1. At the end of the article, a bibliography listing all sources used in alphabetical order by the author’s surname must be included. The bibliography should be consistent with the first citations made in the footnotes. In-text references to the sources used should appear as footnotes at the bottom of each page. Citations and the bibliography must comply with the OSCOLA 4th Edition citation system.

2. The heading structure must follow this format: I. A. 1. a. (a) i.

3. Articles submitted to the journal must include abstracts in both Turkish and English. The Turkish abstract should be between 200–250 words, and an Extended Summary of 750–1000 words must also be submitted together with the abstract section.

4. The following rules must be observed in citation, footnote, and bibliography formatting:

The footnote number is placed immediately after the word to which it refers; if there is punctuation following the word, the number is placed before the punctuation mark.

When multiple works are cited in the same footnote, they must be separated by semicolons.

All citations and footnotes must comply with the OSCOLA 4th Edition system. For detailed information on the OSCOLA 4th Edition citation system, see: https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxlaw/oscola_4th_edn_hart_2012.pdf
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Citation Examples
Books

• Single author:
Ercan Akyiğit, İş Hukuku (15th edn, Seçkin Yayıncılık 2024) 25.

• Two authors:
Sarper Süzek and Süleyman Başterzi, İş Hukuku (24th edn, Beta Yayınları 2024) 45.

• Three or more authors:
Ahmet Gökcen, M Emin Alşahin and Kerim Çakır, Ceza Muhakemesi Hukuku (8th edn, Adalet Yayınevi 2024) 56.

• Edited books:
Ufuk Aydın, ‘Pandemi ve Sonrasında Türk Sosyal Güvenlik Hukuku’ in Nizamettin Aktay, Olgu Özdemir Ertürk and Fatma Nur Ünal (eds), İş Hukukunun Güncel Gelişmeleri Sempozyumu (Filiz Kitabevi 2024) 9.

• Translated books:
Andreas von Tuhr, Borçlar Hukuku Cilt I (Cevat Edege tr, Yeni Matbaa 1952) 45.

Journal Articles

Barış Demirsatan, ‘Mirastan Yoksunluk ve Mirasçılıktan Çıkarma Sebeplerinin Masumiyet Karinesi ile İlişkisi’ (2024) 82(1) İstanbul Hukuk Mecmuası 47, 54.

Subsequent Citations of the Same Work

Akyiğit (n 5) 54.

If cited in the immediately following footnote:
10 Akyiğit (n 5) 30.
11 ibid 31.

Citing Multiple Works by the Same Author

• First citations must follow the general format given above.
Muhammet Özekes, Medeni Usul Hukukunda Hukuki Dinlenilme Hakkı (Yetkin Yayınları 2003) 23.
Muhammet Özekes, ‘Karar İncelemesi – İş Akdinin Sona Ermesinde Boşa Atılan İmza’ (2002) 51(3) Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi 51, 60.

• For subsequent citations:
Özekes, Hukuki Dinlenilme (n 15) 5.
Özekes, Karar İncelemesi (n 25) 56.

Unpublished Theses

Saim Ocak, ‘Türk İş Hukukunda Kısa Çalışma’ (PhD thesis, Marmara University 2009) 120.

Court Decisions

Yargıtay 9 HD, E 2020/357, K 2022/8754, T 10 October 2022, > accessed 10 January 2025.

Official Gazette

RG, T 8 December 2001, S 24607.

Bibliography Examples

Süzek S and Başterzi S, İş Hukuku (24th edn, Beta Yayıncılık 2024).
Özekes M, ‘Karar İncelemesi – İş Akdinin Sona Ermesinde Boşa Atılan İmza’ (2002) 51(3) Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi 10–35.

5. Articles submitted to the journal must not exceed 15,000 words in length.

1. The Istanbul Medeniyet University Faculty of Law Journal adheres to national and international academic principles and ethical values in its publishing policy.
2. The journal's publishing policy aligns with international ethical publishing principles established 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). These are supplemented at the national level by the principles outlined in the Turkish Council of Higher Education (YÖK) "Directive on Scientific Research and Publication Ethics."
3. Manuscripts determined to violate the academic principles and ethical values accepted by the editorial board, either before or during the article evaluation process, will be rejected. If such violations are identified after publication, the respective article will be retracted.
4. The Istanbul Medeniyet University Faculty of Law Journal (IMUFLJ) is a peer-reviewed journal published twice a year, in March and September.
5. Articles submitted to the journal must not have been previously published or submitted elsewhere for publication. Submission of an article to the journal constitutes the author’s commitment to this condition.
6. The Istanbul Medeniyet University Faculty of Law Journal adopts an open access policy and provides free access to all its content. Readers can read, copy, download, search, and link to full-text articles in the journal without obtaining permission from the publisher or authors, provided it is for non-commercial purposes.
7. Articles submitted to the journal must include an abstract of 200–250 words and an Extended Summary of 750–1000 words. The abstract should be followed by five keywords, chosen preferably from relevant field indexes, in the languages of the abstract. In addition to an abstract in the article's original language, an English abstract is also required.
8. Manuscripts should be prepared using Microsoft Word, with the main text in Times New Roman, 12-point font, and 1.5 line spacing. Footnotes should be in Times New Roman, 10-point font, single-spaced, and justified. Page margins should be set as follows on A4-sized paper: top and left margins (4 cm), bottom and right margins (3 cm). Manuscripts should be submitted to the editor via CD or email.
9. The title of the manuscript should be in black and all capital letters. The author’s name should be placed immediately below the title, aligned to the right. A superscript footnote symbol (*) should be added to the end of the author’s surname, and the footnote should include the author’s institution, title, ORCID number, and contact information (email address).
10. Authors should provide their titles, institutional affiliations, contact addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses.
11. Articles submitted by authors are assumed to have been checked and are considered ready for publication in their submitted state. Articles found to be non-compliant with the journal’s publishing principles during the initial review by the editorial board will be returned to the authors for revision before being sent to reviewers.
12. Articles that pass the editorial board's preliminary review will be sent to two expert reviewers for evaluation through a double-blind peer review process, where the author’s identity is removed from the manuscript. Articles will be published only if approved by both reviewers. If one reviewer provides a negative evaluation, a third reviewer will be consulted, and their decision will be final. Authors will not be informed about the identity of the reviewers.
13. If revisions are requested in the reviewer report, the author will be allowed to make changes only within the scope of the requested revisions. Based on the reviewer’s report, the editorial board will decide whether to publish the article, request revisions, or reject the article. The author will be notified of the decision promptly.