“If something straight becomes crooked, it cannot stand; it falls.

If it is straight, it does not fall; it stands firm.”

Yusuf Has Hacip

General Guidelines

1. Manuscripts submitted for publication in Kafdağı Journal must be prepared in accordance with the style guidelines and submitted via DergiPark.

2. Manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with the formatting guidelines specified below and must not exceed 25 pages (excluding photographs and illustrations).

3. Authors must review the information provided on the journal’s website—particularly the ethical and publication policies—before submitting their manuscripts. It is assumed that authors have reviewed and accepted these policies.

4. Articles submitted to the journal are published under the CC-BY 4.0 open access license.

5. If an alphabet other than the Latin alphabet is used, the reference list must be provided exclusively in Latin characters and/or in both Latin and the other alphabet.

6. With regard to spelling and punctuation, except in special cases dictated by the article or subject matter, the Turkish Language Association’s Spelling Guide must be followed for articles in Turkish.

7. Manuscripts that do not comply with the writing rules and require major revisions will be returned to the authors with a warning. “If a straight thing is bent, it cannot stand; it falls.

If it is straight, it does not fall; it stands firm.”

1- 📝 Article File (Full Text).docx  No information identifying the author should be included in the article file. Articles must be formatted according to the template.

2- 📝 Author Information.docx  The author information file contains details about the author and the article. All information must be filled out completely. This includes, in particular, the author’s title, address, institution, ORCID number (the author’s name must be publicly visible on the ORCID website), email, city, and country.

3- 📝 Copyright Agreement and Statement of Ethical Responsibility.docx  This document must be signed with a wet signature or an electronic signature. For the authors’ convenience, this file includes:

• - Copyright Agreement,
• - Open Access,
• - Statement of Ethical Responsibility,
• - Ethics Committee Statement,
• - Funding Declaration,
• - Acknowledgments and Thanks,
• - Conflict of Interest Declaration,
• - Author’s Note,
• - Contribution Ratio Declaration,
• - Declaration on the Use of Artificial Intelligence and Its Types   It is mandatory to fill out all required and mandatory fields.

4- Similarity Report: A valid similarity report (from intihal.net, Turnitin, iThenticate, DergiPark, etc.) must be uploaded. The plagiarism rate for all submitted works, excluding the reference list, must be between 0% and 20%.

5- Ethics Committee Approval (if the study requires ethics committee approval): The uploaded documents will be reviewed, and the relevant institutions will be contacted if necessary. Please ensure that the cover letter and signature sections of the documents are included.

Information required on the first page of submissions:
-The title of the article in both languages (in the language of the article and in English), 
-Abstract (in the language of the article and in English), 
-Keywords (3–5 in the language of the article and in English),
-Article type (must be specified: research, review, etc.).
Note: To ensure the integrity of the double-blind peer review process, please do not include any information in the article file that could identify the author. 

Font
Article title: all uppercase, centered on the page, Times New Roman 11-point bold regular. 
English title: first letter of each word capitalized, centered on the page, Times New Roman 10-point bold regular.
Abstract: Times New Roman, 9-point italic, justified (minimum 150, maximum 250 words).
Chapter Headings: Times New Roman, 11-point bold, all uppercase; must be preceded and followed by 6 pt spacing.
Subheadings: Times New Roman, 11-point bold, first letter capitalized; must be preceded and followed by 6 pt spacing.
Body Text: Times New Roman, 11-point, regular, single-spaced; must be preceded and followed by 6 pt spacing.
Quotations: Must be cited in-text using APA style, Times New Roman 11-point.
Table, Photo, Map, and Graph titles: Times New Roman 11-point.
Table, Graph, and Figure content: Times New Roman 9-point.
Table, Photo, Map, and Graph sources: Times New Roman 9-point.
References: Times New Roman 10-point font, regular, single-spaced, with 6-point spacing before and after.
Extended Abstract: Times New Roman 10-point font, regular, in a single paragraph, justified, with no title (minimum 750, maximum 1,000 words). 

Page Layout
Margins: Top, right, and left: 2.5 cm; Bottom: 1.5 cm.
Indentation: Paragraph indent: 1 cm; Before: 3 pt, After: 3 pt; Line spacing: single; Header: 5 cm; Footer: 1.25 cm.
Headings: No indentation; Left-aligned.

Photographs, Maps, Figures
Photographs, maps, and figures included in the text must be scanned at 300 dpi resolution and placed in the relevant section. When preparing graphics, care must be taken to ensure the legibility of text within the graphics, and grayscale must be applied to scans included in the graphics. Sources must be cited, and the license must be appropriate.

Quotations
Quotations must be cited in the text using APA style.
References must be listed in the “REFERENCES” section at the end of the article, following APA 6 standards.
 

Citation Conjunction
1. The citation conjunction must be used in in-text citations.
2. In Turkish articles, the conjunction “ve” must be used in citation conjunctions and in the reference list.
3. In English articles, the “&” symbol should be used in in-text citations, “and” should be used in the body of the text, and the “&” symbol should be used in the reference list.
4. The article’s reference list must be formatted according to APA citation standards. In-text citations should be formatted as shown in the example (Ceylan, 2008, p. 166).
5. A reference list must be included at the end of every article.
 

In-Text Citations

Single-Author Book (Ceylan, 2008: p. 137) Direct quotation (Ceylan, 2008) Indirect quotation or general citation

Book with Two Authors …..(Ceylan & Özgül: 2016, p. 90). Ceylan and Özgül (2016: p. 90)…… Ceylan and Özgül (2016: p. 90)……if the article is written in English

Books with Three, Four, and Five Authors First citation (reference): ……(Tonta, Bitirim & Sever, 2002) Tonta, Biritim, and Sever (2002)……. Second citation: (Tonta et al., 2002: p. 125) (Yıldız et al., 2001) If the article is written in English

Books with Six and Seven Authors (Jones et al., 2012: p. 40)

Chapter in an Edited Book (Kejanlıoğlu, 2005: p. 690)

Single-Author Article (Karageçi, 2014: p. 78)

Two-Author Article …..(Yıldız & Baştürk, 2013: pp. 77–78). Yıldız and Baştürk (2013)………

Articles with Three, Four, and Five Authors First Citation: (Brockner, Ackerman, & Greenberg, 2001, p. 300) Second Citation: (Brockner et al., 2001, p. 310) (Yıldız et al., 2001) If the article is written in English

Articles with Six and Seven Authors (Restouin et al., 2009)

Articles with Eight or More Authors (Steel et al., 2010)

Conference Paper (Akkoyunlu, 2007: p. 62)

Thesis (Köprülü, 1994)

Web Page (Tillman, 2003)

Citation: According to Moore……….. (Quoted by Maxwell, 1999: p. 25)

Legal texts: (National Education Framework Law, 1973)

Quotations: (Dewey, 1961, cited in Yılmaz, 2018: p. 77)

Authors with the same last name: If there are two or more authors with the same last name in the bibliography, the first initial of the authors listed first in the bibliography is used in all citations, even if the years differ.

Citation Format

Single-Author Book: Ceylan, A. (2008). Studies on Eastern Anatolia I. Erzurum: Güneş Foundation Publishing House.

Two-Author Book: Ceylan, A., & Özgül, O. (2016). The Fortresses of Iğdır in Antiquity. Istanbul: Akıl Fikir Publications.

Book with Three, Four, or Five Authors: Tonta, Y., Bitirim, Y., & Sever, H. (2002). Performance Evaluation of Turkish Search Engines (5.b). Ankara: Total Bilişim.

Books with Six and Seven Authors: Jones, M., Jones, R., Woods, M., Whitehead, M., Dixon, D., & Hannah, M. (2014). An Introduction to Political Geography: Space, Place, and Politics. London: Routledge.

Chapter in an Edited Book: Kejanlıoğlu, B. (2005). The concept of public space in media studies. In M. Özbek (Ed.), Public Space (pp. 689–713). Istanbul: Hill.

Single-Author Article: Karageçi, M. (2014). Bronze Age Settlements in the Arpçay Basin. Journal of the Institute of Social Sciences, Kafkas University, 14, 77–95.

Two-Author Article: Yıldız, S., & Baştürk, F. (2013). A consumer-based value measurement study of Kars Province’s brand assets. TODAIE Contemporary Local Governments, 22(4), 75–90.

Articles with Three, Four, and Five Authors: Brockner, J., Ackerman, G., & Greenberg, J. (2001). Culture and procedural justice: The influence of power distance on reactions to voice. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 37(4), 300-315. doi: 10.1037/1076-8998.13.1.10

Articles with Six and Seven Authors: Restouin, A., Aresta, S., Prébet, T., Borg, J., Badache, A., & Collette, Y. (2009). A simplified, 96-well–adapted, ATP luminescence–based motility assay. BioTechniques, 47, 871–875. doi: 10.2144/000113250

Article with Eight or More Authors: Steel, J., Youssef, M., Pfeifer, R., Ramirez, J. M., Probst, C., Sellei, R., ... Pape, H. C. (2010). Health-related quality of life in patients with multiple injuries and traumatic brain injury 10+ years post-injury. Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 69(3), 523–531. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181e90c24

Thesis: Köprülü, D. (1994). A study on the use of book collections in university libraries. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Hacettepe University, Ankara.

Dictionary: Turkish Language Association (2005). Turkish Dictionary. Ankara: Turkish Language Association Publication.

Web Page: Tillman, H. N. (2003). Evaluating quality on the net. Retrieved January 15, 2008, from www.hopetillman/findq.html.

Legal Texts Such as Laws, Regulations, and Bylaws: Basic Law on National Education (1973). Official Gazette. Publication Date: June 24, 1973. Issue No.: 14574. Number: 1739.

Manuscript: When citing a source, the abbreviation [yz.] should be placed after the author’s or translator’s name, the folio number should be indicated as in the example, and the full bibliographic citation should be provided in the reference list. (Ahmedî, [yz.] 1410: 7b)

Archival documents: The abbreviation in the text should follow the example provided, and the full citation should be given in the reference list. (BCA, Mühimme 15: 25)

The reference list has been prepared according to APA 6 guidelines.

For more detailed information, please refer to the Guide to Citing Sources, Creating Tables, and Figures in Scientific Publications: APA 6 Guidelines.