Open Access Statement

The International Journal of Kurdish Studies (IJOKS) is committed to the principles of open access and aims to contribute to the free, impartial, and global dissemination of scholarly knowledge.

IJOKS follows the open access principles defined by the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) and provides immediate and free access to all published articles without subscription or access fees.

All published articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Readers may access, download, and share the published content for non-commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original publication. Any commercial use or modification of the published content requires permission from the copyright holder.

The journal supports the widest possible dissemination of academic research while protecting authors' rights and maintaining the integrity of published scholarly work.

IJOKS is committed to transparency, accessibility, and internationally recognized best practices in open access publishing.