. The naming conventions in figures and tables should be followed. Figures, charts and illustrations should not exceed a total of 10 pages (one third of the manuscript).

Quotations and References: All direct quotations must be made in accordance with the ISNAD Citation System. If the direct quotation is a paragraph, it should be written in Times New Roman font with a font size of 10 punto; it should be aligned on both sides; it should be 1 line spacing. The beginning of the paragraph should be unindented, the whole paragraph should be indented 2 cm from the left and right; spaces should be set as 0 pt above the paragraph and 6 pt below the paragraph.

Footnotes Must be in accordance with ISNAD2 Citation System (with footnotes). It should be written in Times New Roman font with a font size of 9 pt; it should be aligned on both sides; it should be single-spaced. Spacing should be set as 0 pt from top and bottom.

Bibliography: It should start on the page after the conclusion.
References should be organised according to ISNAD2 Citation System.
References should be written in Times New Roman font, 11 punto size, aligned on both sides and single-spaced.
For each source, the first line should be indented from the left, and the following lines should be indented 1.25 cm from the left.
Spacing for each source should be 0 pt at the top and 6 pt at the bottom.
If more than one work of an author is included in the bibliography, the name of the author should be written again for each work.

Abbreviations: Abbreviations should be made as specified in the ISNAD2 Citation System; if the abbreviation is not specified in the ISNAD2 Citation System, the author's preference should be indicated in the description section when submitting the article.
- If an explanation is to be made at the end of the page for the title of the article, * sign should be used.
- No entry of Header and Footer information should be made.
- Page numbers should not be added.

For detailed information on citations and sources see:
https://www.isnadsistemi.org/download/isnad-2-yazim-kilavuzu/

For the Principles of Critical Editing, see:
http://www.isam.org.tr/documents/_dosyalar/_pdfler/ISAM_Tahkikli_Nesir_Esaslari.pdf

TRANSLATIONS
Article writing rules apply for translations.
The name and information of the translator should not be written in the translation.
The translation title should be the title of the translated text.
At the end of the translation title (*), the type of the translated text (article, book chapter, paper, etc.) and the bibliography of the text according to ISNAD Citation System should be added at the end of the page.
Regardless of the citation system used in the main text, footnotes must conform to the ISNAD Citation System.
Tables and Figures should be organised in accordance with the ISNAD Citation System. Tabular texts should be written in Times New Roman font with a font size of 10 points and should be aligned on both sides.
Öz, keywords, abstract and keywords should be given as in the original text. If not included in the text, 250-500 words of Öz and Abstract, Keywords and keywords should be added.

BOOK REVIEWS
Article writing rules apply for Book Reviews.
Also;
Öz (Turkish Abstract) and Abstract consisting of 150-250 words should be included.
Book Reviews should be between 500-1500 words.
If an explanation is to be made at the end of the page for the title of Book Review, * sign should be used.

ETHICS COMMITTEE DECISION
It is compulsory for studies/articles where data should be collected from individuals using scales, questionnaires, interviews and other data collection tools.

Approval must be obtained from the Ethics Committee of the university to which the author is affiliated or the organisation where the study is conducted.

Board approval should be indicated on the first page of the manuscript with the name of the board, date and number.

In the method section of the article, the start and end dates of data collection should be written.

The approval document should be attached to DergiPark as an additional file.

For studies that do not require an Ethics Committee decision, the author must upload a wet signed declaration that no ethics committee decision is required.

For TR Index's opinion on Ethics Committee approval, see.
https://trdizin.gov.tr/about#applicationAndCriterias