Liberal Düşünce Dergisi

As of Spring 2021 (Issue 102), all submitted manuscripts must comply with the following submission guidelines.
(Click here for the editorial and submission guidelines prior to Issue 102.)The Journal of Liberal Thought is a peer-reviewed academic journal indexed in TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM) and published quarterly.
The journal publishes original articles, translations (with permission from the author and the publisher), abridgements, critical editions, book and symposium reviews, and similar academic contributions.

Submission Guidelines

The publication languages of the journal are Turkish and English. For Turkish submissions, spelling, punctuation, and abbreviations must comply with the Turkish Language Association’s Online Dictionary and Writing Rules. Submissions must be scientifically rigorous, clearly written, and logically structured.

All articles must include a Turkish and English title, abstract, and keywords; section headings within the text; and a list of references. The full length of the manuscript, including all these elements, should be between 4,000 and 10,000 words.

The abstracts in Turkish and English should each be between 100 and 150 words, and the keywords should consist of 3 to 7 words.

The author’s name should appear in bold italics, 11-point font, right-aligned directly below the article title. The author’s academic title, ORCID number, institutional affiliation, and e-mail address should be provided in a footnote marked with an asterisk (*) and set in 9-point font. Any additional explanatory notes should be presented as numbered footnotes within the text or at the bottom of the page.

The manuscript should be written in Times New Roman, 11-point font, with 1.5 line spacing. Footnotes should be single-spaced and set in 9-point font.

The manuscript file must be named after the article title—using English characters and capitalizing only the first letter of each word. Files named “Liberal Düşünce” or submitted under the author’s name will be returned without review.

Book Reviews

Book review manuscripts should be between 1,000 and 3,000 words. At the discretion of the editorial board, reviews exceeding this limit may be accepted depending on the significance of the work being reviewed.

The review heading should include the book’s title, author, place of publication, publisher, year of publication, and ISBN number. The reviewer’s name should appear in bold italics, 11-point font, right-aligned under the review title; academic title, institutional affiliation, and e-mail address should be included in a footnote (9-point font, marked with an asterisk).

The review must go beyond summary and offer a critical evaluation. The reviewer may agree or disagree with the book’s arguments, identify strengths and weaknesses, or assess its contribution to the field. The author’s perspective should be clearly articulated.

A strong review should highlight key points of the book and critically engage with them. It should generally follow a structure consisting of an introduction, discussion of the book’s significance, summary, critical analysis, and conclusion.

Page Layout

The first line of each paragraph should be indented 1.25 cm; spacing before and after paragraphs should be set to 3 nk. Text should be justified and spaced at 1.5 lines. Articles should follow a single-level heading format. The titles of Introduction, Subheadings, Conclusion, and References should be in bold. Page numbers must be placed in the bottom right corner.

In-text Citations and References
Citations
Citations and references must follow the APA (American Psychological Association) 6th edition style. Detailed information is available at: http://www.tk.org.tr/APA/apa_2.pdf. Citations must be written in the same font size as the manuscript. In-text citations should appear in parentheses after the quoted material: (Author’s Last Name, Year: Page Number). Tables and figures should also conform to APA 6.0 guidelines.

Explanatory notes may be given as footnotes, but sources may not be cited via footnotes or endnotes.

Direct quotations shorter than three lines should be included within the text. Quotations longer than three lines should be placed in a separate paragraph, single-spaced, 11-point font, and indented 1.25 cm from both sides.

Citation Examples

Single Author: (Yayla, 2017: 109)

Two Authors: (Balaam & Dillman, 2015: 545)

More than Two Authors: (Dursun, Tekiner & Tekin, 2016: 89) or (Dursun et al., 2016: 89)

Institution as Author: (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey [TÜBİTAK], 2013); subsequent citations: (TÜBİTAK, 2013)

Chapter in Edited Book: (Beriş, 2017: 113)

No Author: (Writing Scientific Articles, 2000: 45)

Standards: (TS-40561, 1985: 6)

Web Sources without Author: (www.hurfikirler.com, 2017)

Multiple Works by Same Author in Different Years: (Yayla, 2015: 220; 2017: 130)

Different Authors with Same Last Name: (A. Aslan, 2000: 6; B. Aslan, 2010: 71)

Multiple Sources: (Aytekin, 2004: 71; Küçük, 2008: 87)

Multiple Works by Same Author in the Same Year: (Yayla, 2017a: 165), (Yayla, 2017b: 140)

Secondary Sources: (cited in Hanioğlu, 2012: 40) or (as cited in Hanioğlu, 2006: 40)

References

References should be listed alphabetically by the authors’ last names. In entries with two authors, use “and”; for more than two, separate names with commas and use “and” before the last name.

All bibliographic information must be complete. For translated works, indicate the translator. Foreign-language sources should retain their original bibliographic format.

Example entries are listed under categories such as:

Books (single author, multiple authors, institutional authors)

Translations

Edited volumes and book chapters

Journal articles (with one or multiple authors)

Conference proceedings

Reports (with or without author)

Theses

Legal documents and court rulings

Newspapers and magazines (with or without author)

Online sources

Multimedia (films, TV, CDs, videos)

The Journal of Liberal Thought is a peer-reviewed academic and scientific journal indexed in TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM) and published quarterly.

The journal publishes original research articles, translations (with the permission of both the author and the original publisher), abridged texts, critical editions, book and symposium reviews, and similar scholarly works.

When preparing submissions to The Journal of Liberal Thought, authors, editors, and referees are expected to adhere to the international standards set by COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics). All parties involved in the publication process must comply with the responsibilities outlined below.

I. Authors’ Ethical Responsibilities
Authors submitting work to The Journal of Liberal Thought are expected to comply with the following ethical standards:

– Authors bear full intellectual responsibility for the content of their articles.
– Authors cannot claim copyright for articles submitted to the journal.
– Submissions must be original and unpublished. Neither the whole text nor any part of it may have been published elsewhere or be under review at another journal simultaneously.
– Proper citation practices must be strictly followed in all submissions.
– In the case of co-authored articles, all listed authors must have read, approved, and agreed to the submission of the manuscript to the journal.
– For translated works, authors must submit documented permission from both the original author and the publishing institution.
– Individuals who have not made an intellectual contribution to the study must not be listed as authors.
– Authors may be asked to provide raw data related to their study during the review process and must be prepared to share such data with the editorial and scientific boards upon request.
– Authors must confirm that they have the rights to use the data employed in their research, obtained all necessary permissions for analysis, and secured informed consent from any human subjects involved.
– If the author(s) discover any significant error or inaccuracy in their submitted or published work, they must promptly notify the editor or publisher and cooperate in the correction or retraction process.
– Authors may not submit the same article to more than one journal at the same time. New submissions should begin only after the previous process has been concluded.
– Authors may not propose any changes to authorship (such as adding, removing, or reordering authors) once the review process has started.
– Authors are obliged to address reviewers’ revision requests within the specified time frame. If an author refuses to make the suggested revisions, the editorial board may reject the manuscript.
– Upon acceptance for publication, the copyright of the manuscript is considered transferred to The Journal of Liberal Thought. Authors may not publish the manuscript elsewhere (including journals, edited volumes, websites, or blogs) without written permission from the journal’s editorial office.

Submissions must also comply with Article 4 of the Higher Education Council’s Directive on Scientific Research and Publication Ethics. The following are considered violations of scientific research and publication ethics:

Article 4 – Scientific Misconduct Includes:
a) Plagiarism: Presenting others' original ideas, methods, data, or works as one's own without proper citation.
b) Fabrication: Using non-existent or falsified data in research.
c) Falsification: Distorting research records or data, misrepresenting the use of tools or materials, or manipulating results to fit institutional or funding expectations.
ç) Duplicate Publication: Presenting the same research as separate publications for academic promotion.
d) Salami Slicing: Fragmenting a study inappropriately into multiple publications to inflate publication count.
e) Unjustified Authorship: Including individuals who did not contribute intellectually as authors or excluding those who did; making unauthorized changes to authorship lists.

Other Types of Ethical Violations Include:
a) Not acknowledging the support or contributions of institutions or individuals who aided the research.
b) Using unpublished theses or research without permission from the author.
c) Violating ethical standards in research involving human or animal subjects or patient rights.
ç) Violating legal or institutional regulations in biomedical or clinical studies involving humans.
d) Sharing the contents of a manuscript assigned for review without the author’s explicit consent.
e) Misusing resources, spaces, or equipment allocated for research purposes.
f) Making baseless, malicious, or deliberate accusations of ethical misconduct.
g) Publishing data obtained from participants without their informed consent or without institutional approval when required.
h) Harming animal welfare or ecological balance during research.
ı) Failing to obtain necessary written permissions from relevant authorities before commencing research.
i) Violating applicable national and international legal frameworks governing research.
j) Failing to inform relevant parties about potentially harmful research practices.
k) Misusing data obtained from others beyond the limits of granted permission or breaching data confidentiality.
l) Making false or misleading statements about research or publications during academic evaluations.