Writing Rules
1. LANGUAGE OF WRITING
Articles must be submitted in Turkish or English.
2. GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION
2.1. Page Setup:
A4 size paper; the margins should be medium. 2,54 cm from above and bottom; 1,90 cm from left and right space should be left. The line spacing value should be 1 in all text.
2.2. Title
The article title should be relevant and not exceeding twelve words in bold characters. The paragraph space before the title should be 18nk after 24nk. The title should be written in 12 font size and in capital letters.
2.3. Author Name(s) and Addresses
First letter of the name should be in capital case and last names should be capital case letters as bold in 10 font size and right-aligned. Both before and after author name, paragraph space should be in 24nk. If there is more than one author, paragraph space should be 6nk between authors.
Author names, titles, institutions, addresses, e-mail addresses and ORCID information should be included in the first page as a footnote. Formatting in the template should be considered.
2.4. Abstract
Turkish and English abstract (adding keywords) should be made. Abstracts should not exceed 150 words, and should reflect the entire article in the shortest and most concise manner (especially the purpose of the study, research method and result). It should be one paragraph and justified. It should be written with Calibri, 9 font, single line spacing. Keywords that reflect the integrity of the work. All of these keywords should be written in lowercase (except for proper names and capitalized abbreviations), and concepts should be listed from general to specific. The number of keywords should be between 4 and 6, semicolon should be used at the end of the keywords. English abstract and keywords should have the same characteristics. When these rules apply, the abstract fits on the first page.
2.5. Subtitles
The following requirements should be followed in writing the subtitles of the text:
· First-level subtitles should be written in 11 font size, capital letters, and bold (Introduction, Method, Findings etc.),
· Second-level titles should be written in 11 font size and the first letters of the words should be written in capital letters as bold,
· Third-level titles should be written in 10 font size and first letters should be in capital case as bold.
· Fourth-level titles should be written in 10 font size, italicized and first letters should be in capital case.
If conjunctions such as, and are used in subtitles; these should always be written in lower-case letter.
2.6. Main Text
All text should be written in Calibri font style. At the beginning of a paragraph, you should not use the tab key or the enter key between paragraphs. There should be one space after points and commas. The font size of the text should be 10. The spaces between paragraphs should be 6nk.
2.7. Figures
Maps and graphics in the study should be named "Figure". Figures should be drawn with a resolution that will not cause any problem in reduction and printing, and by choosing a smooth and sufficient line thickness. They should be numbered starting from "1", each figure should be numbered separately and a title should be written below each figure. Before and after the figures, paragraph space should be 12nk. Figures should be 9 font size and centered. Figures should be cited in the text.
2.8. Images
It should be high resolution (300 dpi), bright and clear. In addition, the same rules for figures are applied. Must be sent embedded in the text.
2.9. Tables
Like figures, they should be numbered separately starting from "1". The font size of the text belonging to the table should be 8. The title of the table should be italicized and 9 font size (at the top of the table, the first letters of the words should be capitalized) and the references should be italicized and 7 font size (if any, at the bottom of the table, left-aligned). The table design should be a table grid, with no border and with outer borders, the height of the table should be 0.4 cm and including tables, figures, maps, graphics and photographs should be cited in the text. The size of the tables, shapes, maps, graphics, and photos should not exceed the page size. 12nk paragraph space should be left between the table and the text (before and after).
2.10. Emphasis, Footnotes and Sorting Bullets
If you want to emphasize, you should be used italic and nine-font size. In the text, bold words cannot be used.
Footnotes should only be used for explanation and numbered at the end of the page. The number should be used when adding footnotes. Footnotes must be typed in 8 point fonts, with spacing from top and bottom 3nk.
Sorting in the text, should be preferred such as (•) bullets instead of (1, 2, 3) numbers.
2.11. Citing References in the Text
While giving references in the text, the following rules should be followed and the examples given should be taken as basis. The source should not be given in the form of a footnote.
a. For single author, last name should be followed by publication date in parenthesis:
(Özey, 2012) or Özey (2012) or according to the study of Özey (2012)
b. When citing references with two authors in the text, "and" should be used between the surnames of the researchers as in the example below, and the publication date of the work should be given:
(Doğanay & Zaman, 2013) or Doğanay & Zaman (2013)
c. For multiple references, semi-column (;) should be used between the references and they should be written alphabetically as follows:
(Golledge & Battersby, 2008; Özey, 2012: 85-86; Yıldırım & Şimşek, 2011: 35)
d. While the publications with three or more authors are mentioned in the text, the name of the first author should be specified as follows, for the others “et al.” statement should be used.
(Golledge et al., 2008) veya Golledge et al. (2008)
e. When citing an unreachable publication in the text, the source from which the citation was made should be specified as follows. Only "citing" information should be included in the bibliography:
Tozlu (2006) (cited in Yazıcı, 2015)
f. Studies of institutions and organizations should be stated as follows.
Ministry of National Education (2018) or (Ministry of National Education, 2018)
g. Direct citations should be typed in quotation marks “ ” with 9 font size.
2.12. Contributions
If there are contributors other than the author, these names should also be stated at the end of the article.
In studies supported by a research institution or organization, the name of the organization providing support, the name of the project, date (if any), number and number should be given.
2.13. References
Citation and references items should definitely made by reference management software such as Endnote, Mendeley, Zotero, and “American Psychological Association 7th Edition” style should applied. Otherwise, the articles will not evaluated. Click here for the video of the using Zotero software.
In addition, it is necessary to make a bridge/link between the citation and the bibliography. Click for video explanation.
| SORTING References should be cited in text by giving the last names of the author(s). The scientific studies belonging to the same author should be sorted from the oldest to the newest one. For scientific studies of the same date with the same author(s) in the following format: Ünlü, M. (2014a) Ünlü, M. (2014b) If the author name is not certain, the name of the scientific study should be written instead of the author name. |
| BOOKS One-Author Books Creswell, J. W. 2014. Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods approaches. Los Angles, CA: Sage. More Than One-Author Books Kimerling, A. J., Buckley, A. R., Muehrcke, P. C., & Muehrcke, J. O. (2012). Map use: Reading analysis interpretation. (7th ed.). New York: Esri Press. Chapter in an Edited Books Dillard, J. P. (2020). Currents in the study of persuasion. In M. B. Oliver, A. A. Raney, & J. Bryant (Eds.), Media effects: Advances in theory and research (4th ed., pp. 115–129). Routledge. Translation Books Kuhn, T. S. (2014). Bilimsel devrimlerin yapısı. (Çev: N. Kuyaş). (9. Baskı). İstanbul: Kırmızı Yayınları. |
| PERIODICALS Argles, T. (2017). Teaching practical science online using GIS: A cautionary tale of coping strategies. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 41(3), 341–352. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2017.1315531. Grady, J. S., Her, M., Moreno, G., Perez, C., & Yelinek, J. (2019). Emotions in storybooks: A comparison of storybooks that represent ethnic and racial groups in the United States. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 8(3), 207–217. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000185. Newspaper Article Schulman, M. (2019, September 9). Superfans: A love story. The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine |
| Reports Meteoroloji Genel Müdürlüğü. (2021). 2021 yılı mayıs ayı alansal yağış raporu. https://www.mgm.gov.tr/veridegerlendirme/yagis-raporu.aspx?b=a#sfB National Cancer Institute. (2019). Taking time: Support for people with cancer (NIH Publication No. 18-2059). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health. https://www.cancer.gov/publications/patient-education/takingtime.pdf |
| Theses Eloff, J. J. (2014). Evaluating efficiency of transportation infrastructure: effects and implications for the spatial economy. (Doctoral dissertation, The University of Toledo). Retrieved from https://etd.ohiolink.edu/pg_1?0 |
| Conference Presentation Reference Evans, A. C., Jr., Garbarino, J., Bocanegra, E., Kinscherff, R. T., & Márquez-Greene, N. (2019, August 8–11). Gun violence: An event on the power of community [Conference presentation]. APA 2019 Convention, Chicago, IL, United States. Welch, K. (2015, June). Crowd management in discussion boards: Changing functions to maximize learning. Paper presented at CSCLCROWD2015 Conference, Gothenburg. Retrieved from https://csclcrowd2015.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/csclcrowd2015_submission_7.pdf |
| Conference Proceeding Reference Duckworth, A. L., Quirk, A., Gallop, R., Hoyle, R. H., Kelly, D. R., & Matthews, M. D. (2019). Cognitive and noncognitive predictors of success. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 116(47), 23499–23504. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910510116 |
| Electronic Reference Jessamine (2019). Team debate format, retrieved from: http://www.jessamine.k12.ky.us/userfiles/339/Classes/2291/Team%20Debate%20Format.d |
You can visit the APA 7th edition official website for more information and reference examples.