Research Article
Aim & Scope
Journal of Economics and Political Sciences (JEP) aims to encourage academic studies in different disciplines of social sciences, especially in the fields of economics, political science and international relations, to contribute to the literature in relevant fields, and to be a quality academic platform where scientific and critical studies are published.
Journal of Economics and Political Sciences (JEP) is a scientific journal published electronically by Düzce University, Akçakoca Bey Faculty of Political Sciences.
In addition to original theoretical and analytical studies, the journal also publishes book reviews.
The journal is published twice a year, in the June and December..
Articles in Turkish or English from relevant fields are accepted to the journal, where a double-blind referee process is carried out.
Author Guidelines
- JEP journal is published in Turkish and English. Accepted manuscripts should be formatted by the author(s) in the following format.
- It is requested that the electronic copy of the study should be written in Microsoft Word program, using Bookman Old Style font. Body text should be 11 point; abstract and footnotes should be 9 point; Graph, figure, table titles and references should be in 10 point font.
- The article title should be written in 14-point font, bold and left-aligned, with the first letters of the words capitalized. The title should be planned in the language that the article is written. If the article is in Turkish, the English title should be added under the Turkish title in 12-point font, italic and left-aligned.
- The submitted article must be at least 4,000 and at most 12,000 words (excluding bibliography). Line spacing should be 1.0.
- Page layout: Page size should be A4 (21x29.7 cm). The text layout should be arranged in two columns on the page, justified on both sides.
- Page margins should be set narrowly (top:1.27cm; bottom:1.27cm; left:1.27cm; right:1.27cm). The gap between two columns should be 1.25cm.
- The papers that are submitted in Turkish must have both Turkish and English abstracts. Turkish abstracts are not required for English studies. The abstract should be at least 150 and at most 250 words. There should be keywords (maximum 5) under the abstracts. GEL codes can be added, it is optional. Abstract, keywords and JEL codes should be written in Bookman Old Style 9 point font. Abstract should be written in italics.
- In-text first level headings should be written in 12 point bold, second level headings should be 11 point bold, third level headings should be written in 11 point italic and the first letter of each word should be capitalized. Headings should be displayed as 1., 1.1, 1.1.2.
- There should be an 8nk space after each paragraph in the text. Paragraphs should start left aligned.
- Tables and figures used should be numbered with their titles, and the titles should be shown on the figures and tables as Table 1. Table Name, Figure 1. Figure Name. The reference should be cited right below the table and figure titles. Relevant tables and figures should be referenced in the text.
- In-text parentheses should be used for citation. The bibliography should be prepared in accordance with the 6th version of APA style. For bibliography templating style, it is suggested to refer to the sample article template.
- The contact person with the journal will be the corresponding author of the paper.
- Manuscript should be submitted to the ‘Dergipark Submit Manuscript’.
- The article should be submitted to the system with the ‘Copyright Agreement Form’ attached.
- All responsibility for all publications published in our journal belongs to the author/authors.
- Authors may be asked to make corrections to their work in accordance with referee reports and the editorial board.
- Only one paper by the same author can be published in the same issue.
- If artificial intelligence tools are used in the paper, it should be informed clearly. The ethical principles section of the journal about the artificial intelligence and ethics should be reviewed carefully.
- Click here for the template format.
Ethical Principles and Publication Policy
Ethical Principles and Publication Policy
- The Journal of Economics and Political Sciences (JEP) is committed to the highest standards of publication ethics. JEP adopts the ethical publishing principles published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) and ULAKBIM. Manuscripts submitted to the journal must be original.
- Manuscripts submitted to the journal must not have been published elsewhere and must not have been submitted to another journal for publication. Each manuscript is double blind reviewed by one of the editors and at least two referees.
- Plagiarism, false authorship/denied authorship, research/data fabrication, fabricated data/results, article slicing, slicing and dicing, submitting the same publication in more than one place, copyright infringement and concealment of conflict of interest are considered unethical behaviors. The author(s) have an obligation to cooperate with the editor in correcting or retracting any errors or inaccuracies in the published, early view or under review manuscript. All manuscripts that do not comply with accepted ethical standards will be withdrawn from publication. This includes manuscripts containing possible irregularities or non-compliances detected after publication.
Research Ethics
The journal upholds the highest standards of research ethics and adopts the international principles of research ethics defined below. It is the responsibility of the authors to ensure that manuscripts comply with ethical guidelines. The principles of integrity, quality and transparency must be ensured in the design, review of the design and conduct of the research. The research team and participants should be fully informed about the purpose of the research, its methods and possible anticipated uses, and the requirements and risks, if any, of participation in the research. Confidentiality of information provided by research participants and confidentiality of respondents must be ensured. The research should be designed to protect the autonomy and dignity of the participants. Research participants should take part in the research voluntarily and should not be under any coercion. Any harm to participants should be avoided. The research should be planned in a way that does not put participants at risk. Research independence must be clear and explicit; any conflict of interest must be stated. In experimental studies, written informed consent must be obtained from participants who decide to participate in the research. If the study is to be conducted in any institution or organization, the approval of the legal guardian of children and those under guardianship or those with a certified mental illness must be obtained. In studies with a human element, it should be stated in the “method” section that “informed consent” has been obtained from the participants and ethics committee approval has been obtained from the institution where the study is conducted.
Copyright
During submitting an article to JEP, authors are required to read and approve the following copyright form on the web site.
The author(s) acknowledge the following:
- That the submitted article is the original work of the author(s) and that they have not plagiarised,
- That all authors have participated in this study as principal participants and that they take full responsibility for this study,
- All authors have seen and approved the final version of the submitted manuscript,
- That the article has not been published elsewhere or submitted for publication,
- Authors accept and undertake that the text, figures and documents in the article do not violate the Copyrights of other persons.
- Authors allow DUZCE UNIVERSITY to publish the intellectual work under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence.
- The copyrights of all papers accepted for publication in JEP as a result of referee evaluation belong to the authors.
- Author(s) are required to sign and submit the Copyright Form alongside with their paper to JEP for evaluation. With this agreement, the authors declare that they transfer the right to make editorial corrections in the manuscript to be published to JEP.
- All responsibility for the manuscripts submitted to JEP within the framework of the rules belongs to the author(s).
- No royalties are paid for the published articles.
Protection of Personal Data
Editors are responsible for protecting the personal data of authors, reviewers and readers. Editors are also responsible for ensuring the protection of personal data of the subjects or images included in the studies evaluated in JEP. In the absence of an explicit consent document of the individuals used in the studies submitted to JEP, the editors are responsible for rejecting the study.
Price Policy
Publishing and access services are provided free of charge for both authors and readers.
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CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL DATA
name: Dr. Habil. Orsolya Falus PhD
nationality: Hungarian
place and date of birth: Pécs (Hungary), 30.08.1969.
home address: H-7635 Pécs, Fenyves sor 22/2.
e-mail: faluso@uniduna.hu; dr.falus.orsolya@gmail.com
phone: +36303468713
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8217-3065
LIST OF SICENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (Hungarian Scientific Bibliography database):
https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=authors10025495
UNIVERSITY DEGREES
• MSC – English language and literature /University of Pécs, Faculty of Sciences; 1992/ - “excellent”
• Doctor of State and Law - Lawyer /University of Pécs, Faculty of Law; 1994/ - “summa cum laude”
• Bar exam /Hungarian Ministry of Justice; 1998/ - “excellent”
• PhD /Graduate School, University of Pécs, Faculty of Law; 2014/ - “summa cum laude”
• Habilitated Doctor /Graduate School, University of Pécs, Faculty of Law; 2019/ - “summa cum laude”
FURTHER STUDIES
• 1989: University of Exeter, Great Britain
• 1992: University of Bayreuth, Germany
• 2020: Harvard Law School, USA
GUEST PROFESSOR ABROAD
• 2024: guest lecturer (Pannónia Scholarship) at the University of Maribor, Slovenia
• 2024: Hungarian – Mongolian Interstate Research Scholarship at the National University of Mongolia, Law School
• 2023: Hungarian – Polish Interstate Research Sholarship at SWPS University, Warsaw - Poznan
• 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023: guest lecturer (Erasmus) at the University of Agri, Turkey
• 2018: guest lecturer (Erasmus) at the University of Rades, Tunisia
• 2019: guest lecturer (Ersmus) at C. D. A. College, Larnaca, Cyprus
• 2019, 2022: guest lecturer (Erasmus) Jan Amos Komensky State School of Higher vocal Education in Leszno, Poland
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
• since November 7, 2024: honorary professor, University of Pécs, Faculty of Law
• since 2016: associate professor; president of Antal Kerpely Special College for Advanced Studies; member: Scientific Council /University of Dunaújváros/
• 01/09/2016 - 12/31/2019: associate professor / Apor Vilmos Catholic College, Vác /
• 01/09/2016-01/30/2017: lecturer /University of Pécs and University of Dunaújváros/
• 2015-2016: vice rector for international and strategic affairs; leader of the institution of Turkology; associate professor /Pál Tomori College, Budapest/
• 2015: director of scientific and educational affairs /Hungarian Academy of Education, Budapest/
• 2012-2015: assistant professor /University of Kaposvár/
• 2009-2012: lecturer /University of Kaposvár/
• since 2004: attorney-at-law /Dr. Orsolya Falus Law Office, Pécs/
• 2003 – 2004: judge /Central District Court, Budapest/
• 2000-2003: attorney-at law /Dr. Nagy – Dr. Falus Law Office/
• 1999-2000: assistant judge /Court of Baranya County/ and university lecturer of civil law /Faculty of Law University of Pécs/
• 1994-1998: judge trainee /Court of Baranya County/
JOURNAL EDITOR
• International Journal of Law and Society (IJLS) (ISSN Print: 2640-1894; ISSN Online: 2640-1908, https://www.sciencepg.com/j/ijls, Science Publishing Group, 1 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, USA) – Editorial Board member
• Journal of Management and Economics Research (ISSN: 2148-029X) (Subjects: Law and Economics,History of Law, Philosopy and Sociology of Law) – Editorial Board member
MEMBERSHIPS
• Hungarian Academy of Science, Academic Committee, IX. Commission of Economic and Legal Sciences (MTA ID: 10060881)
• Hungarian Bar Association
• Hungarian National Bank Educational Club
• The European Society for History of Law, London, GB
• TÜBITAK, Ankara, Turkey
• Zrínyi Research Team – founding member
• Tárkány Szücs Ernő Research Team of Legal Ethnography and Legal Cultural History
• Márkus Dezső International Comparative Legal History Research Group
• Women Researchers Council, Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC)
Sophie Nanyonga is an academic researcher and a senior lecturer at Duzce University in the department of Political Science and Public Administration. She holds a PhD in International Relations from Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University. Her research focuses on globalization, diplomacy, foreign policy, governance, and international development. Dr. Nanyonga’s work has been published in various academic outlets, and she has presented her findings at both international and national conferences.
Dr Hasan Harmancı completed his undergraduate education in the Department of Economics (English) at Istanbul University between 2011 and 2015. He received his MSc in International Trade, Strategy, and Operations from the University of Warwick in 2016–2017. From 2018 to 2022, he pursued doctoral studies in International Business at the University of St Andrews, where he completed his PhD with a dissertation entitled “A Holistic Approach to Internationalization: Motives, Enablers, and Patterns of Emerging Market SMEs.”
Dr Harmancı commenced his academic career as a tutor at the University of St Andrews, serving in this role from 2018 to 2020. He is currently a Lecturer (PhD) in the Department of Economics at the Akçakoca Bey Faculty of Political Sciences, Düzce University.
Doç. Dr. HİCRAN HAMZA ÇELİKYAY
1996 yılında Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Bilgisayar Programcılığı bölümünden mezun oldu. 2000-2009 yılları arasında İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi’nde Coğrafi Bilgi Sistemi uzmanı olarak görev yapmıştır. 2010 yılında Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi Kentsel Sistemler ve Ulaştırma Yönetimi yüksek lisans programını yüksek onur derecesiyle ve 2017 yılında Marmara Üniversitesi Yerel Yönetimler Anabilim Dalı Mahalli İdareler ve Yerinden Yönetim Bilim Dalı’nda doktora programını yüksek onur derecesiyle mezun olmuştur. 2014- 2015 yıllarında Siyaset, Ekonomi Toplum Araştırmaları Vakfı’nda (SETA) araştırmacı olarak ve 2016-2017 yıllarında Yeşilay Genel Merkezi Bilimsel Araştırmalar Birim Yöneticisi olarak görev yapmıştır.
2018 yılında Düzce Üniversitesi Akçakoca Bey Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi bölümünde öğretim üyesi olarak göreve başlamıştır. Kamu Politikası Anabilim Dalı başkanıdır. 15.11.2021- 02.02.2022 tarihlerinde Amerika Birleşik Devletleri Southern Tarım ve Teknik Üniversitesi’nde “Akıllı Şehirlerde IoT Teknolojileri: Gizlilik ve Güvenlik Esasları” konusunda araştırma yapmıştır. 11.08.2022 tarihinde Yerel Yönetimler, Kent ve Çevre Politikaları Bilim alanında Doçent ünvanı almaya hak kazanmıştır.
Çalışma alanları arasında Yerel Yönetimler, Kent ve Çevre Politikaları, Kamu Politikaları, Metropoliten Yönetim, Kentsel Sistemler, Akıllı Şehirler, Kent Mülteciliği ve Göç Politikaları bulunmaktadır.
Editorial Board
He received his BA, MA, and PhD from Istanbul University's Faculty of Economics. He has held faculty and administrative positions at Kırıkkale University, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Sarajevo University International University, Turkish Aeronautical Association University, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, and Istanbul University. He has served as an assistant specialist at the Prime Ministry Family Research Institution, Vice President at the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency, Vice President at the Competition Authority, Vice President at ÖSYM, and chair and member of various boards and commissions within the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK). He is the team leader of the Turkey Referencing Report, which references Turkey's general, vocational, and academic education systems with European frameworks. His primary interests include the reform of the financial system and economic development, social policy, poverty, and the higher education system. Currently, Toprak is a faculty member at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University and President of the Istanbul Social Enterprise Association.
Mehmet Yüce, Uludağ Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Maliye Bölümünden mezun oldu. Aynı üniversiteden Mali İktisat Bilim Dalında Yüksek lisans ve Mali Hukuk Anabilim Dalında Doktora eğitimini tamamladı. 2001 yılında Mali Hukuk Ana Bilim Dalında Yardımcı Doçent olarak atandı. 2005 yılında Doçentlik, 2010 yılında ise Profesörlük unvanı aldı. 2019 yılında Hoca Ahmet Yesevi Üniversitesinde Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü Yüksek Lisans programı, 2020 yılında ise yine aynı üniversitede Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü Yüksek Lisans programı tamamladı. Yüce, 2018 yılında Kuzey Makedonya Uluslararası Vizyon Üniversitesi hukuk fakültesi, 2023 yılında ise Atatürk Üniversitesi Sosyoloji bölümü mezunu oldu. Yüce, Uludağ üniversitesinde İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dekanlığı, Hukuk Fakültesi Dekanlığı, Genel Sekreterlik ve Rektör Yardımcılığı görevleri yanı sıra Kırgızistan İktisat ve Girişimcilik Üniversitesinde Rektör Yardımcılığı ve Dekanlık; Azerbaycan İktisat Üniversitesi Türk Dünyası İktisat Fakültesinde dekanlık görevini yürüttü. Hali hazırda T.C. Çevre, Şehircilik ve İklim Değişikliği Bakanlığı Türkiye Çevre Bakanlığında Başkan Yardımcılığı görevi yürütmektedir.
Dr. Joseph J. Kaminski received his PhD in Political Science from Purdue University in 2014 and currently holds the rank of Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the International University of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is also a Research Associate at the Ummatics Institute. His current research interests include religion and politics, comparative political theory, and new approaches to Islam and public reason. He has a solo-authored article forthcoming in The Journal of Politics as well as numerous peer-reviewed articles appearing in journals such as PS: Political Science and Politics, Social Compass, Thunderbird International Business Review, and Religious Studies Review. He is also the author of two manuscripts: The Contemporary Islamic Governed State: A Reconceptualization (Palgrave, 2017) and Islam, Liberalism, and Ontology: A Critical Re-evaluation (Routledge, 2021).
Mehmed Ganić, Ph.D., is a Full Professor of Economics specializing in Macro-Finance Theory, Applied Econometrics, and Financial Economics. He has over 14 years of academic background in the graduate and postgraduate level of various economic and finance courses and 11 years of professional experience in the finance industry. A specialist in East and Central European economics, he has published numerous scholarly articles widely in reputable journals and has authored four books. The bulk of his research attempts to extend standard growth-finance theoretical models. He also specializes in the Program Development and Regulation of Securities Markets (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission), focusing on Mutual Funds Enforcement, Disclosure, Accounting, and Audit. Familiar with various equity valuation models and performance analysis. Experience with security classifications (sectors, industry groups, industries, sub-industries).
