Author Guidelines

Manuscripts submitted for consideration by the Journal must follow the style given below;

·      The manuscripts should not be submitted simultaneously to any other publication, nor may they have been previously published elsewhere, in Turkish, English, or Arabic.

·     Articles submitted to the journal of Middle Eastern Studies, should be original contributions and should not be published previously or should not be under consideration for any other publication at the same time.

·         If another version of the paper is under consideration by any other publication, or has been, or will be published elsewhere, authors should inform the journal editors at the time of submission.

·       Articles should be between 5,000-10,000 words including footnotes and bibliography. Book reviews should be between 1000-2000 words. Commentary should be between 3000-5000 words including footnotes.

·       Articles should include abstracts max. 250 words in Turkish, English, or Arabic and at least 5 keywords in the original language (if different than Turkish) If the abstract is in English or Arabic, there should be one in Turkish in addition.  

·         All quotations are preferred to be  “Chicago Style” in our journal.

·        Authors bear responsibility for their contributions. Statements of fact or opinion appearing in Middle Eastern Studies are solely those of the authors and do not imply endorsement by the journal.

Style:

• Papers should be written at a considerable academic level of Turkish, English, or Arabic.
• Manuscripts should be typed using a Microsoft Word document file, in Times New Roman and with 1 space. 12 point font should be used with the text while 10 point font is the preferred size for footnotes.
• References should be given both in the footnotes and in the bibliography. Reference style must conform to the Chicago Manual of Style. Please see the style for examples.
• The section should be titles and subtitles in the manuscripts. (i.e. Introduction, Title,  Subtitle xxx, etc.)
• If there are any tables, graphs, and figures, they must be included in the submitted main text file. Graphs and figures should be in one of the usual formats, at best in GIF or BMP format.
• The tables, graphs, and figures should be numbered consecutively for each and should match the same the numbering used in the text.

Submission:

Manuscripts must be submitted via https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/journal/1251/submission/start

Note: If you encounter any problems with writing citation or bibliography, the data on the the web page of The Chicago Manuel of Style,” http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_ citationguide/citation-guide-1.html”  should be taken as the basis.