Ethical Principles and Publication Policy
The publication processes implemented in Marifetname are the basis for the development and distribution of information in an impartial and respectful manner. The processes implemented in this direction are directly reflected in the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support the authors. Peer-reviewed studies are studies that embody and support the scientific method. At this point, it is important that all stakeholders of the process (authors, readers and researchers, publisher, referees and editors) comply with the standards for ethical principles. All stakeholders are expected to bear the following ethical responsibilities within the scope of Marifetname publication ethics.
The ethical duties and responsibilities below have been prepared as open access, taking into account the guidelines and policies published by the Committee on Publication Ethics

https://publicationethics.org/files/Code_of_conduct_for_journal_editors_Mar11.pdf

Publication Principles
1. Marifetname; It publishes academic studies in the fields of Social and Human Sciences, primarily in Basic Islamic Sciences, Philosophy and Religious Sciences, Islamic History and Arts, Religious Culture and Moral Education.
2. The article acceptance dates of our journal, which is published in print and electronic media in two issues, June and December, are January 1 to May 15 for the June issue; For the December issue, it will be from July 1 to November 15. If the number of articles reaches a sufficient level, the article acceptance process may be closed before these dates.
3. Submitted articles must be in accordance with the purpose and scope of the journal.
4. Manuscripts that are original, unpublished and not in the process of evaluation in another journal, whose content and submission have been approved by each author, are accepted for evaluation.
5. Author(s) copyrights and publication rights are reserved.
6. Master's and doctoral students, together with their advisors (first author student - second author advisor faculty member), can send their work to the journal. In the book review type, only studies written by specialists with doctoral degrees are reviewed.
7. Only one article of the same author can be processed in a year and published if it passes the referees.
8. Studies should be prepared in accordance with the writing rules of the journal.
9. Articles should be submitted electronically to the journal website from the "Submit Article" tab.
10. The article should be written in Times New Roman font with 12 fonts, footnotes and 10 points using the Meritname, Article Template in Microsoft Word.
11. Articles that do not use the ISNAD Citation System are returned to the author for correction.
12. Articles exceeding the 8.000 word limit are returned to the author to reduce the word count.
13. Submitted articles should contain a Turkish abstract of 150-300 words, an English abstract and at least 5 Turkish and English keywords.
14. All expenses of the journal are covered by the Publisher. The publication of articles and the execution of article processes in the journal are free of charge. No processing fee or submission fee is charged for articles submitted to the journal or accepted for publication.
15. After the article is sent to the journal for publication, the names of any of the authors cannot be deleted from the list of authors without the written consent of all authors, a new name cannot be added as an author, and the order of authors cannot be changed.
16. This journal checks for plagiarism in studies submitted for review. Plagiarism, duplication, false authorship/denied authorship, research/data fabrication, article slicing, slicing, copyright infringement and concealment of conflict of interest are considered unethical behaviors. All articles that do not comply with accepted ethical standards are removed from the publication. This includes articles with possible irregularities and inconsistencies detected after publication.
17. Double-Blind Refereeing: After plagiarism check, eligible articles are evaluated by the editor-in-chief in terms of originality, methodology, importance of the subject covered, and compatibility with the scope of the journal. The editor ensures that the articles go through a fair double-blind refereeing and if the article complies with the formal principles, it submits the incoming article to at least two referees from Turkey and abroad.
18. Publication Decision: If the referees deem it necessary, changes are made by the author. The Editorial Board decides whether to publish the text corrected by the author.
19. Preliminary review and referee process takes an average of 15-16 weeks.
20. Permanent Article Identifier: All published articles are assigned a DOI as a permanent article identifier.
21. Articles published in this journal are archived digitally in LOCKSS. The LOCKSS system has permission to collect, preserve and present this access Archive Unit.

Publication Ethics Statement
The journal adheres to national and international standards in research and publication ethics. It complies with Press Law (a), Intellectual and Artistic Works Law (b) and Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive (c). It has also adopted the International Ethical Publishing Principles (d) published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) and World Association of Medical Editors (WAME).
a) Press Law
b) Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works
c) Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive
d) Transparency and Best Practice Principles in Academic Publishing

Correction, Withdrawal, Expression of Concern
Editors may consider issuing a correction if minor errors are detected in the published article that do not affect the findings, comments, and conclusions. Editors should consider retracting the article in case of major errors/violations that invalidate the findings and conclusions. If there is a possibility of misuse of research or publication by the authors; evidence that the findings are unreliable and that the authors' institutions did not investigate the event.
Plagiarism Action Plan and Journal's Precautions
The journal respects intellectual property and aims to protect and promote the original work of its authors. Articles containing plagiarism are against the standards of quality, research and innovation. Therefore, all authors who submit articles to the journal are expected to comply with ethical standards and avoid plagiarism in any form. If an author is suspected of plagiarism in a submitted or published article, the journal's Ethics Editor first reviews the work. This work is then reviewed by the Editorial Board. The Journal then contacts the author(s) to submit their comments within two weeks. If the journal does not receive any response from the author within the specified time, it requests the investigation of the claim by contacting the university to which the author is affiliated.

The journal will take the following serious measures against published articles that are found to contain plagiarism:
1. The journal will immediately contact the university to which the author(s) are affiliated, in order to take final action against the related author.
2. The journal will remove the PDF copy of the published article from its website and disable all links to the full-text article. The phrase Plagiarized Article will be added to the title of the published article.
3. The journal will disable the author's account and reject all future submissions by the author for a period of 3 years.
This journal checks for plagiarism in studies submitted for review: Pre-checked articles are scanned for plagiarism using iThenticate software. If plagiarism/self-plagiarism is detected, the authors are informed. If necessary, the editors may subject the article to plagiarism control at various stages of the evaluation or production process. High similarity rates can cause an article to be rejected before or even after it is accepted. This rate is expected to be less than 15%.
Publication of Studies Based on Survey and Interview
Marifetname adopts the principles of "Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers" of the Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE) in order to create ethical assurance in scientific periodicals. In this context, the following points should be followed in the studies submitted to the journal:
1) For research conducted in all branches of science that requires ethics committee approval (ethics committee approval should be obtained, this approval should be stated and documented in the article.
2) In research that requires ethics committee permission, information about the permission (name of the committee, date and number) in the method section, and also on one of the first/last pages of the article; In case reports, information about signing the informed consent/consent form should be included in the article.

Special Issue Publishing Policy
A special issue can be published in our journal once a year upon the request of the Editorial Board. Articles sent for inclusion in a special issue are first subjected to editorial review. Then it is examined in terms of compliance with the writing rules of the journal and similarity is scanned to prevent plagiarism. After these stages, it is taken into the peer review process in which the double-blind model is used.

Publication Ethics Policy
This journal checks for plagiarism in studies submitted for review. The journal adheres to national and international standards in research and publication ethics. It complies with Press Law, Intellectual and Artistic Works Law and Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive. It also adopted the International Ethical Publishing Principles published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) and World Association of Medical Editors (WAME).
1. Authorship
• The bibliography list should be complete.
• Plagiarism and fake data should not be included.
• The same research should not be attempted to be published in more than one journal, it should comply with scientific research and publication ethics. Actions against science research and publication ethics are as follows:
a) Plagiarism: Presenting the ideas, methods, data, practices, writings, figures or works of others as their own work, in whole or in part, without attribution in accordance with scientific rules,
b) Fraud: To produce data that is not based on research, to edit or change the presented or published work on the basis of untrue data, to report or publish them, to present a research that has not been done, as if it has been done,
c) Distortion: To falsify research records and obtained data, to present methods, devices and materials that are not used in the research as if they were used, not to evaluate the data that are not suitable for the research hypothesis, to manipulate the data and/or results in order to fit the relevant theory or assumptions, falsify or shape research results in their own interests,
ç) Republishing: To present more than one work containing the same results of a research as separate works in associate professor examination evaluations and academic promotions,
d) Slicing: Presenting the results of a research as separate works in the evaluations of associate professorship exams and academic promotions by dividing the results of a research in a way that violates the integrity of the research, by dividing it into parts inappropriately and by making multiple publications without reference to each other,
e) Unfair authorship: Including people who do not contribute actively among the authors, not including those who contribute actively among the authors, changing the order of authors unjustifiably and inappropriately, removing the names of those who contributed actively from the work at the time of publication or in subsequent editions, exerting influence even though there is no active contribution. to include his name among the authors,
f) Other types of ethical violations: Not clearly stating the supporting persons, institutions or organizations and their contributions in the publications of the research carried out with support, not complying with the ethical rules in research on humans and animals, not respecting the rights of patients in their publications, To share the information in the work with others before it is published, to misuse the resources, places, facilities and devices provided or reserved for scientific research, to accuse completely baseless, groundless and willful violation of ethics (YÖK Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive, Article 8)

2. Author's Responsibilities
• All authors must contribute significantly to the research.
• A statement that all data in the article is true and original is required.
• All authors must ensure retraction and correction of errors.

3. Responsibilities of the Referees
• Evaluations should be impartial.
• Reviewers should not have a conflict of interest with the research, authors and/or research funders.
• Referees should indicate relevant published but not cited works.
• Checked articles should be kept confidential.

4. Editorial Responsibilities
• Editors have full responsibility and authority to accept or reject an article.
• Editors should not have a conflict of interest regarding the accepted or rejected articles.
• Only articles that will contribute to the field should be accepted.
• Support the publication or withdrawal of the fix when errors are found.
• Referees must remain anonymous and prevent plagiarism/fake data. The peer-review process is central to the success of scientific publication. It is part of our commitment to protecting and improving the peer-review process, and we have an obligation to assist the Marifetname scientific community in all aspects of publishing ethics, particularly in the case of questionable, duplicate publications, or plagiarism. When the reader notices an important error or mistake in an article published in Marifetname magazine, or has any complaints about editorial content (plagiarism, duplicate articles, etc.), they can make a complaint by sending an e-mail to sifdergisi@gmail.com. We welcome complaints as they will provide an opportunity for us to improve, and we aim to respond quickly and constructively.

Revealing Plagiarism
Articles submitted for publication in Marifetname are subject to double-blind peer-review evaluation by at least two referees. In addition, it is confirmed that the articles have not been published before and do not contain plagiarism through iThenticate, which is used for plagiarism detection.
Preliminary Review and Plagiarism Screening
Study; The journal is reviewed by the editor for compliance with publication principles, academic writing rules and ISNAD Citation System, and is screened for plagiarism using the iThenticate program. The plagiarism similarity rate is required to be less than 15%. The preliminary review is completed within a maximum of 15 days.
Domain Editor Review:
The study, which has passed the Preliminary Review and Plagiarism Screening phase, is examined by the relevant field editor in terms of problematic and academic language-style. This review will be completed in a maximum of 15 days.

Referee Process (Academic Evaluation)
The study, which passes the review of the field editor, is submitted to the evaluation of at least two referees who have a doctoral thesis, book or article on the subject. The arbitration process is carried out in secrecy within the framework of the double-blind arbitration practice. The referee is requested to either state his opinion and opinion on the study he has examined on the text or justify it with a minimum 150-word explanation on the online referee form. If the author does not agree with the referee's opinions, he is given the right to object and defend his opinions. Provides mutual communication between the field editor, author and referee, while maintaining confidentiality. If both referee reports are positive, the study is submitted to the Editorial Board with a proposal to evaluate its publication. If one of the two referees has a negative opinion, the study is sent to a third referee. Studies can be published with the positive decision of at least two referees. translated articles; It is sent to language and related field experts to be evaluated in terms of conformity with the original, appropriate use of field concepts and language. Translations in which experts have negative opinions are not published. The publication of book and symposium evaluations and doctoral thesis summaries is decided after the evaluation of the relevant field editors. Correction Phase: If the referees want corrections in the text they have examined, the relevant reports are sent to the author and he is asked to correct his work. It is requested that the correction be completed within a maximum of 10 days. The author presents his corrections to the field editor by marking them in red.

Field Editor Control
The field editor checks whether the author has made the requested corrections in the text. The control process is completed within a maximum of 5 days.

Referee Control
The referee requesting correction checks whether the author has made the requested corrections in the text. The control process is completed within a maximum of 7 days. The authors of the studies, about which both referees have decided to be "publishable", are expected to send the abstract part of the articles in 150-300 words.

Turkish Language Control
Studies that have passed the peer-review process are examined by the Turkish Language Editor and if necessary, corrections are requested from the author. The control process is completed within a maximum of 15 days.

English Language Check
The works that pass the Turkish language control are reviewed by the English Language Editor and if necessary, corrections are requested from the author. The control process is completed within a maximum of 15 days.

Arabic Language Check
The works that pass the Turkish language control are examined by the Arabic Language Editor and if necessary, corrections are requested from the author. The control process is completed within a maximum of 15 days.

Editorial Board Review
The articles that pass technical, academic and linguistic reviews are reviewed by the Editorial Board and the final publication status is decided. In case of objection from the members, the Board decides by majority of votes.

Typesetting and Layout Phase
The typesetting and layout of the studies decided to be published by the Editorial Board are made ready for publication. Data Submission to National and International Indexes: The printed copy of the published issue is sent to domestic and foreign reference libraries within 60 days at the latest; The article metadata is forwarded to the relevant indexes within 15 days.