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Publisher Archival Policy

In keeping with our efforts to support the dissemination of research results, we are pleased to announce the publisher archival policy:

Publisher: Mersin University
Journal Name: Mersin Journal of Theology (MİD)
e-ISSN: 3108-4958

1. The publisher allows authors to use the final published version of an article (publisher pdf) for self-archiving (author's personal website) and/or archiving in an institutional repository after publication.
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