Notes for Contributors
Kadim welcomes original and scholarly contributions to the field of Ottoman History. Contributors can submit research articles, translations or critical editions, book or scholarly event reviews, and dissertation reviews., article reviews, short reports, interviews, meeting abstracts, biography, bibliography. Contributors are expected to read the text below carefully before submitting a manuscript. Manuscripts that do not conform to Kadim's guidelines will be returned to the author.
Manuscripts should be written in Turkish or English and uploaded to Kadim’s system via dergipark.org/kadim. Authors should write manuscripts with Times New Roman font style, 12-point font, 1.5 line spacing in Microsoft Word program. The footnotes should be in Times New Roman, 10-point font, and single-spaced. The margins of each Microsoft Word page should be in the default form (2.5 cm per side). The manuscript should also include an abstract of 150-200 words in Turkish and English with 4-7 keywords below.
The title of the article should be vertically centered at the top of the first page. The author's full name should follow the title and contributors should include title, institution, email, and ORCID information as footnoted to the names (All contributors are responsible for creating an ORCID ID: orcid.org).
Manuscripts conforming to these conditions will be read by the editors for the evaluation of the content. They reserve the right to decide on the suitability of the subject matter at this step. Eligible submissions then will be seen anonymously by two referees. Contributors are kindly suggested to keep in mind that they are addressing an international audience.
Book Reviews. 60-80 words long Turkish and 60-80 words long English abstract, 5 Turkish/English keywords should be added to the beginning of the articles written in this type. Please refer to the Book Review Writing Guide (HERE).
Abstract: It should not consist of just a general summary of the article. It has to include the purpose and scope of the study, its methodology, its main sources, and its original contribution to the field. It should be 150 and 200 words long.
Footnotes, Text Citation, and References. Kadim follows the citation system of İSNAD 2nd Edition (with footnotes): isnadsistemi.org
Reference to Archival Materials. You can find the guide HERE for citing such documents in the articles.
Transliteration. Kadim follows the approach of TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi. It is suggested not to use the diacritical marks/transliteration alphabet unless it is necessary. Contributors should be consistent throughout the text when they use diacritics and follow the İSNAD's transliteration system.
Similarity Check. All articles are screened for plagiarism to prevent violations of publication ethics. All articles are screened for plagiarism in order to prevent publication ethics violations. The similarity rate should not exceed 15% in the reports provided by iThenticate plagiarism detection software.
Copyright. Authors assign copyright or license the publication rights in their articles, including abstracts, to Kadim. This enables us to ensure full copyright protection and to disseminate the article, and of course the journal, to the widest possible readership in print and electronic formats as appropriate. Articles in Kadim are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. (CC BY-NC 4.0).