Articles must be prepared in accordance with the publication format of the APA'7 Publication Manual (http://www.apa.org).

All studies sent to MAKU-Journal of Mehmet Akif Ersoy must be edited in accordance with the rules specified in this guide prepared in accordance with APA 7. IF THERE ARE RULES IN THIS GUIDE THAT CONFLICT WITH APA 7, THE APA 7 RULES APPLY.

Articles should contain 70-200 words of abstract (as Emglish and Turkish.

Articles must contain at least 3 keywords.

The text continues from the bottom line without a paragraph break. The main text (body) should be written justified, Times New Roman, 11 point font, single line spaced, and leaving a 6nk space from the last paragraph.

The text continues from the bottom line without a paragraph break. The main text (body) should be written justified, Times New Roman, 11 point font, single line spaced, and leaving the last 6pt space from the paragraph.

Third Level Heading should be written in bold from the beginning of the paragraph, 11 point font, single line spacing and with 6pt space at the end of the paragraph.

The text continues from the bottom line with a paragraph start. The main text (body) should be written justified, Times New Roman, 11 point font, single line spaced, and 6 pt space before the paragraph.

The Fifth Level Heading is one tab from the beginning of the paragraph, is written in bold and italics, and ends with a period. The text continues from the line where the title ends with a period. The main text (body) should be written justified, Times New Roman, 11 point, single spaced.

Tables should be numbered with consecutive numbers starting from 1, as Table 1, Table 2, Table 3… The table should be centered and given in bold. The following points should be taken into consideration when preparing the tables.

    • 1 line spacing should be used in tables.

    • The size of the tables should not exceed the writing area.

    • In cases where the table does not fit into the writing area, the font size can be reduced to 8 points. If necessary, the table can be given on a separate page and the page orientation can be adjusted to horizontal.

    • The table number should be given plain and bold above the table, and the name of the table should be given just below the table number. The table number and name should be placed in the middle of the table.

Figures, like tables, should be numbered with consecutive numbers starting from 1, as Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3... The figure should be centered on the page.

The following points should be taken into consideration when preparing the figures.

    • 1 line spacing should be used in figures.

    • The first letters of all the words in the figure name should be capitalized, the others should be lowercase and italicized.

    • The figure number and name should be placed above the figure, centered.

    • The size of the figures should not exceed the writing area.

    • If the figure is taken from a publication, the source must be stated with its full citation next to the figure name.

In-text quotations; The surnames of the authors, the publication date of the work and, in case of direct quotations, the page number should also be added.

Samples
(Balcı, 2001)
(Balcı, 2001, s. 26)
(Yıldırım & Şimşek, 2005)
(Pedhazur & Schmelkin, 1991)

Author order in in-text citations: More than one source within the text; Reference is made according to the alphabetical priority of author names, not the year of publication.
(Pedhazur & Schmelkin, 1991; Yıldırım & Şimşek, 2005)


For more information, you can visit the following sites.

• https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples/
• Purdue OWL: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl.html
• Excelsior OWL: https://owl.excelsior.edu/
• APA Style Blog: https://apastyle.apa.org/blog/