The publication languages of the journal is Turkish and English

1. Authors are required to submit Copyright Agreement Form, Author Form and Title Page.

together with the main manuscript document:

2. Due to double-blind peer review, the main manuscript document must not include any author information.

3. Title page should be submitted together with the main manuscript document and should include the information below:

Category of the manuscript
The title of the manuscript.
All authors’ names and affiliations (institution, faculty/department, city, country), e-mail addresses, and ORCIDs.
Information of the corresponding author (in addition to the author's information e-mail address, open correspondence address, and mobile phone number).
Financial support
Conflict of interest.
Acknowledgment.
4. The manuscript should be in A4 paper standards: having 2.5 cm margins from right, left, bottom, and top, Times New Roman font style in 11 font size, and single line spacing.

5. Submitted manuscripts should have an abstract of 200 words before the introduction, summarizing the scope, the purpose, the results of the study, and the methodology used. Under the abstract, a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 keywords that inform the reader about the content of the study should be specified.

6. The manuscripts should contain mainly these components: title, abstract and keywords; sections, references, tables and figures. The main text of research articles should include Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion subheadings.

7. Tables and figures can be given with a number and a caption. Every Figure or Table should be referred within the text of the article in numerical order with no abbreviations (ie: Table 1, Figure 1)

8. References should be prepared in line with American Psychological Association (APA) 7 reference system.

9. Authors are responsible for all statements made in their work submitted to the journal for publication.



References
Meshk Journal of Religios Musics complies with APA (American Psychological Association) style 7th Edition for referencing and in-text citations. References should be listed in alphabetical order. Accuracy of citations is the author’s responsibility. All references should be cited in the text. It is strongly recommended that authors may use Reference Management Software such as Zotero, Mendeley, etc.

References should be cited as in the examples below.

https://iupress.istanbul.edu.tr/en/journal/meshk/information/author-guidelines 


Submission Checklist
Ensure that the following items are present:

● Cover letter to the editor

The category of the manuscript
Confirming that “the paper is not under consideration for publication in another journal”.
Including disclosure of any commercial or financial involvement.
Confirming that the statistical design of the research article is reviewed.
Confirming that last control for fluent English was done.
Confirming that journal policies detailed in Information for Authors have been reviewed.
Confirming that the references cited in the text and listed in the references section are in line with APA 7.
● Copyright Agreement Form

● Permission of previously published copyrighted material if used in the present manuscript

● Title page

The category of the manuscript
The title of the manuscript both in Turkish and in English
All authors’ names and affiliations (institution, faculty/department, city, country), e-mail addresses
Corresponding author’s email address, full postal address, telephone and fax number
ORCIDs of all authors.
● Main Manuscript Document

The title of the manuscript both in Turkish and in English
Abstracts (150-200 words) both in Turkish and in English (150-200 words)
Key words: 3 to 5 words both in Turkish and in English
Extended Abstract (600-800 words) in English (only for Turkish articles)
Main article sections
References
All tables, illustrations (figures) (including title, description, footnotes