A. General Rules
• Only research and review articles are accepted to the journal. Articles that are not submitted in accordance
with the journal's writing rules are not accepted for preliminary evaluation. The journal accepts articles
written in Turkish and English.
• Manuscripts submitted to the journal for evaluation should be uploaded through the DergiPark system in
accordance with the conditions specified in the journal writing rules.
• Manuscripts submitted to the journal must be uploaded in editable format (Microsoft Word -.docx
extension).
• For the first time article submission, the Submit Article button should be selected and the article and other
necessary information and documents should be uploaded to the system by the following steps.
• The author's name and personal information of the author should not be included in the article.
• If the article is based on a thesis or other scientific work, this information should be indicated in a footnote
at the end of the article title on the first page of the article.
• All manuscripts submitted to the journal for publication must be original and must not have been included
in the scientific publication process in another journal.
• The Editorial Board reserves the right to reject, correct, request and reorganize manuscripts on the grounds
that they do not comply with the rules.
• The journal requires plagiarism reports for all manuscripts (iThenticate, intihal.net, Turnitin). The similarity
rate of the articles should not be more than 20% and the rate of similarity from a single source should not
be more than 2%. Plagiarism reports uploaded to the journal system must include the entire submitted
text.
• The author(s) is responsible for the accuracy of the sources. All references must be cited in the text.
• In order to preserve academic originality and diversity, no more than one study by the same author
(whether corresponding author or other author) is published in one volume.
B. Article: General Features
• The manuscripts to be submitted to the journal should be between 6000-8000 words, including references
and abstract. If the manuscripts are outside the specified limits, it is decided by the journal editorial board
to start the evaluation process.
• The title of the article should be written in Calibri/bold font with left justified and capitalized initial letters.
For Turkish articles, the Turkish title should be 14-point font size and the English title should be 12-point
font size; for English articles, the English title should be 14-point font size and the Turkish title should be
12-point font size.
• The names of the authors and personal information of the authors should not be included in the article file.
• The name of the authors and personal information of the authors (Corresponding author information and
e-mail address, institutional information of the authors, province and country of the institution, and ORCID
ID information of the authors) should be uploaded as a separate file.
• Following the title of the article, there should be an abstract of 150 to 250 words in Turkish and English,
including the purpose, method, findings and original value of the article.
• If the language of the article is English, the English abstract is included first. Key words/keywords related to
the article are included just below the abstract.
• For articles submitted by authors whose mother tongue is not Turkish, the Turkish Title and Abstract are
edited by the language editor responsible for the journal in case the language of writing is English.
• Additional explanations deemed necessary in the text of the article can be given as footnotes.
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C. Sections of the Article
• The sections of the article should be divided into sections and subheadings according to the subject
headings by considering the content of the study and should be organized according to the decimal system.
First level headings should be in bold and other sub-headings should be in bold/italic.
• The introduction should be numbered, and in the following sections, the theoretical and/or empirical basis
of the study, research method, data collection method should be given in a systematic order and should be
evaluated in general in the light of the findings obtained.
• The conclusion of the article should be included under the title “Discussion and Conclusion”. Numbering
procedures should also be applied for this title.
• The references used in the article should be included under the heading “References”. The bibliography
heading is excluded from numbering.
WRITING RULES
Page Structure Margins: Top and bottom 1 cm, inside 4 cm, outside 2 cm
Pages Opposing margins
Header: 1.25 cm, footer: 1.25 cm
Text Font Text font: Calibri, 11 pt, 1 line spacing
Paragraph spacing: Before: 6 pt, After: 6 pt.
Indentation: None
Abstract Turkish (with Özet title) and English
Calibri, 10 pt, justified.
Paragraph spacing: Before: 0 pt, After: 6 pt.
Line spacing: Single
Keywords “Anahtar Kelimeler” title in Turkish under the Turkish abstract text
“Keywords” title in English under the English abstract text
Calibri, 10 pt.
Titles First level titles, Left justified; Calibri 11 pt, bold
Other titles: Left justified, Calibri 11 pt, bold/italic
Paragraph spacing: Before: 3 pt, After: 3 pt. Line spacing: 1.5 lines
Indentation: None
Tables and Figures Table titles at the top of the table and centered, 11 pt. font, table expression
bold. (Ex: Table 1. XXX)
Figure and graphic titles, centered at the bottom of figures and graphics, 11-pt.
font, figure or graphic expression in bold. (Ex. Figure 1. YYY)
Equations Equations should be centered and numbered.
In-Text References In-text references should be in accordance with APA style 7th Edition.
Footnotes Calibri, 9 pt., left justified
References References should be in accordance with APA style 7th Edition,
Calibri, 11 pt., justified
Paragraph spacing: Before: 0 pt, After: 6 pt.
Line spacing: Single
Indentation: Private; Hanging indent, 1.25 cm.
Click the link for our journal's sample article template.