Focus and Scope

1. Kader is an international and peer reviewed journal. 
2. Kader is published twice a year (30 June and 31 December).
3. Kader publishes academic works such as researched and translated papers, research notes, reviews of scientific events (book, dissertation and symposium), editorial critique and simplifications that produced in the area of theological studies. 
4. Authors must specify their names and surnames with titles, institutions and ORCID id. 
5. In the same issue, there are only two works of an authors. (Except book, dissertation and symposium reviews)
6. In every paper, abstracts in Turkish and English (150-250 words) and key words (5-7 words) must be specified.
7. In the articles, there must be taken spelling book and the editorial principles of Kader. 
8. All texts published in Kader are copyrighted by the journal. The authors assume the responsibility of their texts. 
9. Texts and translations with their originals in the source language are being sent to editors via Dergipark System. 

Editorial Process

1. The paper submitted for publication may not be previously published or accepted for publication by another publisher. 
2. Although the journal is published in Turkish, articles in foreign languages are also welcome. 
3. The editorial board peruses the submitted paper with regard to both form and content before sending it on to referees.  After the deliberation of the editorial board, the submitted paper is sent to two specialist referees in order to evaluate it whether has scientific perfection or not. In the case of approving of them, the paper is published. If the article is rejected by one of them, it is sent to third referee. According to the decision of the third referee, the editorial board makes final decision whether the paper is published or not.  The reports of referees are confidential. Authors are informed within the process about the decision regarding the publication of their articles.
4. The authors have to take notice of referee’s report. The authors assume the responsibility of the article with regard to the style, content, scholarly value and legal aspects. The editorial board reserves the right to accept or reject the text. Texts submitted to the journal are not returned, even if they are not accepted for publication. The published texts of the authors could be removed from publication in accordance with the decision of the board. They could not be withdrawn from the journal without the decision of the board. The copyright fee is not paid for the texts.
5. All texts published in Kader are copyrighted by the journal; they cannot be used without proper reference. 
   

Period

Kader is a peer-reviewed academic journal published twice a year. 

Open Access Policy 

This journal  provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research free available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.