Articles
Book Review
Issue Editorial Board
Prof. Dr.
İbrahim ŞABAN
İSTANBUL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EDEBİYAT FAKÜLTESİ, DOĞU DİLLERİ VE EDEBİYATLARI BÖLÜMÜ, ARAP DİLİ VE EDEBİYATI PR.
0000-0002-8691-5652
0000-0002-8691-5652
Arabic Language, Literature and Culture, Comparative and Transnational Literature
Language Studies, Linguistics, Arabic Language, Literature and Culture
Asst. Prof. Dr.
Abdulsattar ELHAJHAMED
istanbul üniversitesi
Language Studies, Linguistics, Arabic Language, Literature and Culture
Linguistics, Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics, Arabic Language, Literature and Culture
Arabic Language, Literature and Culture, British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture
Res. Assist.
Mahmut ŞAN
İSTANBUL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EDEBİYAT FAKÜLTESİ, ARAP DİLİ VE EDEBİYATI BÖLÜMÜ
Arabic Language, Literature and Culture
Aim & Scope
Aim: Istanbul Journal of Arabic Studies (ISTANBULJAS) is an international scholarly journal founded to disseminate and support studies and researches in the field of Arabic language and literature. The journal aims to contribute to the scientific movement and to deliver researches which are honest and characterized by novelty in this field for those interested in it through its publication and access to it. Istanbul Journal of Arabic Studies (ISTANBULJAS), which is published periodically, can publish a special publication.
Scope: Istanbul Journal of Arabic Studies (ISTANBULJAS) is a platform for the publication of articles that are sensitive and distinguished in the field of Arabic language and literature, history, art, culture and philosophy, and the publication of book reviews in this field.
Writing Rules
All correspondence will be sent to the first-named author unless otherwise specified. Manuscript is to be submitted online via https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/istanbuljas and it must be accompanied by a cover letter indicating that the manuscript is intended for publication, specifying the article category and including information about the manuscript. In addition, a “Copyright Agreement Form” that has to be signed by all authors must be submitted.
1. The manuscript should be original and has not been published or sent to other journals.
2. The objective treatment according to the scientific method documented with respect to novelty in the ways.
3. The manuscript volume should not exceed 10,000 words.
4. The manuscript has to be written in an MS Word file, with a size of (11) Times New Roman and the distance between lines is (1,15).
5. The title of the article has to be written in the same font size (12) dark in the center of the page.
6. The name of the author should be written in the same font, size 12, under the heading to the right of the page with the scientific rank, workplace, and e-mail in the margin.
7. The margins in the pages have to be in the same font as (9).
8. The manuscript is accompanied by an abstract of 150-200 in both English and Turkish, and the abstracts in English have to be written in Times New Roman size 12. The translation must be accurate and reviewable.
9. The keywords in Arabic and English have to be written below the abstracts and are between 4-7 words.
10. After the abstract in English, an explain have to be written in English as a “Extended Abstract”, containing at least 700 words including the ideas and points of discussion and result in the manuscript.
11. Upper margin should be 3 cm, the left and right margins should be 2 cm and lower margin to be 1.5 cm and page size to be 16X24 cm.
12. The authors are obliged to edit the in-text citations in their work and the references according to the format “The Chicago Manual of Style”.
13. The bibliography should be written using the Latin alphabet. Arabic sources should be Latinized in accordance with the specified transcription system.
14. The rights of the manuscripts submitted to our Journal for publication, belongs to the author(s). Legal and scientific responsibility of the text which is published in the Journal, it belongs to the author(s) and the Journal is not responsible for it.
15. The author(s) can be asked to make some changes in their articles due to peer reviews.
16. The manuscripts that were sent to the Journal will not be returned whether they are published or not.
You can also check IJMES (the International Journal of Middle East Studies)
https://ijmes.chass.ncsu.edu/IJMES_Translation_and_Transliteration_Guide.htm
https://ijmes.chass.ncsu.edu/docs/TransChart.pdf
Istanbul Journal of Arabic Studies (ISTANBULJAS) uses “The Chicago Manual of Style” for referencing and quoting. For more information:
- https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/
The author(s) is responsible for the accuracy of the references. All references must be stated in the text. References must be cited as in the examples below.
Samples:
Sample Footnotes
Book
Kenan Demirayak, Arap Edebiyatı Tarihi-I Cahiliye Dönemi, Kayseri: Fenomen Yayınları, 2014, p. 41.
Demirayak, Arap Edebiyatı Tarihi, p. 83.
Musa Yıldız ve Nurettin Ceviz, Arapça Okuma Becerisini Geliştirme Rehberi, İstanbul: Elif Yayınları, 2007, p. 196.
Yıldız ve Ceviz, Arapça Okuma Becerisi, p. 220.
ʿAbdülḳāhir el-Cürcânî, Delâʾilü’l-iʿcâz, nşr. Muḥammed Rıḍvân ed-Dâye ve Fâyiz ed-Dâye, Dımaşk: Dârü’l-Fikr, 1428/2007, p. 116.
Cürcânî, Delâʾil, p. 190.
Ahmet Suphi Furat, “Nîhad M. Çetin, Hayatı ve Eserleri,” Şarkiyat Mecmuası, 8 (1998), pp. 5-6.
Furat, “Nîhad M. Çetin,” p. 7.
Rahmi Er, “İsmâil Sabri Paşa.” TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İstanbul: TDV İslâm Araştırmaları Merkezi, 2001.
Rahmi Er, “İsmâil Sabri Paşa.”
Muammer Sarıkaya, “Kemal Paşa-zâde’nin Yabancı Kelimelerin Arapçalaştırılması ve Dil Hataları Konusunda İzlediği Yöntem,” Doctoral Thesis, İstanbul Üniversitesi, 2004, p. 273.
Sarıkaya, “Kemal Paşa-zâde,” p. 273.
Online Resources
“Atasözleri ve Deyimler Sözlüğü,” Türk Dil Kurumu, retrieved: 24 July 2018, http://www.tdk.gov.tr/index.php?option=com_atasozleri&view=atasozleri.
Sample Bibliography
el-Cürcânî, ʿAbdülḳāhir. Delâʾilü’l-iʿcâz. Nşr. Muḥammed Rıḍvân ed-Dâye ve Fâyiz ed-Dâye. Dımaşk: Dârü’l-Fikr, 1428/2007.
İshakoğlu, Ömer. Suriye Tarihi: Osmanlı Dönemi Suriye’sinde Edebi ve Kültürel Hayat (1800-1918). İstanbul: Kabalcı Yayınları, 2012.
Şaban, İbrahim. “Osmanlı Âlimlerinin Arap Belagatine Dair Eserleri.” Şarkiyat Mecmuası. 13 (2011), pp. 119-133.
Şimşek, Sultan. “Şâirlerin Efendisi Kimliğiyle İbnü’l-Fârid ve Kasîde-i Râiyyesi’nin Arap Belagati Açısından Tahlili.” Sûfî Araştırmaları. 7 (2016), pp. 33-55.
Boran, Leyla Yakupoğlu. “XX. Asırda Kuveyt’te Edebî ve Kültürel Faaliyetler.” Doktora Tezi, İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2018.
Yavuz, Mehmet. "İbn Cinnî." TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi. 19. cilt. İstanbul: TDV İslâm Araştırmaları Merkezi, 1999.
Türk Dil Kurumu, “Atasözleri ve Deyimler Sözlüğü.” Retrieved: 24 Temmuz 2018. http://www.tdk.gov.tr/index.php?option=com_atasozleri&view=atasozleri.
CONTACT
istanbuljas@gmail.com
istanbuljas@gmail.com
Ethical Principles and Publication Policy
Publication Ethics
Publication processes of Istanbul Journal of Arabic Studies are based on producing, developing and sharing knowledge evenhandedly within scientific methods.
Refereed articles are studies require scientific methods and they provide objectivity. All components of publication process (publisher, editors, authors, reviewers and readers) should obey ethical rules for scientific production. Within this context, the policies of ‘publication ethics’ and ‘open access’ also require all components of publication process to obey the ethical principles, in direction of guides and policies of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), as “Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors” and “COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors”.
In case we identify that author(s) of the manuscript use(s) falsified and fabricated data, then we will report this to the institution of the authors where he/she works and reject the manuscript. Editorial members of the journal and/or the reviewers reserve the right to ask author(s) to provide raw data which was used in the manuscript.
Ethical Responsibilities of the Publisher
The publisher of the Istanbul Journal of Arabic Studies, a non-profit journal, is İbrahim Şaban. Istanbul Journal of Arabic Studies is the first journal that is published on the academic works in Arabic languages in Turkey. The journal has been published and continued to contribute to the world of science by publishing academic studies in the fields of Arabic language and literature, culture, art, history, etc. since 2018 under the management of editorial board or editorial board. The publisher forms the Istanbul Journal of Arabic Studies Editorial Board. The Editorial Board is created by considering the Arabic academic fields of study. As the chair of the Editorial Board, one chief editor and one or more assistant editors and field editors are determined depending on the condition. A new member is appointed, according to the situation, in place of the leaving member. Depending on the subject of the article, the editor may send articles to the faculty members who are not members of the Editorial Board as a field editor when necessary.
The Responsibilities of Editorial Board of Istanbul Journal of Arabic Studies
● Editorial Board of Istanbul Journal of Arabic Studies is responsible for all processes of the articles sent to the journal. This responsibility requires deciding independently by considering public interest, not personal gains. The relationship between Publisher and the Editorial Board is based on independence policy, and all decisions of the editors are independent from the publisher and the other persons and institutions.
● Editorial Board of Istanbul Journal of Arabic Studies permanently strives to develop and raise the quality of the journal.
● Editorial Board of Istanbul Journal of Arabic Studies determines and performs journal policies as publication, blind review, evaluation process and ethical principles.
● Editorial Board of Istanbul Journal of Arabic Studies keeps copyrights of the articles published in Istanbul Journal of Arabic Studies.
● Editorial Board of Istanbul Journal of Arabic Studies is responsible for keeping intellectual property rights of authors in publication processes and guarding against unethical behaviors, plagiarism and reference gangs.
● Editorial Board of Istanbul Journal of Arabic Studies prepares a “Guide for Authors” to inform authors and “Guide for Reviewers” to inform reviewers about evaluation processes.
● Editorial Board of Istanbul Journal of Arabic Studies determines incentive policies for the authors.
● Editorial Board of Istanbul Journal of Arabic Studies her keeps records of every article electronically or in written forms.
● Istanbul Journal of Arabic Studies Editörler Kurulu iThenticate programı vasıtasıyla intihal raporu almakla sorumludur. Makalelerin yayımlanabilmesi için intihal oranının -kaynakça hariç- en fazla %10 olması gerekmektedir. Tarama sonucu %10’un üzerinde olan makaleler Editör Kurulu kararıyla reddedilir.
The Responsibilities of Editors, Editor Assistants and Field Editors
● Editors try to inform reviewers, authors, researchers and readers, to answer their questions clearly within the principles of clarity.
● Editors, during the publication process, consider that the articles should be original and contribute the literature, the readers and researchers.
● While editors are making decisions about the article publication, they consider originality, contribution to the field, clarity of expressions, content and validity and reliability of the articles.
● Editors take the articles without any problem to the preliminary evaluation, consider positive views of reviewers, and they do not change the decisions of the reviewers unless there is a big problem for publishing.
● Editors implement the policies of blind review and evaluation processes, keep private personal identity information of the authors, and provide impartial evaluation processes in due of time for the articles.
● Editors send the articles to field editors and reviewers considering their professional fields, and care that the articles are evaluated impartially and independently.
● Editors, in evaluation processes, consider if there are conflicts or collaborations between authors and reviewers or not.
● Editors generate a large number or reviewers, and they update it consistently.
● Editors prevent non-scientific that do not comply with academic etiquette rules.
● Editors ensure that journal publishing processes are operated in accordance with publishing policies and guidelines, inform those who are in the process of the developments on publishing policies, and prepare training programs when necessary.
● Editors communicate effectively with everyone involved in the publishing processes, and organize meetings at regular intervals.
● Editors provide protection of personal data in assessed articles; they keep personal data of authors, referees and readers.
● Editors attach importance to the protection of human and animal rights in the articles, emphasize that the clear approval of the participants of the article is documented, and rejects the articles witout the approval of the ethics committee on the participants of the article and without any permit in experimental investigations.
● Editors take precautions against misconduct. When there are complaints about the abuse of duty, they share the findings about the subject by conducting an objective investigation.
● Editors provide errors, inconsistencies, or misleading errors in articles to be corrected.
● Editors protect the intellectual property rights of the published articles, and defend the rights of the journal and the author (s) in case of violation. Editors also take the necessary precautions to ensure that the content of the published articles does not infringe the intellectual property rights of other publications; they control authenticity-similarity.
● Editors considers consistent critiques for the articles published in the journal and enables authors to answer these critiques.
● Editors considers the studies including negative conclusions also.
● Editors evaluate the complaints sent to the journal and make necessary statements.
Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers
The articles in Istanbul Journal of Arabic Studies are evaluated by double-blind review in a process, which neither the authors know the reviewers nor the reviewers know the authors; reviewers cannot communicate the authors directly; article evaluation forms and proofreading requests are sent to the authors through the website of the journal. Reviewers must bear the ethical responsibilities in Istanbul Journal of Arabic Studies as below:
● Reviewers should only accept to evaluate the articles related to the field of their specializations.
● Reviewers should make the evaluation impartially and confidentially. In accordance with this principle, the articles they review should be annihilated after the evaluation process, but they should be used after publication. Nationality, gender, religious beliefs, political beliefs and commercial concerns should not distort the impartiality of the evaluation.
● When reviewers understand that there is a conflict or collaboration, they should inform the editors and refuse to evaluate the article.
● Reviewers must evaluate articles with a constructive attitude in accordance with the academic etiquette rules; they should refrain from insulting and hostile personal comments.
● Reviewers should evaluate the articles they agree on during the evaluation.
Ethical Responsibilities of the Authors
The ethical responsibilities of the authors that apply to Istanbul Journal of Arabic Studies as below:
● The authors should not send an article published in or sent to be published in another journal to Istanbul Journal of Arabic Studies at the same time.
● The authors should send original articles to Istanbul Journal of Arabic Studies. Authors should refer to the sources they use in writing articles in the correct way in the direction of ethical principles.
● Persons who do not contribute to the articles should not be listed as authors, and it should not be proposed to change the author order of a published article and to add authors.
● Reviewers must notify the editors of the conflicts and collaborations about the article.
● In the evaluation process of the articles the authors should provide the editorial staff with information about the articles or the raw data if required.
● The authors must document the rights to use the data they use in their articles, the permission for research or the approval of the participants to whom they have searched.
● Authors should communicate with the editors to provide information, to correct the article or to withdraw it when they are aware of the error associated with the evaluation and early appearance phase or the published article in electronic form.
● The author(s) must specify that they received the ethics committee approval for the researches that require data collection by using quantitative or qualitative methods such as experiment, survey, scale, interview, observation, focus group work that require ethics committee decision; the author(s) must also specify the name of the ethics committee, the date and the number of the ethics committee decision on the first-last page and in the method section of the candidate article. In addition, the author(s) must include information on the fact that the informed consent form was received for the case reports in the articles.
● The author(s) should present proof of their ethical principles for data collection process (such as obtaining permission from others to use their documents such as scale, questionnaire, photograph etc.) in the article. It should be noted in the articles that the copyright regulations for research and publication ethics and intellectual and artistic works are complied with. If the study is conducted on human and animal subjects, it should be reported in the article that the study was carried out in accordance with international reports, guidelines, etc.
● Ethics committee approval is not required for review articles from the author(s). However, it should be stated in articles not requiring an ethics committee decision that the ethics committee decision is not required on the first-last page and in the method section of the article.
Notification of Ethics Non-Principles Status Editor
In case of encountering an unethical situation in articles or about editors, reviewers and authors or in articles that does not comply with the ethical principles regarding in the Istanbul Journal of Arabic Studies, it should be reported by istanbuljas@gmail.com.
Journal Policy
Pricing policy: Istanbul Journal of Arabic Studies is a non-profit journal. No fee is requested from the authors and readers. If there is an expense (examination of the articles in foreign language, postage, doi expense plagiarism inspection expense, etc.), the expense may be invoiced upon acceptance to the responsible author.
Article Assessment Period: The evaluation process of the proposed articles generally takes 30 to 90 days.
Correction and withdrawal processes: When the data, tables, graphics, results, if there are errors, or deliberately misleading suspicions are noticed and transmitted by the author, editor or readers, it will be removed first from preview at https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/istanbuljas. If it is noticed after its publication, it will be corrected in future numbers or reported to be withdrawn.
Price Policy
Istanbul Journal of Arabic Studies is a non-profit journal. No fee is requested from the authors and readers. If there is an expense (examination of the articles in foreign language, postage, doi expense plagiarism inspection expense, etc.), the expense may be invoiced upon acceptance to the responsible author.
