Each article is sent to at least two referees related to its subject and examined in terms of form, content, original value, contribution to international literature and science/technology. After the deficiencies specified in the referee opinions are completed, the articles that can be published in the journal are brought to the final printing format and the approval of the final version of the article is obtained from the authors. The responsibility for any errors that may be found in the article from the moment it is published in the journal belongs to the authors. Accepted articles are published free of charge online and in print on the journal website.

Important: Authors are not expected to comply with a template during the first submission phase. Authors will upload files to the system in Word format in accordance with the "First Submission Format writing rules" specified in the first submission phase. If the article is accepted for publication, authors will be asked to adapt their article to the " Final Presentation Format".

The article submission process to our journal is as follows.

1. Sending your article to our journal in accordance with the First Submission Format.

2. Sending all necessary documents as attachments during the sending phase.

3. Sending the study to referees.

4. If necessary, the author makes the revisions requested by the Referee and Editor.

5. The articles deemed suitable for publication by the Referee and Editor are adapted to the Final Format by the author.
Relevant contact information (address, e-mail and telephone) of the authors and other authors to be contacted in the applications must be included on the Article Title Page.
Similarity check of articles should be done by the authors. Apart from the full text of the article, the authors must send the "Copyright Transfer Form" and "Similarity Ratio File" to our journal.

Relevant contact information (address, e-mail and telephone) of the authors and other authors to be contacted in the applications must be included on the Article Title Page.
Similarity check of articles should be done by the authors. Apart from the full text of the article, the authors must send the "Copyright Transfer Form" and "Similarity Report File" to our journal.

Required Files:
1. First presentation format writing rules are as follows.
a. If the article is in Turkish, it must contain an English Abstract.
b. Articles should be written in accordance with academic writing language. If the level of English is unacceptable, articles will not go through the review process.
c. The article should be written in a single column. The text should be justified on both sides. Page margins should be 2.5 cm from the sides and 2.5 cm from the top and bottom.

d. The article text, except the title, should be written in Times New Roman font, 12 point font and single line spacing, using MS Word. The title must be in Times New Roman font and 14 point size. Abstracts and References in English and Turkish should be written in 10 font size and single line spacing.
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e. Decimal numbers are shown with a comma if the article is in Turkish (Ex. 10,2), and with a dot in English (Ex. 10.2).

f. Articles should be organized as follows:
Title, Abstract and Keywords, Introduction, Material and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgement, Declaration of Ethical Standards, Conflict of Interest, References.

g. The main article text (Initial presentation format) MUST NOT contain the name of the Author(s) and the institutions to which the Author(s) are affiliated. All author(s) information must be entered into the system during submission.

h. Main subheadings should be written in lowercase letters, with the first letters capitalized.

I. There should be a space above the subtitles. There should be no space between subheadings and the first paragraph. All paragraphs should be indented (0.5 cm). There should be no spaces between paragraphs.

j. All visual elements (graphs, pictures, maps, photographs, etc.) should be named “Figure”. Tables related to numerical expressions should be named “Table”. Figures and tables should be numbered consecutively. Figure titles should be placed below the figures and in the middle, and table titles should be placed above the tables and in the middle. There should be a space after the titles. The first letter of the first word of the titles should be capitalized. If figures and tables do not fit in one column, they should be centered using the “section breaks” function in MS Word. Abbreviations used in tables and figures should be written clearly in the title of the relevant table or figure.

k. References should be written in APA Bibliography Style. http://www.apastyle.org/

Copyright Transfer Form: Copyright transfer of articles is achieved by filling out and signing the form provided on the journal website. Publications of authors who do not send the signed Copyright Transfer Form will not be evaluated. You can access the form by clicking here.

Similarity Report: The full text of your article, including the references section, should be scanned with "iThenticate" or "Turnitin" programs. The similarity ratio result you will receive from the relevant program must be uploaded to our system in PDF format. (iThenticate / Turnitin - maximum similarity rate must be below 20%) Articles without a similarity report will be returned.

As a result of the agreement made between Dergipark and Initihal.net, articles to be uploaded to Dergipark can also be scanned for Initihal on Initihal.net. Click to watch the explanation video.

2. Final Presentation Format: If your work is accepted for publication in our journal after referee evaluations and Editor's opinion, you will be asked to adapt your work to the Final Format. Click to download the Final Format template.