Mersin Theology Journal

Mersin Theology Journal aims to share academic studies in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities / Theology with the public and to contribute to the accumulation of knowledge of the aforementioned fields. The publication of scientific studies in these fields will contribute to the universality of science as well as facilitate the accessibility of information. For this reason, the ultimate goal of our journal is to convey the information produced in the name of science to the society gratuitously and to reinforce the universality of science.

The scope of the journal includes studies in the fields of Tafsir, Hadith, Kalam, Islamic Law, History of Islamic Sects, Sufism, Arabic Language and Rhetoric-Literature, Kıraat from Basic Islamic Sciences; Islamic Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Psychology of Religion, Sociology of Religion, Religious Education, History of Religions, Logic from Philosophy and Religious Sciences; Islamic History, Turkish Islamic Arts, Turkish Islamic Literature, Turkish Religious Music from Islamic History and Arts, and studies from the field of Religious Culture and Ethics Education.

In addition to Turkish, scientific studies prepared in Arabic and English can also be published.

The target audience of the journal consists of academics, researchers, professionals, students and related professional and academic institutions and organisations.

At most one work by the same author can be published in one issue.

In articles produced from thesis, the student should be the first author and the supervisor should be the second author.

General Principles
1. Mersin Theology Journal is a peer-reviewed academic journal published twice a year (March-September) in electronic media. Special or additional issues may be published outside of these issues when necessary. If the journal receives a sufficient number of articles, article acceptance may be stopped before these dates.
2. The journal publishes research articles in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities / Theology.
3. Texts submitted to the journal should not have been previously published elsewhere or sent to a journal for publication. Texts produced from graduate theses and symposium proceedings can be uploaded to the journal system by including an ethical statement at the beginning of the article. Example: This study is based on the doctoral thesis titled ... submitted/completed on .... /This article is extracted from my doctorate dissertation entitled ‘...’, (Master Thesis/PhD Dissertation, ..... University, Mersin/Turkey, 2024).
4. For research requiring ethics committee approval, ethics committee approval must be obtained and this approval (name of the committee, date and number) must be mentioned on the first page of the study and in the method section. Ethics committee approval should be uploaded to the system as an additional file in the manuscript submission. Please review the Ethical Principles and Publication Policy of the journal for research requiring ethics committee approval.
5. The manuscripts are checked for plagiarism using the plihal.net software. The maximum similarity rate is accepted as 20% in our journal.

6. In articles produced from thesis, the student should be the first author and the supervisor should be the second author.
7. For studies with more than one author, the conflict of interest and author contribution rate declaration form must be filled out and uploaded to the system. Click here for conflict of interest and author contribution declaration form.
8. Turkish, Arabic and English articles can be published in the journal. Maximum one study by the same author can be published in one issue.
9. The word count of the articles (including title, author information, abstract and bibliography) should be between 3000-10000.
10. At the beginning of the article, Turkish and English titles, 200-300 words Turkish Abstract and English Abstract, at least 5 words Turkish keywords and English keywords should be written. The first keyword must be the name of the relevant field of science. (For example: Hadith, Religious Education ...) Keywords should be ordered from general to specific.
11. Abstract/Abstract should be written in one paragraph. The spelling of the Turkish Religious Foundation Encyclopaedia of Islam (Bk. https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr) should be followed in the writing of non-Turkish proper names (religion, sect, person, sūrah, etc.), book names and concepts in the abstract. In the spelling of proper names, book titles and concepts in the English text (abstract and keywords), the 3rd edition of Encyclopaedia of Islam should be taken into consideration.
12. Photocopies of the original texts or PDF format should be attached to translation, simplification and transcription articles.

13. The use of Zotero, Mendeley or Endnote is recommended for international relevance in article writing.
14. The article must comply with the Isnad Citation System 2nd edition (with footnotes). Click here for Isnad Citation System. (Click here for Isnad 2 English. Click here for Isnad 2 Arabic.) Articles that are not prepared in accordance with the ISNAD Citation System 2nd edition (with footnotes) will be rejected directly at the Pre-Check Stage and will not be reprocessed in the same publication period. Transcription alphabet should not be used in the names of authors and works in Arabic sources.
15. Arabic articles must have a bibliography in Latin letters at the end.

16. Book Review: Book reviews to be submitted to the journal should not exceed 1500 words.


PAGE LAYOUT DETAIL

The text font should be Cambria font for Turkish and English and Tradational Naskh for Arabic.

Margins: top and bottom 2.5 cm, right and left 2.5 cm

Abstract: justified, no special indentation, spacing 0 pt before and after, single line spacing, font size 11 pt

Text: justified, special indentation first line 1 cm, spacing 3 pt before and after, line spacing 1.25 lines, font size 12 pt

Footnote: justified, special indentation hanging 0.5 cm, spacing 0 pt before and after, line spacing single line, font size 10 pt

Bibliography: justified, special indentation hanging 1 cm, spacing 0 pt before and after, line spacing single line, font size 12 pt

Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

Statement of Publication Ethics
The publication processes of Mersin Theology Journal are based on the unbiased production, development and sharing of knowledge using the scientific method.
Peer-reviewed articles are studies that ensure the application of the scientific method and impartiality. In the realisation of scientific production, all components of the publication process; publisher, editors, authors, referees and readers must comply with ethical principles.
If cases such as manipulation, distortion and fabrication of the data used in the articles are detected, the institution where the author of the article works will be officially notified of this situation and the article will be rejected. Mersin Theology Journal has the right to request the output files of the analysis results from the authors according to the feedback given by the editor and/or referees.
If the work prepared for publication is produced from a book chapter, unpublished proceedings, or thesis, this should be stated in Turkish and English on the first page of the work.
Example: This study is based on the doctoral thesis titled ... which we presented/completed on .... /This article is extracted from my doctorate dissertation entitled ‘...’, (PhD Dissertation, ..... University, Mersin/Turkey, 2024).