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Introduction
The following points must be addressed under the introduction heading:
*A general overview of the topic to be addressed should be provided, and the reason for the research should be stated.
*The topic/concept/person, etc., should be addressed in terms of its historical background.
*The relevant literature should be reviewed, and the original aspect of the study should be highlighted.
*The research method and its contribution to the field should be stated. However, a summary of the results should not be provided.
Only the first letter of the Introduction and subsequent headings should be capitalized.
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1. Main Title
Only the first letter of main headings should be capitalized. Headings should not be formatted with a heading style. Only the first letters should be capitalized and bolded.
1.1. Subheading
Subheadings should be numbered and written with only the first letters capitalized. No heading style should be applied. Only the first letters should be capitalized and bolded.
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Figures should be centered, and figure captions should be above the figure. Figures should not be resized in a way that distorts their aspect ratio. Figures should be numbered sequentially, with one line of space left after the text.
If information in tables and figures is taken from sources, the source of this information should be indicated, and if explanatory information is required, it should be shown below the tables and figures.
Quotations
Quotations exceeding three lines should only be indented 1 cm from the left and written in 9-point Cambria. Such quotations must be enclosed in quotation marks. Style name: Quotation.
Footnote
Cambria, 8 point, justified, hanging 0.5 cm, no line spacing, special spacing before and after 0. (Style name: Footnote Text) The 2nd edition of the Reference Citation System (with footnotes) will be used for references. After footnotes are set to hanging, press the tab key. (footnote number, one space, one tab)
Conclusion
The results obtained in the study are discussed with support from the relevant literature. Recommendations for the target audience and researchers are provided. The topic is not summarized in the conclusion; the results obtained can be listed in bullet points.
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References
The references should start on a new page. A page break should be added after the conclusion.
Each work used in the study should be prepared in alphabetical order according to the 2nd edition of İsnad. Alphabetical order should be created without considering Arabic letters.
If available, the doi number of the cited works should be added. You can use the link https://apps.crossref.org/SimpleTextQuery?s=08 to check the doi numbers of the sources you used in your work. You can check the entire bibliography by copying it into the box and clicking the submit button.
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Sample References
Bostan, Yasin. The Concept of God in Ibn Sina and Ibn al-Arabi. Ankara: Kitabe Yayınları, 2015.
Buhârî, Ebû Abdillah Muhammed b. İsmâil. al-Jâmiʿus-sahîh. ed. Muhammed Züheyr b. Nasr. 8 volumes. b.y.: Dâru Tavki’n-Necât, 2nd edition, 1422/2001.
Karaöz, Halil İbrahim. “Mohammed b. Othman Al Sanūsī And His Books Named “Musāmarāt Al-Ẓarīf bi-Ḥusn al-Ta'rīf””. Pamukkale University Journal of Faculty of Theology 10/2 (2023), 481-504. https://doi.org/10.17859/pauifd.1371567.
Keşşî, Ebû Şekûr Muhammed b. Abdüsseyid es-Sâlimî. al-Temhîd fî bayânit-tawhîd. İstanbul: Süleymaniye Library, Şehit Ali Paşa, 1153, 1a-217b.
Author Unknown. Futuh al-Mujahidin. Tehran: Kitabhane-i Majlis-i Shura-yi Islami, 10720, 1b-68a.
Taşan, Nazım. “Source of Classical Turkish Poetry: The Possibility of Inspiration Against Mimesis”. Pamukkale University Journal of Faculty of Theology 10/2 (2023), 551-568. https://doi.org/10.17859/pauifd.1372038.
* Text can be written directly using the article template or existing text can be transferred to the template. Works that do not use the article template will not be considered for evaluation.
* For international compliance in article writing, the use of Zotero, Mendeley, or Endnote is recommended.
* The word count for articles (including title, author information, abstract, and references) should be between 3000 and 8000 words. Content such as text publications should be placed in the APPENDIX section of the article.
* No special style (title 1, title 2, etc.) will be used in titles. The first letter of all words in titles will be capitalized.
* Traditional Naskh font should be used for Arabic texts.
* For studies requiring ethics committee approval, the ethics committee approval; for co-authored articles, the conflict of interest and contribution rate declaration form signed by the authors must be uploaded to the system. For articles containing translations, simplifications, and transcriptions, the PDF format of the texts must be uploaded to the system as an additional file.
* The Isnad Citation System 2nd edition should be used for citations. Transcription alphabets should not be used for author and work names in Arabic sources.
Book-By A Single Author
First Reference: Author’s First and Last Name, Title of Book (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication), Page Number.
Example: Afet İnan, Piri Reis'in Hayatı ve Eserleri (Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu, 2018), 22.
Subsequent Refererences: Author’s Last Name, Short Title of Book, Page Number.
Example: İnan, Piri Reis’in Hayatı ve Eserleri, 34.
Bibliography: Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. x Volumes. Place of Publication: Publisher, x. Edition, Year of Publication.
Example: İnan, Afet. Piri Reis’in Hayatı ve Eserleri. Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu, 2. Edition, 2018.
Book-By Two Authors
First Reference: Author’s First and Last Name - Author’s First and Last Name, Title of Book (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication), Volume/Page Number.
Example: Ömer Lütfi Barkan - Ekrem Hakkı Ayverdi, İstanbul Vakıfları Tahrir Defteri 953 Tarihli (İstanbul: İstanbul Fetih Cemiyeti, 1973), 520.
Subsequent References: Author’s Last Name – Author’s Last Name, Short Title of Book, Volume/Page Number.
Example: Barkan - Ayverdi, İstanbul Vakıfları Tahrir Defteri, 159.
Bibliography: Author’s Last Name, First Name - Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. x Volumes. Place of Publication: Publisher, x. Edition, Year of Publication.
Example Barkan, Ömer Lütfi - Ayverdi, Ekrem Hakkı. İstanbul Vakıfları Tahrir Defteri 953 Tarihli. İstanbul: İstanbul Fetih Cemiyeti, 2. Edition, 1973.
* Use a single hyphen (-) with space before and after between two authors’ names.
Book-By Multiple Authors
First Reference: Author’s First and Last Name et al., Title of Book (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication), Volume/Page Number.
Example: Bekir Topaloğluet al., İslam’da İnanç Esasları (İstanbul: MÜ İlâhiyat Fakültesi Vakfı Yayınları, 1998), 25.
Subsequent References Author’s Last Nameet al., Short Title of Book, Volume/Page Number.
Example: Topaloğlu et al., İslam’da İnanç Esasları, 36.
Bibliography: First Author’s Last Name, First Name et al. Title of Book. x Volumes. Place of Publication: Publisher, x. Edition, Year of Publication.
Example: Topaloğlu, Bekir et al. İslam’da İnanç Esasları. İstanbul: MÜ İlâhiyat Fakültesi Vakfı Yayınları, 1998.
Book-With Editor(s)
First Reference: Editor’s First Name and Last Name (ed.), Title of Book (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication), Volume/Page Number.
Örnek: Ahmet Hamdi Furat et al. (ed.), Sahn-ı Semân’dan Dârülfünûn’a Osmanlı’da İlim ve Fikir Dünyası (Âlimler, Müesseseler ve Fikrî Eserler)-XVIII. Yüzyıl (İstanbul: Zeytinburnu Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2018), 10-12.
Subsequent References Editor’s Last Name, Short Title of Book, Volume/Page Number.
Example: Furat et al., Sahn-ı Semân’dan Dârülfünûn’a Osmanlı’da İlim ve Fikir Dünyası, 65-56.
Bibliography: Editor’s Last Name, First Name (ed.). Title of Book.x Volumes. Place of Publication: Publisher, x. Edition,Year of Publication.
Example: Furat, Ahmet Hamdi et al. (ed.). Sahn-ı Semân’dan Dârülfünûn’a Osmanlı’da İlim ve Fikir Dünyası (Âlimler, Müesseseler ve Fikrî Eserler) XVIII. Yüzyıl. 2 Volumes. İstanbul: Zeytinburnu Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2018.
Kaynar, Mete Kaan (ed.). Türkiye’nin 1950’li Yılları. İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 2015.
* For references with three or more editors use the abbrivation “et al.” after first editor’s name in footnote. The same applies to bibliography.
Book-Electronic
First Reference: Author’s First and Last Name, Title of Book (Publication Format: Publisher, Year of Publication), Page Number.
Example: Derya Şahin, Amisos Mozaiği (PDF: Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı Yayınları, 2004), 44.
Subsequent References: Author’s Last Name, Short Title of Book, Page Number.
Example: Şahin, Amisos Mozaiği, 98.
Bibliography: Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Publication Format: Publisher, x. Edition, Year of Publication. Source
Example: Şahin, Derya. Amisos Mozaiği. PDF: Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı Yayınları, 2004.http://www.kulturvarliklari.gov.tr/Eklenti/38967,amisos-mozaigi.pdf
* When using word processing softwares scuh as Microsft Word, no dot is placed after URL. Adding dot to the end of URL can lead to its failure.
Book-Edited
First Reference: Author’s First and Last Name, Title of Book, ed. Editor’s First and Last Name (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication), Volume/Page Number.
Example: Saʿd al-Dīn et-Al-Taftāzānī, Sharḥ al-Aqāʾidi’n-Nasafiyya, ed. Ahmad Ḥijāzī al-Saqqā (Cairo: Maktaba al-Kulliyat al-Azhariyya, 1408/1988), 43.
Subsequent References: Author’s Last Name, Short Title of Book, Volume/Page Number.
Example: al-Taftāzānī, Sharḥ al-Aqāʾid, 73.
Bibliography: Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. ed. Editor’s First and Last Name. x Volumes. Place of Publication: Publisher, x. Edition, Year of Publication A.H./A.D.
Example: al-Taftāzānī, Saʿd al-Dīn. Sharḥ al-Aqāʾidi’n-Nasafiyya. ed. Ahmad Ḥijāzī al-Saqqā. Cairo: Maktaba al-Kulliyat al-Azhariyya, 1408/1988.
Book-Critical Edition
Critical edition is the attempt to reach out the original form of a manuscript based on its different copies. When citing a critical edition of a book in the field of Social Sciences, the abbreviation “Critical ed.” is added before the name of its critical editor. (Example: Abū Isḥāq al-Ṣaffār, Talkhīṣ al-adilla, Critical ed. Angelika Brodersen). In academic writing systems such as APA, MLA and Chicago, the expression “Edited by” or the abbreviation “ed.” is preferred instead of “critical edition”. (Example: Abū Isḥāq al-Ṣaffār, Talkhīṣ al-adilla, ed. Angelika Brodersen). In fact, a critical edition of a work is different than an editorial publication; therefore, we need to differentiate between the two by using a distinguishing abbreviation. For this reason, in the ISNAD Citation Style, it is required to use the abbreviation “Critical ed.” when citing a critical edition of a work in English academic wrintings, and the abbreviation “thk.” (for taḥqīq) in Turkish.
First Reference: Author’s First and Last Name, Title of Book, Critical ed. Critical Editor’s First and Last Name (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication), Volume/Page Number.
Example: Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm b. Ismāʿīl al-Zāhid al-Ṣaffār al-Bukharī, Talkhīṣ al-adilla li-qawāʿid al-tawḥīd, Critical ed. Angelika Brodersen (Beirut: al-Maʿhad al-Almānī li’l-Abḥāth al-Sharqiyya, 1432/2011), 2/34.
Subsequent References: Author’s Last Name, Short Title of Book, Volume/Page Number.
Example: al-Ṣaffār al-Bukharī, Talkhīṣ al-adilla, 2/52.
Bibliography: Author’s Last Name, Adı. Title of Book. Critical ed. Critical Editor’s First and Last Name. Place of Publication: Publisher, x. Edition, Year of Publication A.H./A.D.
Example: al-Ṣaffār al-Bukharī, Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm b. Ismāʿīl al-Zāhid. Talkhīṣ al-adilla li-qawāʿid al-tawḥīd. Critical ed. Angelika Brodersen. 2 Volumes. Beirut: al-Maʿhad al-Almānī li’l-Abḥāth al-Sharqiyya, 1432/2011.
Chapter-In A Book with Editor(s)
First Reference: Author’s First and Last Name, “Title of Chapter”, trans. Translator’s First and Last Name, Title of Book, ed. Editor’s First and Last Name (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication), Volume/Page Number.
Example: Ulrich Rudolph, “Mâtürîdîliğin Ortaya Çıkışı”, trans. Ali Dere, İmam Mâturîdî ve Mâturidilik, ed. Sönmez Kutlu (Ankara: Kitâbiyât Yayınları, 2003), 297.
Subsequent References: Author’s Last Name, “Short Title of Chapter”, Volume/Page Number.
Example: Rudolph, “Mâtürîdîliğin Ortaya Çıkışı”, 298-299.
Bibliography: Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Chapter”. trans. Translator’s First and Last Name. Title of Book. ed. Editor’s First and Last Name. Volume/Page Range. Place of Publication: Publisher, x. Edition, Year of Publication.
Example: Rudolph, Ulrich. “Mâtürîdîliğin Ortaya Çıkışı”. trans. Ali Dere. İmam Mâturîdî ve Mâturidilik. ed. Sönmez Kutlu. 295-304. Ankara: Kitâbiyât Yayınları, 2003.
The Qur’ ān
No quotation marks are used when quoting an original Qur’ānic verse. As for its translation, it should be italicized and in double quotes. Chapter (sūra) and verse numbers are indicated in footnote. Observe the definite (al-) articles at the start of chapter names and the long vowels (ā) in them. If the translation of a verse is taken from a published translation of the Qur’ān, its translator, publisher and printing information should be indicated in its first reference in footnote.
Example: اِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذينَ اِذَا ذُكِرَ اللّٰهُ وَجِلَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَاِذَا تُلِيَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ اٰيَاتُهُ زَادَتْهُمْ ايمَاناً وَعَلٰى رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَۚ “The believers are only those who, when Allah is mentioned, their hearts become fearful, and when His verses are recited to them, it increases them in faith; and upon their Lord they rely.”1
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1 Kur’ân-ı Kerîm Meâli, trans. Halil Altuntaş - Muzaffer Şahin (Ankara: Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı Yayınları, 2009), al-Anfāl 8/2.
Subsequent References: Name of Chapter Chapter Number/Verse Number.
Example: al-Anfāl 8/6.
Bibliography Title of Translation. trans. Translator’s First Name and Last Name. Place of Publication: Publisher, x. Edition, Year of Publication.
Example Kur’ân-ı Kerîm Meâli. trans. Halil Altuntaş - Muzaffer Şahin. Ankara: Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı Yayınları, 3. Edition, 2009.
Hadith Sources
When citing one of those hadith books by Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl al-Bukhārī (d. 256/870), Abū Dāwūd al-Sijistānī (d. 275/889), Muḥammad b. Yazīd Ibn Māja (d. 275/889), Muḥammad b. ʿĪsā al-Tirmidhī (d. 279/892), Aḥmad b. Shuʿayb al-Nasāʾī (d. 303/915) and al-Dārimī (d. 255/869) indicate printing information and then Name of Chapter (Kitāb) and Bāb Number in first reference. If you wish to indicatehadith number, you can write it in parentheses after bāb number.
First Reference: Author’s First and Last Name, Title of Hadith Book, ed. Editor’s First and Last Name (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication), “Name of Chapter (Kitāb)”, Bāb Number (no.Hadith Number).
Example: Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl al-Bukhārī, al-Jāmiʿ al-ṣaḥīḥ, ed. Muḥammad Zuhayr b. Nasr (s.l.: Dār Tawq al-Najāt, 1422/2001), “Manāqib”, 24 (no.3437).
Subsequent References: Author’s Last Name, “Name of Chapter (Kitāb)”, Bāb Number (no. Hadith Number).
Example: al-Bukhārī, “Manāqib”, 24 (no.3437).
Bibliography Author’s Last Name, First name.Title of Hadith Book.ed. Editor’s First and Last Name. x Volumes. Place of Publication: Publisher, x. Edition, Year of Publication.
Example: al-Bukhārī, Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl. al-Jāmiʿ al-ṣaḥīḥ. ed. Muḥammad Zuhayr b. Nasr. 8 Volumes. s.l.: Dār Tawq al-Najāt, 2. Edition, 1422/2001.
Manuscripts
First Reference: Author’s First and Last Name, Title of Manuscript (City of Library: Name of Library, Name of Collection, Registration ID), Leaf Number.
Example: Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Sayyid Abū Shakūr al-Sālimī, al-Tamhīd fī bayān al-tawḥīd (İstanbul: Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi, Şehit Ali Paşa, 1153), 77b.
Subsequent References Author’s Last Name, Short Title of Manuscript (Name of Collection, Registration ID), Leaf Number.
Example: Abū Shakūr al-Sālimī, al-Tamhīd (Şehit Ali Paşa, 1153), 77b.
Bibliography: Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title of Manuscript. City of Library: Name of Library, Name of Collection, Registration ID, Leaf Range. URL
Example: Abū Shakūr al-Sālimī, Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Sayyid. al-Tamhīd fī bayān al-tawḥīd. İstanbul:Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi, Şehit Ali Paşa, 1153, 1a-217b.
Thesis-Undergraduate
In the ISNAD Citation Style, titles of dissertation & thesis are preferred to be italic. It is also preferred to indicate the type of dissertation & thesis as “Undergraduate Thesis” instead of “Unpublished Undergraduate Thesis”.
First Reference: Author’s First and Last Name, Title of Dissertation (City: Name of University, Institute, Ph.D. Dissertation, Year), Page Number.
Example: Mustafa Ceric, A Study of the Theology of Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (Chicago: The University of Chicago, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Ph.D. Dissertation, 1987), 45.
Subsequent References Author’s Last Name, Title of Dissertation orShort Title, Page Number.
Example: Ceric, A Study of the Theology of Abu Mansur al-Maturidi, 62.
Bibliography Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title of Dissertation. City: Name of University, Institute, Ph.D. Dissertation, Year. (if available) URL
Example: Ceric, Mustafa. A Study of the Theology of Abu Mansur al-Maturidi. Chicago: The University of Chicago, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Ph.D. Dissertation, 1987.
Article
First Reference: Author’s First and Last Name, “Title of Article”, Title of Journal Volume Number/Issue Number (Month and Year), Page Number.
Example Adem Çiftci, “İslam Ceza Hukukunda Suça Teşebbüsten Vazgeçme”, Cumhuriyet İlahiyat Dergisi 19/1 (June 2015), 23.
Mehmet Kalaycı - Muhammet Emin Eren, “Reflection of Qāḍīzādelīs-Khalwatīs Tension on the Islamic Heresiography: Muṣṭafa Ibn Ibrāhīm and is Alphabetical Classifıcation of Sects”, Ilahiyat Studies 9/2 (2018), 249.
Ali Ayten et al., “Dini Başa Çıkma, Şükür ve Hayat Memnuniyeti ilişkisi: Hastalar, Hasta Yakınları ve Hastane Çalışanları Üzerine Bir Araştırma”, Dinbilimleri Akademik Araştırma Dergisi 12/2 (2012), 45-79.
Subsequent References Author’s Last Name, “Title of ArticleorShortenedTitle”, Page Number.
Example Çiftci, “Suça Teşebbüsten Vazgeçme”, 23.
Kalaycı - Eren, “Reflection of Qāḍīzādelīs-Khalwatīs Tension on the Islamic Heresiography”, 285.
Ayten, “Dini Başa Çıkma, Şükür ve Hayat Memnuniyeti İlişkisi”, 55.
Kaynakçada Author’s Last Name, Adı. “Title of Article”. Title of Journal Volume Number/Issue Number (Month and Year), Page Range. https://doi.org/XXXXXXXXXX
Example Ayten, Ali et al. “Dini Başa Çıkma, Şükür ve Hayat Memnuniyeti İlişkisi: Hastalar, Hasta Yakınları ve Hastane Çalışanları Üzerine Bir Araştırma”. Dinbilimleri Akademik Araştırma Dergisi 12/2 (2012), 45-79.
Çiftci, Adem. “İslam Ceza Hukukunda Suça Teşebbüsten Vazgeçme”. Cumhuriyet İlahiyat Dergisi 19/1 (June 2015), 23-46. https://doi.org/10.18505/cuifd.48242
Kalaycı, Mehmet - Eren, Muhammet Emin. “Reflection of Qāḍīzādelīs-Khalwatīs Tension on the Islamic Heresiography: Muṣṭafa Ibn Ibrāhīm and is Alphabetical Classifıcation of Sects”. Ilahiyat Studies 9/2 (2018), 249-290. https://doi.org/10.12730/13091719.2018.92.182
Papers Presented at Meetings
First Reference: Author’s First and Last Name, “Title of Paper”, Title of Book, ed. Editor’s First and Last Name (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication), Volume/Page Number.
Example: Vahdeddin Şimşek, “Teaching Halal and Haram Concepts in Turkish Religious Education Curriculum”, International Science and Social Sciences Halal Food Syposium, ed. Adem Yıldırım et al. (Kuala Lumpur: Intenational Islamic University, 2018), 112.
Subsequent References: Author’s Last Name, “Title of Paper”, Volume/Page Number.
Example: Şimşek, “Teaching Halal and Haram Concepts in Turkish Religious Education Curriculum”, 113.
Bibliography Author’s Last Name, Adı. “Title of Paper”. Title of Book.ed. Editor’s First and Last Name. Volume/Page Range. Place of Publication: Publisher, x. Edition, Year of Publication.
Example: Şimşek, Vahdeddin. “Teaching Halal and Haram Concepts in Turkish Religious Education Curriculum”. International Science and Social Sciences Halal Food Syposium, ed. Adem Yıldırım et al. 110-112. Kuala Lumpur: Intenational Islamic University, 2018.