KULTURK

KÜLTÜRK is published in order to announce scientific publications on Turkish language and literature at national and international level.

Scientific articles about the Turkish language and literature are published in KÜLTÜRK journal.

Page Layout

1. Manuscripts should be written in Microsoft Word and page dimensions should be arranged as follows:

Page Size: A4 Portrait
Top Margin: 3 cm
Bottom Margin: 2.5 cm
Left Margin: 2.5 cm
Right Margin: 2.5 cm
Paragraph start indent: 1 cm
Font: DEVRA
Font Style: Normal
Font Size: 12
Long quotations: İtalic 
Poetry Verses: 1,5 cm indented
Footnote Font Size 10 punto
Paragraph  Spacing: 6 nk (after)
Line Spacing: 1,15
Main text shoud be justified to the both sides of the page..

2. Details such as page numbers, headers and footers should not be included in the articles.
The font of the abstract section should be DEVRA, the font style should be normal, the font size should be 10 points, the first line indents should be 0.75 cm and the right margin and left margin indent should be 1 cm.

3. Main, subheadings and subheadings can be used to provide a regular information transfer within the article. Main headings (main part, references and appendices) in capital letters; Intermediate and sub-headings should only be written in capital letters and bold characters.

4. In terms of spelling and punctuation, the Spelling Guide of the Turkish Language Institution should be taken as a basis, except for special cases necessitated by the article or subject.

KÜLTÜRK CITATION AND REFERENCES GUIDE

The APA system has been adopted for citing references in the articles sent to the KÜLTÜRK Journal of Turkish Language and Literature Studies. da sıralanmalıdır.

PUBLICATION ETHICS

The publishing processes of KÜLTÜRK Journal of Turkish Language and Literature Studies (hereinafter KÜLTÜRK) are based on the impartial production, development and sharing of knowledge with scientific method.

Peer-reviewed articles are studies that ensure the application of the scientific method and impartiality. All components of the publication process in the realization of scientific production; The publisher, editors, authors, reviewers and readers are required to abide by the ethical principles. In this context, KÜLTÜRK's publication ethics and open access policy are also in line with the guidelines and policies published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in open access (For example, the “Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Code of Conduct and Best Practice for Journal Editors. Guidelines; “Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors” and “COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors”) require all components of the publication process to comply with ethical principles.

If situations such as manipulating, distorting and using fabricated data used in the articles are detected, this situation will be reported to the institution where the article author works, and the article will be rejected. KÜLTÜRK journal has the right to request output files of the analysis results from the authors according to the feedback given by the editor and/or the referees.

Publisher's Ethical Responsibilities

Istanbul Kultur University, the publisher of KÜLTÜRK, is a non-profit foundation educational institution that pursues the public interest.

Responsibilities of KÜLTÜRK Editorial Board

KÜLTÜRK Editorial Board is responsible for every article submitted to KÜLTÜRK, and even for all processes after its publication, and the Editorial Board knows this responsibility. This responsibility is solely for the public interest in the decisions made on issues related to the journal; requires independent decision making without considering personal gain. The relationship between the Publisher and the Editorial Board is based on the principle of independence. All decisions taken by the editors are independent of the publisher and other individuals and organizations.

KÜLTÜRK Editorial Board; It strives to continuously improve the journal and increase its publication quality.

KÜLTÜRK Editorial Board; It ensures the determination and implementation of journal policies such as publication, blind refereeing, evaluation process, and ethical principles.

KÜLTÜRK Editorial Board protects the copyright of the authors of articles published in KÜLTÜRK.

KÜLTÜRK Editorial Board; is responsible for taking precautions regarding intellectual property rights, unscientific and unethical behaviors, plagiarism, and citation gangs during the publication process of articles and journals.

KÜLTÜRK Editorial Board determines policies that motivate the referees and author(s).

KÜLTÜRK Editorial Board; keeps the records of each article and correspondence about the journal in electronic or printed form.

Ethical Responsibilities of Editors and Assistant Editors

Editors strive to meet the information needs of referees, authors, researchers, practitioners and readers, to provide feedback when necessary, and to act in accordance with the principles of clarity in matters that require correction and explanation during the publication process.

While deciding whether to publish the articles, the editors take care to ensure that the articles are original and contribute to the scientific literature, readers, researchers and practitioners.

Editors take into consideration the original value of the articles, their contribution to the field, the validity and reliability of the research method, the clarity of the narrative, and the purpose and scope of the journal when making a positive or negative decision about the articles.

The editors take the submitted articles to the preliminary evaluation stage as long as they do not have significant problems, consider the positive referee suggestions, and do not change the decisions made by the previous editor(s) unless there are serious problems.

Editors apply the policies of blind refereeing and evaluation process, which are among the publication policies of the journal, keep the identities of the referees confidential, and ensure that each article is evaluated impartially and on time.

Editors submit the articles by considering the expertise of the referees, and support the impartial and independent evaluations.

Editors take into account whether there is a conflict of interest between the editors, the referees and the author(s) for the unbiased evaluation of the article.

Editors look for a wide range of referee pools and to be constantly updated.

Editors block academic etiquette and unscientific reviews.

Editors ensure that the publication processes of the journal are operated in accordance with publication policies and guidelines, they inform those in charge of the developments in publication policies, and prepare a training program when necessary.

Editors communicate effectively with everyone involved in the publication process, and organize meetings at regular intervals.

Editors ensure the protection of personal data in the evaluated articles; they protect the individual data of authors, referees and readers.

Editors; They pay attention to the protection of human and animal rights in their articles, they care about documenting the explicit consent of the participants of the article, they reject the article when they do not have the approval of the ethics committee for the participants of the article , and permission for experimental research.

Editors; take action against misconduct. When there are complaints about misconduct, he makes an objective investigation and shares the relevant findings.

Editors ensure that errors, inconsistencies or misdirections in articles are corrected.

Editors protect the intellectual property rights of the published articles and defend the rights of the journal and the author(s) in case of violation. in addition, they take the necessary measures to ensure that the content of the published articles does not violate the intellectual property rights of other publications; They perform the authenticity-similarity check.

Editors take into account the consistent criticisms of the articles published in the journal, and give the right to reply to the author(s) of the articles.

Editors also consider studies with negative results.

The editors examine the complaints submitted to the journal and make the necessary explanations.

Ethical Responsibilities of Referees

During the article evaluation process of KÜLTÜRK; The referee(s) of the author(s), the two-way blind refereeing principle is applied, in which the referees do not know the authors, the referees cannot communicate directly with the authors. Article evaluation forms, notes on the text and correction requests are forwarded to the author(s) by the editors through the journal management system. The referees who will evaluate the articles submitted to KÜLTÜRK should bear the following ethical responsibilities:

Reviewers should agree to evaluate only articles related to their field of expertise.

The referees should make the evaluation with impartiality and confidentiality. Pursuant to this principle, they should destroy the articles they have reviewed after the evaluation process and use them only after they are published. Nationality, gender, religious belief, political belief and commercial concerns should not impair the impartiality of the assessment.

Referees; When they understand that there is a conflict of interest, they should refuse to evaluate the article and inform the editors.

Referees should make the assessment in a constructive language in accordance with academic etiquette; Personal comments that contain insults and hostility should be avoided.

The referees should evaluate the article for which they accepted the evaluation within the time limit.

Ethical Responsibilities of Authors

Ethical responsibilities of the author(s) applying for an article to KÜLTÜRK:

The author(s) should not send an article that they have published elsewhere or sent for publication, or more than one article at the same time to KÜLTÜRK.

The author(s) should send an original article to KÜLTÜRK.

The author(s) should cite the sources they used during the writing of the article correctly in line with ethical principles.

The names of people who do not contribute to the article should not be written as authors, it should not be suggested to change the author order, remove an author, or add an author of an article that is applied for publication.
The author(s) should notify the editors of people who have a conflict of interest related to the article for which the application for publication is made.

If information or raw data is requested from the author(s) during the evaluation process, they should present the expected information to the editors.

The author(s) should document that they have obtained the permissions for the data they use in their articles, the permissions for the research-analysis, or the consent of the participants on whom they have researched.

The author(s) should contact the editor to inform, correct or retract when they notice an error in an article that is in the evaluation and early view stage or published in electronic form.

The author(s) has obtained ethics committee approval for studies that require data collection through quantitative or qualitative methods such as experiments, questionnaires, scales, interviews, observations, focus group studies that require an ethics committee decision; Ethics committee name, decision date and number should be stated on the first and last page of the article and in the method section, and the document showing the ethics committee decision should be uploaded to the system with the application of the article. In addition, the article should include information about obtaining the informed consent/consent form in the case reports.

The author(s) should present in the article evidence that they care about ethical principles in the data collection process (such as obtaining their permission to use other people's documents such as scales, questionnaires, photographs). It should be stated in the articles that research and publication ethics and copyright regulations for intellectual and artistic works are complied with. If the research was carried out on human and animal subjects, international papers, guidelines, etc. should be reported appropriately.

Ethics committee approval is not required from the author(s) for review articles. However, in articles that do not require an ethics committee decision, it should be stated on the first-last page of the article and in the method section that an ethics committee decision is not required.

Notifying the Editor of the Situation Not Complying with the Ethical Principles

In the event of a behavior that does not comply with the ethical principles regarding editors, referees, and authors in KÜLTÜRK, or an unethical situation regarding an article in the evaluation process, early appearance or published, it should be reported to KÜLTÜRK journal via message.

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