• Kader aims to publish studies such as articles, book critiques and symposium evaluations on Islamic theology (Kalām), religious studies and interdisciplinary issues related to theology (Philosophy, Logic, Social Sciences and Humanities).
  
  
• The text submitted for publication may not be previously published or accepted for publication by another publisher.
  
  
• The language of the regular issues of Kader is Turkish and English. However the language of the special issue published every year in December is only English.
  
  
• Papers may not exceed 10.000 words, including appended material such as pictures, charts and maps etc. (and excluding keynotes, bibliographies, abstracts and summaries in English). Papers must be submitted with abstracts comprising the introduction, methodology, findings, discussions and conclusion sections briefly, both in Turkish and English (350-400 words) along with key words (5-7 words).
  
  
• Papers submitted for publication are subjected to Preliminary Examination, Similarity Screening, Peer Review and English Language Editing.
  
  
• The paper that is reviewed three times at the Preliminary Examination stage but fails to pass this process is returned to the author and is not processed again in the same publication period.
  
  
• The editor peruses the submitted paper with regard to both form and content before sending it on to referees. The editor then sends the paper to the internal reviewer from the members of the Editorial Board according to their field of expertise. After the deliberation of the editor, the submitted paper is sent to two referees. If the paper is rejected by one of them, it is sent to third referee. In order for any paper to be published, at least two of the referees must approve it. The revision and improvement demanded by the referees must be implemented in order for a paper to be published. Authors are informed within the process about the decision regarding the publication of their papers.
  
  
• The authors have to take notice of referees' report. The authors assume the responsibility of the paper with regard to the style, content, scholarly value and legal aspects. The editorial board reserves the right to accept or reject the text. 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 They could not be withdrawn from the journal without the decision of the board. No copyright fee is paid for the texts.
  
  
• A paper cannot be withdrawn by its author after the completion of the evaluation process without a reasonable justification within the scope of publication ethics. In case of such a request, the paper is removed from the system by rejection.
  
  
• All texts published in Kader are copyrighted by the respective authors according to CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence; they cannot be used without proper reference.
  
  
• A maximum of one paper of the same type by the same author can be published in one issue.

• The texts submitted for publication should be written in A4 size with white space of 3,5 cm at the top, bottom, right and left side with at least 12nk line spacing, two sides, without line hyphenation and 10 points Isnad Font (You can download the font here). The tables, figures, pictures, graphics and etc. should not exceed 12X17 cm in order that they will not go beyond the edges of the page and will be easy for design. Therefore, smaller points and single space could be used in tables, figures, pictures, graphics and etc. The ISNAD Citation Style 2nd Edition is required in footnotes and references.
  
  
• The papers prepared according to the above-mentioned rules and format should be sent in "Word" format after becoming a member of the Dergipark system from the membership button on the main page of the journal.
  
  
• Translations should be sent with original texts and translation permissions.

The information below must be given:

• The title of the paper (both in Turkish and English), the name and surname of the author, his/her title, institution, institution's ROR ID (https://ror.org/) and ORCID ID must be specified. Besides, information of the author (e-mail address) must be given.

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