1- For articles to be published in the Journal of Roma Language and Culture Research Institute at Trakya University, they must not have been previously published or accepted for publication elsewhere. Papers presented at scientific conferences may be accepted if this is indicated.

2- The responsibility for the content of the articles belongs to the authors.

3- It is recommended to follow the Spelling Guide of the Turkish Language Association in the writings.

4- The text should be written in A4 size (29.7x21 cm.) on Word program with Times New Roman font, 11-point size, and single spacing. The page margins should be set as Top 6.2 cm., Bottom 5.5 cm., Right 4 cm., Left 4 cm., Binding Margin 0 cm. Footnotes should be written in 9-point size, single spacing, and justified. Click here for the article template.

5- The first line of each paragraph should be indented by 1 cm.

6- The article title (in Turkish and English) and main headings (including INTRODUCTION, CONCLUSION, REFERENCES) should be written in capital letters and cantered. Subheadings should have the first letter of each word capitalized and be indented 1 cm.

7- The name(s) of the author(s) should be written below the article title. Academic titles should not be mentioned in the author name(s). The academic title(s) of the author(s), the name of the institution (university, faculty, department, or other), email address, and ORCID information should be added as a footnote using the * symbol. Author information should only be included in the cover file and should not be included in the main article file. (Click for Cover File example) At the end of the article, researchers should declare their contribution, acknowledgement of support, conflict of interest, and financial support.

8- The article should include a Turkish and English summary of the topic, consisting of no more than 150 words. The summary should be written in Times New Roman font, 10-point size, and single spacing. At least 3 and no more than 5 keywords should be given below the summary after leaving one line blank.

9- Quotations should be given in quotation marks. Quotations less than four lines long should be written between the lines, while quotations longer than four lines should be written in a block style with a 1 cm margin from both the right and left sides of the main text and 1 point smaller (10-point) font size with single spacing.

10- Each table or graph should be numbered and given an appropriate title. The table or graph number and name should be centred in the text body in Times New Roman font, 10-point size, and the source of the table or graph should be given at the bottom of the table. Tables and graphs should be used in the text where they belong. If there are appendices, they should be added after the references.

11- In the same issue of the journal, no more than two works by a single author may be published as the first author. If more than two works are submitted during a period, the ones beyond the first two will be transferred to subsequent issues.

FOOTNOTE METHOD
In academic writing, either the “footnote” or “in-text citation” methods can be used for referencing. Regardless of the method used, the sources should be listed alphabetically under a single heading in the references section.

CLASSIC FOOTNOTE METHOD

In reference footnotes, if a source is referenced for the first time, all bibliographic information related to the work should be included in the following order:

Author’s Name, Book Title (in italics), Edition Number, Publisher, Publication Place and Year, Page Number.

Halil Seyidoğlu, Bilimsel Araştırma ve Yazma El Kitabı, 9. edition, Güzem Yayınevi, İstanbul 2003, p. 34.

Bülent Gökay, Bolşevizm İle Emperyalizm Arasında Türkiye, Translated by Sermet Yalçın, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, İstanbul 1977, p.97.

In reference footnotes, if a source is cited for a second or subsequent time, the information provided may be abbreviated as follows:

-Second reference to the same work:
Bülent Gökay, a.g.e., s.22.
For articles:
Cemal Kafadar, a.g.m., s. 38.
For thesis:
Hilal Yılmaz, a.g.t., s. 56.

-Reference to an article in an edited book:
Cemal Kafadar, “Osmanlı Siyasal Düşüncesinin Kaynakları Üzerine Gözlemler”, Tanzimat ve Meşrutiyet’in Birikimi, Ed. Mehmet Ö. Alkan, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul 2004, s.30.

- Reference to article in periodical publication:
Emine Dingeç, “XVI. Yüzyılda Osmanlı Ordusunda Çingeneler”, Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, S. 20, Aralık 2009, s.34.
Ernst E. Hirsch, “İktidar ve Hukuk,” Çev. Hayrettin Ökçesiz, Hukuk Araştırmaları, C.II, No:3 (Eylül-Aralık 1987), s. 44.

- Reference to newspaper articles or news:
Yalçın Bayer, “Balkan Tarihi Yeniden Yazılacak”, Hürriyet, 6 Aralık 2012, s. 9.
“Çiftçi Fırkası”, İkdam, 22 Kanun-i sani 1336, s.2.

- Reference to archive documents:
BCA.30.10.241.629.15. (11 Temmuz 1933).
BOA. İ. Şura-yı Devlet, 4434 (11 Şaban 1302/26 Mayıs 1885).
BOA. A.}MTZ.04, 137/60/02/01 (R. 21 Kânunuevvel 1321, M. 3 Ocak 1906).

- Reference to electronic source:
Beytullah Yılmaz, “Küçük ve Orta Büyüklükteki İşletmelerin Toplumda Üstlendikleri Roller Bakımından Analizi”, http://www.dtm.gov.tr/ead/DTDERGI/ocak%202004/kucuk.htm, (18.02.2006), s. 3.
Türkiye’nin Katılım Yönünde İlerlemesi Hakkında 2004 Yılı Düzenli Raporu, Avrupa Toplulukları Komisyonu, Brüksel, http://www.aggs.gov.tr/uploads/files/ilerleme_raporu_2004_tr.pdf (07.10.2005).
John N.Berry , “Educate Library Leaders,” Library Journal, February 15, 1998, http//www.epnet.com/ehost (3 Nisan 2000).
-Reference to Master’s and Doctoral Theses:
Emine Dingeç, Rumeli’de Geri Hizmet Teşkilatı İçinde Çingeneler (XVI. Yüzyıl), (Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Tarih Anabilim Dalı, Basılmamış Doktora Tezi), Eskişehir 2004, s. 61.
Hilâl Yılmaz, XIX. Yüzyıl Ortalarında Uzunköprü Şehri, (Trakya Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Tarih Anabilim Dalı Basılmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi), Edirne 2014, s. 108.

IN-TEXT CITATION METHOD (APA 6)
The references should be cited in the text by giving the surname of the author, year of publication and page number according to the “author and year” method.
a. If the author’s name is mentioned in the text, the year of the source should be written in brackets.
Example: Yıldırım (1966). or Yıldırım (1966: 70-97), giving the page number.

b. In other cases, the author’s name may be given in parentheses.

Example: ...New developments are being made in this field. (Raths, 1967: 40-85).

c. If two references written by the same author in the same year are to be cited, they are given as follows.

Example: (Gates, 1967a: 45-50; 1967b: 130-170).

d. If the source has two authors, only their surnames are written.

Example: (Massialas and Cox, 1966: 37-66).

e. Works by two authors with the same surname published in the same year are distinguished by the first letters of their first names.

Example: (Smith, O. and Smith, B., 1958: 251-251).

f. If the author of the source is more than two, all surnames are included in the first citation.

Example: (Bursalıoğlu, Aydın, Kaya, 1995: 120-145).

g. In subsequent citations, “et al.” is used.

Example: (Bursalıoğlu et al., 1995: 120-145).

h. The references given in a series are ordered from the most recent to the oldest, enclosed in brackets and separated by semicolons.

Example: ...According to the latest developments in this field (Cobb, 1972: 221; Flanders, 1970:124; Bursalıoğlu et al., 1995: 31).

i. When referring to internet sources whose author is unknown, parentheses are opened, a few words are selected from the title of the internet source in question and enclosed in quotation marks, then the year is written and the parenthesis is closed.

Example: (“1 second on the Internet”, 2017)

REFERENCE LİST
References will be written in capital letters in the centre of the page. Since the works in the bibliography are listed alphabetically according to the surname of the author, the works will not be given a separate sequence or section number and the titles of the authors will not be used.

The references utilised in the study should be given under a single Bibliography heading, without leaving any paragraph and line spaces between them. All references, including internet sources, should be listed alphabetically.

Access Date: should be added to internet sources.

While preparing the bibliography, the following points are followed according to the footnote or in-text display method.

When the classical footnote method is used:

Author’s Surname, Name, if any, “Title of the Article” (in quotation marks), Name of the Journal or Book (italic), if any, Name of the Compiler or Translator, Volume, Number, if it is printed more than once, the number of editions, Place and Year of Printing, The page range where the article is located is given in the format. If more than one work of the same author is used as a source, it should be arranged from old to new according to the date of publication or alphabetical order. In the bibliography, each source should be written 1 cm inside.

Books:
ALTINÖZ, İsmail, Osmanlı Toplumunda Çingeneler, TTK. Yayınları, Ankara 2013.

ARAYICI, Ali, Avrupa’nın Vatansızları Çingeneler, Kalkedon Yayınları, İstanbul 2008.

DALKILIÇ, Mehmet; Biçer, Ramazan; Demirli, Ekrem, Balkanlarda Dini Aşırılıklar ve Etnik Barış, Tasam Yayınları, İstanbul 2012.Barış, Tasam Yayınları, İstanbul 2012.

MARUSHİAKOVA, Elena; Popov, Vesselin, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nda Çingeneler Balkan Tarihine Bir Katkı, Çev. Bahar Tırnakçı, Homer Kitapevi, İstanbul 2006.

Periodical Publications:
ATASOY, Emin; Ertürk, Mustafa, “Etnocoğrafya Perspektiften Bulgaristan Romanları” Doğu Coğrafya Dergisi, Yıl 15, Sayı 24, 2009, s. 87-116.

KABOĞLU, İbrahim Ö., “Düşünce Özgürlüğü: Avrupa Ölçütleri ve Türkiye”, İnsan Hakları Yıllığı, C.XV, 1993, s. 45-53.

YILDIRIM, Bülent, “Bulgaristan’da Türk Azınlığa Yönelik Unutulmuş Üç Büyük Siyasî Suikast”, Gaziantep University Journal Of Social Sciences, Vol.XVI, No, III, 2017, s. 864-877.

Thesis:
DİNGEÇ, Emine, Rumeli’de Geri Hizmet Teşkilatı İçinde Çingeneler (XVI. Yüzyıl), (Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Tarih Anabilim Dalı, Basılmamış Doktora Tezi), Eskişehir 2004.

YILMAZ, Hilâl, XIX. yy Ortalarında Uzunköprü Şehri, (Trakya Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Tarih Anabilim Dalı Basılmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi), Edirne 2014.

When in-text citation (APA 6) is used:

The left indent should follow the following template, starting 1 cm back from the first line indent:

Author’s surname, initials (year). Title of the book in italics. Place of Printing: Publisher.

Author’s Surname, Initials (year, month if applicable). The title of the article, only the first letter of the first word capitalised, the rest in lower case unless it is a proper name. Name of the journal in italics with the first letter of each word capitalised, Volume in italics (issue), Page Number Range. Doi number

Author’s surname, author’s initials (date of publication). The title of the article in italics, only the first letter of the first word capitalised, the rest in lower case unless it is a proper name. Date of access: Day Month Year, link to the article.

Author’s Surname, Author’s Initials (Year). The name of the thesis in italics, only the first letter of the first word capitalised, the rest in lower case unless it is a proper noun (Unpublished Master’s/Doctoral Thesis). Name of the Institution, Location of the Institution.

For issues not specified for the in-text display method, please contact https://www.tk.org.tr/APA/apa_2.pdf.

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