İlahiyat Akademi

Aim
Journal of Theology Academy (ISSN: 2149-3979-e-ISSN: 2651-2718) is a peer-reviewed journal that started to be published in 2015. Journal of Theology Academy aims to contribute to the field of theology and social sciences by publishing national and international scientific studies. In this respect, it is an international periodical publication in which high-level scientific studies are published. The target audience of the Journal of Theology Academy is professionals who continue their research in the fields of Basic Islamic Sciences, Philosophy and Religious Sciences, Islamic History and Arts, Religious Culture and Moral Education, and students, readers and institutions interested in this field. Journal of Theology Academy is an international periodical published by Gaziantep University Theology Faculty twice a year in June and December. Journal of Theology Academy has adopted open access, non-commercial scientific publishing. Articles published in the Journal of Theology Academy can be made accessible by the author in the institutional archive of the university, in the archives on the subject or in other archives requested, without the embargo period. All published articles are assigned a DOI as a permanent article identifier.

Scope
Journal of Theology Academy publishes studies such as articles, book reviews and symposium evaluations in the field of religious studies (Social and Human Sciences/Religion).

Subject Category
Social Sciences and Humanities: Religious Studies

Science area
Basic Islamic sciences:
Tafsir, Hadith, Kalam, Islamic Law, History of Islamic Sects, Sufism, Arabic Language and Literature
Philosophy and Religious Studies:
Islamic Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Psychology of Religion, Sociology of Religion, Religious Education, History of Religions, History of Philosophy, Logic
Islamic History and Arts:
History of Islam, History of Islamic Arts, Turkish-Islamic Literature, Religious Music, Religious Culture and Moral Knowledge Education

Keywords
Islam, Tafsir, Quran, Recitation, Hadith, Prophet, Kalam, Islamic Law, Islamic Sects, Sufism, Arabic Language, Arabic Literature, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Islamic Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Psychology of Religion, Sociology of Religion, Religious Education, History of Religions, Philosophy History, Logic, Islamic History, Islamic Arts, Turkish-Islamic Literature, Religious Music, Religious Culture, Ethics, Psychology, Philosophy, Sociology, Islamic Civilization.

Publication Principles
• The articles sent to the Journal of Theology Academy should not have been published anywhere before and should not have been decided to be published.
• Sent articles, pictures, figures, maps, etc. It should not exceed 12.000 words, including the attachments.
• It uses the ISNAD Citation System in the Journal of Theology Academy. The articles to be sent to our journal should be arranged according to this system.
• It is requested that the articles passed by the referee should contain an abstract/abstract of 400-550 words. Articles should contain 5 keywords. The first keyword should be the field of science.
• All expenses of the journal are covered by the Publisher. The publication of articles and the execution of article processes in the journal are free of charge. No processing fee or submission fee is charged for articles submitted to the journal or accepted for publication.
• Submitted articles; After being scanned by the plagiarism detection program and determined that it does not contain plagiarism and has not been published before, it is subjected to double-blind peer-review evaluation by at least two referees who have studies on the subject.

Broadcast Period
Journal of Theology Academy is an international periodical published by Gaziantep University Theology Faculty twice a year in June and December.

Target Audience
The target audience of the Journal of Theology Academy is professionals who continue their research in the fields of Basic Islamic Sciences, Philosophy and Religious Sciences, Islamic History and Arts, Religious Culture and Moral Education, and students, readers and institutions interested in this field.

Copyright Policy
The copyrights of the works published in the Journal of Theology Academy belong to their authors. The authors allow the intellectual work they sent to be published by the Journal of Theology Academy under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license.

Fee Policy
The publication of articles and the execution of article processes in the Journal of Theology Academy are free of charge. No processing fee or submission fee is charged under any name for articles submitted to the journal or accepted for publication.

1) It publishes only articles, book reviews and symposium evaluations on religious studies (Social and Human Sciences/Religion) in the Journal of Theology Academy . Submitted articles should be in accordance with the purpose and scope of the journal.
2) The writing language of the Journal of Theology Academy is Turkish. However, articles written in English and Arabic can be included in each issue, not exceeding one third of the journal. Arabic articles must also include Turkish and English titles and abstracts, and a bibliography using the Latin Alphabet.
3) The volume of the article should be between 4,000 and 12,000 words.
4) In order for the articles in the translation type to be processed, it is required to have a certain number of (at least 5) citations in the original language of the article.
5) The articles sent for publication are subjected to pre-control, plagiarism screening, referee evaluation and Turkish-English language control stages. The work, which does not pass this process even though it has been examined three times during the Pre-Check stage, is returned to the author and is not processed again in the same publication period.
should contain a abstract of at least 400 and maximum 550 words.
7) Original, unpublished articles that are not in the process of evaluation in another journal and whose content and submission are approved by each author are accepted for evaluation.
8) The copyrights and publication rights of the author( s ) are reserved .
9) Studies should be prepared in accordance with the writing rules of the journal.
10) Articles should be submitted electronically to the journal website from the "Submit Article" tab.
11) All documents and files must be submitted as Word documents (. doc or . docx ).
12) On the first page of the articles sent to the journal, the author's name and institution information should be written in accordance with the ISNAD Citation System. See. https://www.isnadsistemi.org/en/guide/isnad2-2/academic-writing/3-author-name-and-institution-information/
13) Articles that do not use the ISNAD Citation System are returned to the author for correction.
14) All expenses of the journal are covered by the Publisher. The publication of articles and the execution of article processes in the journal are free of charge. No processing fee or submission fee is charged for articles submitted to the journal or accepted for publication .
15) After the article is sent to the Journal for publication, the names of any of the authors cannot be deleted from the list of authors without the written consent of all authors, a new name cannot be added as an author, and the order of authors cannot be changed.
1 6) For book critics, Turkish and English abstracts of 50-100 words should be included, and there should be at least one work in the bibliography.
17) At the end of the article, before the bibliography, the researchers' contribution rate statement, if any, support and acknowledgment statements should be stated in the conflict statement in accordance with the table below.
18) Ethics Committee approval should be obtained for articles that require Ethics Committee approval, and this approval (committee name, date and number) should be stated on the first page of the article and in the method section. For research that requires Ethics Committee approval, please review the Journal's Ethical Principles and Publication Policy .

19) The format features of the manuscripts sent to the journal must comply with the following criteria:
• Page Size: B5(ISO) 17.6x25cm
• Margins: Top 2.5cm; Bottom 1.8cm; Left 2.5cm; Right 2cm Gutter: 0; Gutter Location: Left
• Title: Main Title: First letters are uppercase, the rest are lowercase; 14 points; Indent: Left-right 0cm; Special: none; Range: before-after 6nk; Line spacing: single
• Abstract: The title is 10 pt. Paragraph; Indent: Left-right 0cm; Special: First line; Value: 1cm; Range: before-after 6nk; Line spacing: odd; (Indent and spacing options will be unchecked).
• Abstract: 9 pt. Paragraph; Indent: Left-right 0cm; Special: First line; Value: 1cm; Range: before-after 6nk; Line spacing: odd; (Indent and spacing options will be unchecked).
• Abstract and Article Text: 10 pt. Paragraph; Indent: Left-right 0cm; Special: First line; Value: 1cm; Range: before-after 6nk; Line spacing: odd; (Indent and spacing options will be unchecked).
• Footnote: 8 points. Paragraph; Indent: Left-right 0cm; Special: none; Range: before-after 0nk; Line spacing: odd; (Indent and spacing options will be unchecked).
• Font: Palatino linotype
• References: 10 points. Paragraph; Indent: Left-right 0cm; Special: First line; Value: 1cm; Range: before-after 6nk; Line spacing: odd; (Indent and spacing options will be unchecked).
• One line space should be left between each heading and the previous text. There must be at least five Keywords and each word must begin with a capital letter.
• For Arabic texts, the above format conditions are valid and only Traditional The main text should be written in 12 points, the abstract and footnotes should be written in 10 fonts in Arabic font.
• Authors are required to include their Institution, Faculty, Country City, E-Mail, ROR IDI, ORCID information in the files they send.
• Plagiarism detection
This article has been screened for plagiarism.
This paper was checked for plagiarism .

• Publication Ethics
Journal of Theology Academy adheres to national and international standards in research and publication ethics. It complies with Press Law, Intellectual and Artistic Works Law and Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive . Also Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), and World Association of Medical It has adopted the international ethical publishing principles published by Editors (WAME). Our journal is also subject to the guidelines described in the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Academic Publishing.
Theological Academy is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and pays regard to Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) on https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.1.12

• Ethical Statement 
It is declared that during the preparation process of this study, scientific and ethical principles were followed and all the studies benefited from are stated in the bibliography.
It is declared that scientific and ethical principles have been followed while carrying out and writing this study and that all the sources used have been properly cited .

• Grant Support
The author (s) declared that this study has received no financials support .
The author( s ) of this study declared that it did not receive financial support for

• Conflict of Interest 
Author( s ) exit conflict did not report .
The authors have no conflict of interest to declare .

• Authors Contributions 
Design of the Study: Author-1 (55%), Author-2 (45%)
Data Collection: Author-1 (50%), Author-2 (50%)
Data Analysis: Author-1 (60%), Author-2 (40%)
Article Submission and Revision: Author-1 (90%), Author-2 (10%)
Conceiving the Study: Author-1 (55%), Author-2 (45%)
Data Collection: Author-1 (50%), Author-2 (50%)
Data Analysis: Author-1 (60%), Author-2 (40%)
Submission and Revision : Author-1 (90%), Author-2 (10%)

• Ethical approval
were obtained with the decision of the Ethics Committee of the University of .... dated ... and numbered .... In addition, the study adheres to the research principles in the Declaration of Helsinki . remained .
An application for ethical approval was made to .... University Ethics Committee and the necessary ethical permissions were obtained with the decision numbered .... dated ...2022. In addition , the study adhered to the research principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.

• Open Access License
This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY NC).
This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY NC).

• Copyright
• Author(s)

ISNAD CITATION SYSTEM
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Journal of Theology Academy adheres to national and international standards in research and publication ethics. It complies with Press Law, Intellectual and Artistic Works Law and Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive. The Journal of Theology Academy has adopted the International Ethical Publishing Principles published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) and World Association of Medical Editors (WAME). It also undertakes to comply with the Decisions of the Turkey Editors' Workshop.
1. Press Law
2. Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works
3. Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive
4. Transparency and Best Practice in Academic Publishing
5. Turkey Editors' Workshop Decisions

Responsibilities of Stakeholders
Our readers and stakeholders can report any material mistake or violation of scientific research and publication ethics they see in the articles published in the Journal of Theology Academy by sending an e-mail to divineyatakademi@gantep.edu.tr. We welcome such feedback as it provides an opportunity for us to improve, and we aim to respond promptly and constructively.

a) Editors' Responsibilities
Journal of Theology Academy , its editors and field editors adhere to the COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors, published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Best Practice for Journal Editors Based on the COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors and the principles of the Publication Ethics Flow Charts developed by COPE in possible cases of abuse or violation of publication ethics, it will provide the following ethical duties and responsibilities:
• Impartiality and Freedom of the Publisher: Editors evaluate the submitted article proposals by taking into account their compliance with the scope of the journal and the importance and originality of their work. Editors do not take into account the race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, nationality or political views of the authors submitting the article proposal. Other institutions other than the editorial board of the journal cannot influence the decision to edit or publish. The editors take care that the published issues contribute to the reader, researcher, practitioner and scientific field, and that they are original.
• Independence: The relationship between the Editors (Editor and Associate Editors) and the publisher is based on the principle of editorial independence. According to the written agreement between the editors and the publisher, all decisions of the editors are independent of the publisher and the journal owner. Editors should reject incomplete and inaccurate research that does not comply with the journal policy, publication rules and level without any influence.
• Confidentiality: Editors do not share information about a submitted article with anyone other than the responsible author, referees and editorial board. It ensures that the articles evaluated by at least two referees are evaluated according to the double-blind refereeing system and keeps the referees confidential.
• Information and Differences of Opinion: Editors and editorial board members do not use unpublished information in a submitted article for their own research purposes without the express written permission of the authors. Editors should not have a conflict of interest regarding the articles they accept or reject.
• Publication Decision: Editors ensure that all articles accepted for publication are subject to peer-review by at least two referees who are experts in their field. Editors are responsible for deciding which work will be published from the articles sent to the journal, the validity of the work in question, its importance to researchers and readers, the comments of the referees and such legal conditions. Editors have the responsibility and authority to accept or reject articles. Therefore, he has to use his responsibility and authority appropriately and on time.
• Ethical Concerns: Editors will take action when ethical concerns arise regarding a submitted article or published article. They continue their business processes without compromising intellectual property rights and ethical standards. Any reported unethical publishing behavior will be investigated, even if it occurs years after publication. Editors follow COPE Flowcharts should ethical concerns arise. If ethical issues are significant, correction, withdrawal can be applied or concerns can be published in the journal.
• Collaboration with Journal Boards: Editors ensure that all members of the advisory committee advance the processes in accordance with publication policies and guidelines. Informs the members of the advisory board about the publication policies. It allows the members of the advisory board to evaluate their work independently. Can contribute to new advisory board members and make decisions accordingly. It should submit studies appropriate to the expertise of advisory board members for evaluation . He interacts regularly with the advisory board. Organizes regular meetings with the editorial board for editorial policies and journal development.

b) Responsibilities of Authors
1. Reporting standards : The authors of the original research should ensure that the work done and the results are presented accurately, followed by an objective discussion of the importance of the work. The article proposal should contain sufficient details and references.
2. Data access and retention : Authors are required to retain the raw data of their work. When required, they should submit it for editorial review if requested by the journal.
3. Originality and plagiarism: Authors must submit entirely original works, and if they have used the work or words of others, this must be properly cited. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable. For this reason, a similarity rate report is requested from all authors who submit articles to the journal.
4. Multiple, duplicate, redundant or simultaneous submissions / publications: Authors should not submit a previously published article in another journal for consideration. Submitting an article to more than one journal simultaneously is unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
5 . Authorship of the article: Only people who fulfill the authorship criteria should be listed as the author in the content of the article. These authorship criteria are as follows; (i) contributed to the design, implementation, data collection or analysis phases (ii) prepared or made significant intellectual contribution or critically revised the manuscript, or (iii) saw the final version of the manuscript, approved it, and agreed to submit it for publication. The corresponding author must ensure that all authors (according to the definition above) are included in the list of authors and must declare that they have seen the final version of the article and agree to submit it for publication.
6. Disclosure and conflicts of interest: Authors should disclose conflicts of interest at the earliest possible stage (usually by submitting a notification form at the time of article submission and by including a statement in the article). All sources of financial support for the study must be declared (including the grant/funding number or other license number, if applicable).
7. Peer-review process: Authors are required to participate in the peer-review process and are responsible for fully cooperating by responding promptly to editors' requests for raw data, disclosures, and evidence of ethical approval and copyright permissions. If a "required revision" decision is made first , authors should review and resubmit their manuscripts by the systematic deadline given to reviewers' comments.
8. Fundamental errors in published works: When authors find significant errors or inaccuracies in their published work, they are obliged to immediately inform the journal editors or publishers, and to cooperate with the journal editors or publishers to correct a typographical error (erratum) on the article or remove the article from publication. If the editors or the publisher learn from a third party that a published work contains a material error or inaccuracy, they must take the responsibility of the author to promptly correct or retract the article or provide proof of the accuracy of the paper to the journal's editors.

c) Responsibilities of the Referees
1. Contribution to editorial decisions: Assists editors in editorial decisions and assists authors in improving their articles through editorial communication. It should be pointed out that other articles, works, sources, citations, rules and similar deficiencies related to the article should be completed.
2. Speed: Any referee who does not feel qualified to review the manuscript proposal or who knows that the manuscript review will not occur on time should immediately notify the editors and reject the invitation to review, thus ensuring that new referees are appointed.
3. Confidentiality: All article suggestions submitted for review are confidential and should be treated as such. It should not be shown or discussed with others unless authorized by the editor. This also applies to referees who decline an invitation to review.
4. Impartiality standards: Comments on the article proposal should be made impartially and suggestions should be made in a way that the authors can use to improve the article. Personal criticism of the authors is not appropriate.
5. Acceptance of references: Reviewers should identify relevant published works not cited by the authors. The referee should also notify the editor of any significant similarity of the reviewed article and any other article (published or unpublished).
6. Conflicts of interest: Conflicts of interest should be reported to the editor. There should be no conflict of interest between the referees and the stakeholders of the article that is the subject of evaluation.

The studies submitted for review are checked for plagiarism using the iThenticate software. The similarity rate is expected to be less than 20%. The main measure of similarity is that the author complies with the citation and citation rules. Even though the similarity rate is 1%, if the citation and citation are not duly made, plagiarism may still be in question. In this respect, citation and citation rules should be known and carefully applied by the author: see. https://www.isnadsistemi.org/en/
Citation/Indirect Citation: If a reference is made to an opinion, discussion or determination in a source and the cited opinion is lined up with the citing researcher's own words, a footnote mark ( 1 ) should be placed at the end of the sentence. If the reference is to a certain page or page range of the work, the page number should be given. If there is a reference to the whole work, that is, if it is cited in a way that requires the reader to examine the whole work, the footnotes include "See about this.", "See about this opinion.", "See about this discussion." or just “see.” The source should be indicated after the statement.
Quotation/Quote: If the relevant part is taken from the referenced source exactly as it is, without touching the dot and comma, the quoted part is "given in double quotes" and the source is indicated by giving the footnote number 1 at the end. Quotations that exist in the directly quoted text are written using 'single quotes'. If the directly quoted part is longer than three lines (more than forty words), it is shown as a separate paragraph. In order to distinguish long quotations from the main text, it should be preferred that they be written in a font size one smaller than the normal text size and the entire paragraph should be indented from the left at the beginning of the carriage line. Some words, sentences and paragraphs may be omitted from the directly quoted text, provided that they do not change the meaning. Three dots (…) are put in place of the removed parts. It would not be correct to write the part that is quoted from a source without enclosing it in "double quotes" and to only write the source at the end. If these rules are not followed, the author may be accused of violation of publication ethics (Plagiarism) .

Actions against science research and publication ethics are as follows:
Plagiarism: Presenting the ideas, methods, data, practices, writings, figures or works of others as their own work, in whole or in part, without attribution in accordance with scientific rules.
Fraud: To produce data that is not based on research, to edit or change the presented or published work based on untrue data, to report or publish them, to make an unfinished research appear as if it has been done.
Distortion: To falsify research records and obtained data, to present methods, devices and materials that are not used in the research as if they were used, not to evaluate data that are not in accordance with the research hypothesis, to manipulate data and/or results in order to fit the relevant theory or assumptions, in line with the interests of the people and organizations that receive support. to falsify or shape research results.
Republishing: To present more than one work containing the same results of a research as separate works in associate professor examination evaluations and academic promotions.
Slicing: Presenting the results of a research as separate works in associate professor examination evaluations and academic promotions by dividing the results of a research in a way that violates the integrity of the research, and by making multiple publications without citing each other.
Unfair Authorship: Including non-active contributors among authors, not including active contributors among authors, changing the order of authors unjustifiably and inappropriately, removing the names of active contributors from the work at the time of publication or in subsequent editions, using influence without active contribution, using his/her name included among the authors.
Other Types of Ethical Violations: Not clearly stating the supporting persons, institutions or organizations and their contributions to the research in the publications of supported research, not following the ethical rules in research on humans and animals, not respecting the rights of patients in their publications, appearing in a work assigned to review as a referee. to share the field information with others before it is published, to misuse the resources, places, facilities and devices provided or reserved for scientific research, to accuse completely unfounded, groundless and intentional ethical violations (YÖK Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive, Article 8).

Plagiarism Prevention
reader notices an important error or mistake in an article published in the Journal of Theology Academy , or has any complaints about the editorial content (plagiarism, duplicate articles, etc.), they can make a complaint by sending an e-mail to ilahiyatakademi@gantep.edu.tr . We welcome complaints as they will provide an opportunity for us to improve, and we aim to respond quickly and constructively.

Conflict of Interest
The author(s) of the article must declare that there is no personal or financial conflict of interest within the scope of the study. They should state this statement under the heading “Conflicts of Interest” at the end of the article. When reviewers suspect that there is a conflict of interest in the article they are evaluating, they should inform the journal editor about the evaluation process and reject the article evaluation if necessary. In order to avoid conflicts of interest, individuals in the institutions where the article authors work cannot act as a referee for the article. Editors should also not have a personal or financial conflict of interest with the authors.

All expenses of the Journal of Theology Academy are covered by the publisher. The publication of articles and the execution of article processes in the journal are free of charge. No processing fee or submission fee is charged under any name for articles submitted to the journal or accepted for publication.