Semantics/MTU Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities follows the basic principles of COPE (Publication Ethics Committee). The journal is against all forms of plagiarism and infringement of copyrights. Authors must comply with the high standards of publication ethics set by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
• Plagiarism and misuse of the work, including forgery or fake data generation, duplication of works belonging to the authors without appropriate attribution, are unacceptable practices. Any case of ethical misconduct is treated very seriously and will be handled in accordance with the COPE guidelines.
• All authors listed in the manuscript must have contributed significantly to the experimental design and implementation, or to the analysis and interpretation of data. All authors must have been involved in the draft of the manuscript and at any of the revision phases, and must have read and approved the final version. Anyone who has made a major contribution to the writing of the manuscript should be listed as an author (eg. “writing for someone else or getting someone else wrote” is prohibited by the Journal). Persons who do not contribute to the content intellectually in the creation of the work should not be specified as the author.
• Raw data regarding their articles can be requested from the author(s) within the framework of the evaluation processes, in such a case the author(s) should be ready to present the expected data and information to the editorial board and scientific committee.
• Submitting your manuscript text to the journal means that it is an original article and an unpublished work and is not being reviewed elsewhere.

• Plagiarism in whole or in part without proper attribution, including reproduction of the author's own work, is not tolerated by the journal. Article texts submitted to the journal are checked for originality using anti-plagiarism software.
• All authors who submit their articles to the Journal of Semantics/MTU Social and Humanities are expected to comply with the ethical standards of referencing. It is the author(s) responsibility to give references in accordance with the sources used in the article.
• Semantics/MTU Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities uses the Turnitin program for plagiarism evaluation & similarity rate determination. If plagiarism is detected after the study is published, "Semantics/MTU Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities" reserves the right to withdraw the article.
• In the event that the author(s) notices an error or error in their published, early appearance or evaluation work, they are obliged to cooperate with the editor in informing, correcting or withdrawing the journal editor or publisher.
• Evaluation of all studies with Blind Refereeing directly affects the quality of the publication. This process provides confidence through an objective and independent evaluation of the publication. Semantics/MTU Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, evaluation process is carried out with the principle of double-blind refereeing. Referees cannot directly communicate with authors, evaluations and comments are submitted through the journal management system (dergipark). In this process, reviewer comments on evaluation forms and full texts are forwarded to the author(s) through the editor.
• The publication processes implemented in Semantics/MTU Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities form the basis for the development and distribution of information in an impartial and respectable manner. The journal owner, publisher and no other political or commercial factors affect the editors' independent decision making.