Recent Period Turkish Studies

Recent Period Turkish Studies – Yakın Dönem Türkiye Araştırmaları is a scientific, open-access and peer-reviewed journal published biannually (June & December). The journal publishes original articles and studies from the disciplines of  history, History of the Republic of Turkey, Atatürk’s Principles and History of Turkish Reforms, Ottoman History, sociology, literature, art history, law, political science and economics within the framework of Modern Turkish and World History. Thus it serves as a bridge between the world of science and academicians at the national and international levels.

The objective of the journal is to contribute to science by publishing research articles and reviews in Turkish and English.

Recent Period Turkish Studies – Yakın Dönem Türkiye Araştırmaları has a scope that covers the disciplines of  history, History of the Republic of Turkey, Atatürk’s Principles and History of Turkish Reforms, Ottoman History, sociology, literature, art history, law, political science and economics within the framework of Modern Turkish and World History. 

The journal publishes, research articles and reviews evaluating and criticizing the studied subjects and presenting new and remarkable opinions on the basis of a rich bibliography. Translations related to the field and texts of unpublished papers that were previously presented at a scientific congress; introductory letters about treatises, personalities and scientific activities about the Turkish National Campaign and Republic of Turkey are included in the journal as well.  

MANUSCRIPT ORGANIZATION AND FORMAT

All correspondence will be sent to the first-named author unless otherwise specified. Manuscpript is to be submitted online viahttp://dergipark.gov.tr/login that can be accessed at http://rpts.istanbul.edu.tr It must be accompanied by a title page specifying the article category (i.e. research article, review etc.) and including information about the manuscript (see the Submission Checklist), and cover letter. Manuscripts should be prepared in Microsoft Word 2003 and upper versions. In addition, Copyright Agreement Form that has to be signed by all authors must be submitted.

1. The manuscripts should be in A4 paper standards: having 4 cm margin from left and 2.5 cm margins from right, bottom and top, Times New Roman font style in 12 font size, line spacing of 1.5 and “justify align” format. If there are footnotes, they must remain within these limits and be written in 10 font size. Before and after paragraphs, 6 point space should be left.

2. The headings of sections and subsections of the article should be in 14 font size. The space before and after the first heading should be 71 and 18 point respectively. The space before and after the second level heading should be 18 and 12 point and the third and fourth level heading should be 12 and 6 point respectively.

3. Headings and subheadings should not be in the last line of a page; in such a case they should be on the next page. The first line of a paragraph should not be the last line of a page and the last line of a paragraph should not be the first line of page.

4. Abbreviations, table, figure and symbol list, preface, abstract, references list, appendix and explanations of tables and captions of figures should be written in 1 line spacing.

5. The author/authors' names and information should not be included in the text of the article, and all information about the author/authors should be indicated on the Cover Page that will be uploaded to the system along with the Full Text and Copyright Form. The Cover Page and Copyright Form must be completed in full. The Copyright Form must be a single page, wet signed and scanned document.

6. Before the introduction part, there should be an abstract of 100-150 words both in Turkish and in English. An extended abstract in English between 600-800 words, summarizing the scope, the purpose, the results of the study and the methodology used is to be included following the abstracts. Underneath the abstracts, 5 keywords that inform the reader about the content of the study should be specified in Turkish and in English.

7. The manuscripts should contain mainly these components: title, abstract and keywords; extended abstract, sections of article, references and tables and figures.

8. Research article sections are ordered as follows: “Introduction”, “Aim and Methodology”, “Findings”, “Discussion and Conclusion” and “References”. For review and commentary articles, the article should start with the “Introduction” section where the purpose and the method is mentioned, go on with the other sections; and it should be finished with “Discussion and Conclusion” section followed by “References” and “Tables and Figures”.

9. Tables, graphs and figures can be given with a number and a defining title if and only if it is necessary to follow the idea of the article. Otherwise features like demographic characteristics can be given within the text.

10. A title page including author information must be submitted together with the manuscript. The title page is to include fully descriptive title of the manuscript and, affiliation, title, e-mail address, postal address, phone, fax number of the author(s) and ORCIDs of all authors (see The Submission Checklist).

11. Authors are responsible for all statements made in their work published in the Journal; Istanbul University Institute of Ataturk’s Principles and Reforms has no responsibility in this regard.

12. The author(s) can be asked to make some changes in their articles due to peer reviews.


13. The studies that were sent to the journal will not be returned whether they are published or not.

Rules for Reference Footnotes

In reference footnotes, if the reference is given to the relevant source for the first time, the current bibliographic information about the work can be given according to the following sample templates:

Bülent Tanör, Osmanlı-Türk Anayasal Gelişmeleri, İstanbul, Der Yayınları, 1992, p. 25.

Bülent Gökay, Bolşevizm ile Emperyalizm Arasında Türkiye, trans. Sermet Yalçın, İstanbul, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, 1977, pp. 97-98.

If the reference footnotes are referred to the same source as the second or more, the above information is abbreviated accordingly:

The second consecutive reference to the same source:

Bülent Gökay, Bolşevizm ile…, p. 97.

Reference to the same source but different page:

Bülent Gökay, Bolşevizm ile…, p. 150.

When other references are inserted, reference to Tanör’s book again:

Bülent Tanör, Osmanlı-Türk..., p. 22.

Reference to author's article / book section in an edited book:

First reference:

Cemal Kafadar, “Osmanlı Siyasal Düşüncesinin Kaynakları Üzerine Gözlemler”, Tanzimat ve Meşrutiyet’in Birikimi, ed. Mehmet Ö. Alkan, İstanbul, İletişim Yayınları, 2004,  p. 30.

Later references:

Cemal Kafadar, “Osmanlı Siyasal...”, p. 54.

Reference to the article in the periodical:

 First reference:

Ernst E.  Hirsch,  “İktidar  ve  Hukuk,”  trans.  Hayrettin Ökçesiz,  Hukuk Araştırmaları, Vol. II, No: 3 (September-December 1987), p. 44.

Later references:

Ernst. E. Hirsch, “İktidar ve Hukuk”, p. 45.

Reference to newspaper articles or news

“Şehremini mi? Müfettiş mi?”, Son Telgraf, 17 June 1924, p. 2.

 “Çiftçi Fırkası”, İkdam, 22 January 1920, p. 2.

Reference to archival documents:

BOA, BEO, 3733/236781. (Note dated 1 Teşrîn-i Sânî 1326 [14 November 1910]) from the Grand Vizierate to the Ministry of War).

Reference to electronic/internet source:

John N. Berry, "Educate Library Leaders,” Library Journal, February 15, 1998 (Online), http//www.epnet.com/ehost, 3 April 2019.

Bill Crowley-Bill Brace, "A Choice of Futures:  Is It Libraries Versus Information?” (Online), http//www.epnet.com/ehost, 30 March 2019.

The following template should be used as the bibliography:

Homans, George C.: “Social Behavior as Exchange”, Small Groups, Ed. A. Paul Hare, Edgar R. Bogotta, Robert F. Bales, New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1962, pp. 170-183. 

Kaboğlu, İbrahim: Düşünce Özgürlüğü:  Avrupa Ölçütleri ve Türkiye”,  İnsan Hakları Yıllığı, Vol. XV, 1993, pp. 45-53.

Sartori, Giovanni: Demokrasi Kuramı, Trans. Deniz Baykal, Ankara, Siyasi Bilimler Türk Derneği Yayınları, [n.d.].

Tanör, Bülent: Osmanlı-Türk Anayasal Gelişmeleri, İstanbul, Der Yayınları, 1992.

Appendix/Appendices:

The appendix section of the manuscript contains pictures, tables, forms, lists of questionnaire questions, copies of important documents, photographs, maps, etc. Only one annex for such a single material and if deemed necessary, multiple ones for more than one material are included. Annexes are numbered to follow each other in the form of “Appendix-1, Appendix-2”, and so on, if they need to be distinguished from each other. It is recommended that each number be followed by a title indicating the content of the each appendix.

If the information in the appendix is transferred from other sources, references to these sources should be indicated in the footnote.

Numbering titles:

The following illustration shows the title numbering template to be used in the article:

1. XXXXXX.................................................................................................…..

1.1. Xxxx Xxxx......................................................................................

1.1.1. Xxxx Xxxx...................................................................…

1.1.2. Xxxx Xxxx.......................................................................

                  2. Xxxx Xxxx...............................................................................................…..

2.1. Xxxx Xxxx......................................................................................

2.1.1. Xxxx Xxxx.................................................................…..

2.1.2. Xxxx Xxxx..................................................................….

2.2 Xxxx Xxxx.......................................................................................

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

Recent Period Turkish Studies- Yakın Dönem Türkiye Araştırmaları 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://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines-new/principles-transparency-and-best-practice-scholarly-publishing

All submissions must be original, unpublished (including as full text in conference proceedings), and not under the review of any other publication synchronously. Authors must ensure that submitted work is original. They must certify that the manuscript has not previously been published elsewhere or is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere, in any language. Applicable copyright laws and conventions must be followed. Copyright material (e.g. tables, figures or extensive quotations) must be reproduced only with appropriate permission and acknowledgement. Any work or words of other authors, contributors, or sources must be appropriately credited and referenced.

Each manuscript is reviewed by one of the editors and at least two referees under double-blind peer review process. Plagiarism, duplication, fraud authorship/denied authorship, research/data fabrication, salami slicing/salami publication, breaching of copyrights, prevailing conflict of interest are unnethical behaviors.

All manuscripts not in accordance with the accepted ethical standards will be removed from the publication. This also contains any possible malpractice discovered after the publication. In accordance with the code of conduct we will report any cases of suspected plagiarism or duplicate publishing.

Research Ethics

Recent Period Turkish Studies- Yakın Dönem Türkiye Araştırmaları adheres to the highest standards in research ethics and follows the principles of international research ethics as defined below. The authors are responsible for the compliance of the manuscripts with the ethical rules.

- Principles of integrity, quality and transparency should be sustained in designing the research, reviewing the design and conducting the research.

- The research team and participants should be fully informed about the aim, methods, possible uses and requirements of the research and risks of participation in research.

- The confidentiality of the information provided by the research participants and the confidentiality of the respondents should be ensured. The research should be designed to protect the autonomy and dignity of the participants.

- Research participants should participate in the research voluntarily, not under any coercion.

- Any possible harm to participants must be avoided. The research should be planned in such a way that the participants are not at risk.

- The independence of research must be clear; and any conflict of interest or must be disclosed.

- In experimental studies with human subjects, written informed consent of the participants who decide to participate in the research must be obtained. In the case of children and those under wardship or with confirmed insanity, legal custodian’s assent must be obtained.

- If the study is to be carried out in any institution or organization, approval must be obtained from this institution or organization.

- In studies with human subject, it must be noted in the method’s section of the manuscript that the informed consent of the participants and ethics committee approval from the institution where the study has been conducted have been obtained.

 Author's Responsibilities

It is authors’ responsibility to ensure that the article is in accordance with scientific and ethical standards and rules. And authors must ensure that submitted work is original. They must certify that the manuscript has not previously been published elsewhere or is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere, in any language. Applicable copyright laws and conventions must be followed. Copyright material (e.g. tables, figures or extensive quotations) must be reproduced only with appropriate permission and acknowledgement. Any work or words of other authors, contributors, or sources must be appropriately credited and referenced.

All the authors of a submitted manuscript must have direct scientific and academic contribution to the manuscript. The author(s) of the original research articles is defined as a person who is significantly involved in “conceptualization and design of the study”, “collecting the data”, “analyzing the data”, “writing the manuscript”, “reviewing the manuscript with a critical perspective” and “planning/conducting the study of the manuscript and/or revising it”. Fund raising, data collection or supervision of the research group are not sufficient roles to be accepted as an author. The author(s) must meet all these criteria described above. The order of names in the author list of an article must be a co-decision and it must be indicated in the Copyright Transfer Form. The individuals who do not meet the authorship criteria but contributed to the study must take place in the acknowledgement section. Individuals providing technical support, assisting writing, providing a general support, providing material or financial support are examples to be indicated in acknowledgement section.

All authors must disclose all issues concerning financial relationship, conflict of interest, and competing interest that may potentially influence the results of the research or scientific judgment.

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published paper, it is the author’s obligation to promptly cooperate with the Editor-in-Chief to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes.

Responsibility for the Editor and Reviewers

Editor evaluates manuscripts for their scientific content without regard to ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship, religious belief or political philosophy of the authors. Editor provides a fair double-blind peer review of the submitted articles for publication and ensures that all the information related to submitted manuscripts is kept as confidential before publishing.

Editor is responsible for the content and overall quality of the publication and must publish errata pages or make corrections when needed.

Editor does not allow any conflicts of interest between the authors, editors and reviewers. Only editor has the full authority to assign a reviewer and is responsible for final decision for publication of the manuscripts in the Journal.

Reviewers’ judgments must be objective. Reviewers must ensure that all the information related to submitted manuscripts is kept as confidential and must report to the Editor if they are aware of copyright infringement and plagiarism on the author’s side.

A reviewer who feels unqualified to review the topic of a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the Editor and excuse himself from the review process.

All expenses of the journal are covered by the Istanbul University. Processing and publication are free of charge with the journal. There is no article processing charges or submission fees for any submitted or accepted articles.