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Files Expected to be Submitted with the Article

1) Plagiarism Report: Articles are evaluated together with the plagiarism (IThenticate, Turnitin, etc.) report as per the decision taken. For this reason, articles must be submitted with a plagiarism report when uploading to the site. 
2) Copyright Transfer Form: Copyright transfer of the articles is obtained by filling out and signing the form provided on the journal's website. The signed Copyright Transfer Form should be downloaded from here, signed, scanned, and uploaded to the system as a PDF. Publications of authors who do not submit this form cannot be published.
3) Ethics Committee Permission/Report Form: It is a document used to evaluate the compliance of experiments and studies conducted on humans in research studies with ethical standards. This form ensures compliance with issues such as research ethics, confidentiality, obtaining consent, and ensuring that the study is conducted in accordance with ethical rules. For this reason, this form should be uploaded to the system as a PDF if necessary in your article. If there is no need for Ethics Committee Permission/Report in terms of the content of your article, this form should be filled in and uploaded to the system as a PDF. 

General Rules of Article Writing
Correspondence for all articles submitted for publication in the Journal of Anatolian Geography (JAG) is carried out through the journal parking system with the author/authors who upload the article online. Manuscripts proposed for publication should be PC compatible and prepared in the Office Word program (.doc,.docx format). 

Preparation of articles
1. The manuscripts should be prepared in 2 columns, single-spaced, 10-point Times New Roman typeface, with 1.5 cm margins on the top, bottom, right, and left sides.
2. The first line of each paragraph should start 0.5 cm inside, the manuscript should be a maximum 25 pages (including references), and page numbers should be placed in the center at the bottom of the page.
3. The main section headings of the article should be numbered as Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Conclusions, and Discussion, justified, 10 pt, bold, and capitalized.
4. The introduction should be preceded by an abstract of 200–250 words in Turkish and English, recording the scope, purpose, results obtained, and methodology used in the study. The English title of the study should appear above the English abstract. A maximum of 5 Turkish and English keywords representing the content of the study should be included next to the English and Turkish abstracts.
5. The introduction of the study should be stated as “1. Introduction." Sub-sections should be numbered as “1.1” or “1.2” using the section number within each section.
6. Indicators such as tables and figures (photographs, graphics, etc.) in the studies should be numbered and given with a descriptive title.
7. All kinds of responsibility for the studies sent to our journal for publication within the rules belongs to the author or authors.
8. Authors may be asked to make some corrections on the text in line with the editorial board and referee reports.
9. In studies requiring ethics committee permission, information about the permission (name of the committee, date, and number) should be included in the method section and also on the first or last page of the article. In addition, this document should be sent with the article via the Journal Parking System. Research requiring Ethics Committee permission is as follows:.
All kinds of research conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from participants using survey, interview, focus group study, observation, experiment, and interview techniques
Use of humans and animals (including materials/data) for experimental or other scientific purposes, Clinical trials in humans, Research on animals, - Retrospective studies in accordance with the law on the protection of personal data,
You can also determine whether you need an Ethics Committee decision for your publication by carefully reading the information on https://trdizin.gov.tr/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/TRDizin_etik_ilkeleri_akis_semasi.pdf.
10. There should not be any statement in the manuscript or in the file names to identify the author(s).
11. Turkish authors submitting manuscripts in English should include a Turkish title, a 200-250 word Turkish abstract, and keywords representing their work.
12. In studies submitted to our journal, the contribution rate of the authors should be indicated, and a declaration of no conflict of interest and data accessibility, if any, should be included in Turkish and English.
13. References should be organized according to the American Psychological Association (APA) 7 format.