Journal of Selçuk University Social Sciences Vocational School

Selçuk University Journal of Social Sciences Vocational School aims to contribute to science through the publication of high-quality and scientifically significant research articles. It focuses on the fields of Business Administration, Economics, International Trade and Finance, Communication, and Finance and Banking. The journal is published in both Turkish and English, and it is released twice a year (April - November).

Selçuk University Journal of Social Sciences Vocational School is an independent, double-blind peer-reviewed, open-access, and online journal. Articles should present original data that have not been previously published or submitted elsewhere. Submitted papers that comply with the journal's submission guidelines and fall within its scope are sent for scientific evaluation to at least two expert referees in the respective field. The Editorial Board members discuss the suitability of the submissions and consider the comments of the reviewers. The final decision is made by the Editorial Board.

Language: Turkish, English
The language of Selçuk University Journal of Social Sciences Vocational School is Turkish and English.

Article Types: Selçuk University Journal of Social Sciences Vocational School publishes research articles, review articles, and research articles derived from postgraduate theses.
Research article: Research articles are original scientific papers based on scientific studies, observations, and experiments. The article typically consists of a title, abstract and keywords, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, and references.
Research articles derived from postgraduate theses: These are original scientific articles derived from master's or doctoral theses.

Article Format: Word
Visual Format: JPEG
Citation Style: APA Citation System

Authorship Changes: Authorship changes are only processed before the article is accepted. Authors should carefully review the list and order of authors before submitting their articles and provide the final author list during the original submission.

Citation Style:
Articles should be prepared according to the APA Citation System (see https://apastyle.apa.org/). In the field of science, either APA 6 footnote or in-text citation system can be preferred based on common usage.

Final Checklist:
It is expected that this checklist will be helpful during the final review of the prepared article before uploading it to the journal system.

Please ensure the following elements are present:

Author information has been provided, including:

• Email address
• Institution and affiliation
• ORCID number

All necessary files have been uploaded, including:

• Article manuscript
• Ethical board approval if required

Proofreading and grammar check have been performed on the article.

All references mentioned in the reference list have been cited in the text, and vice versa.

Submit Article
In the submissions, the account of the corresponding author should be used. All correspondence related to the submission will be communicated to the corresponding author via the journal system's email.
When uploading the article file, ensure that it does not contain any elements that would disclose the author's identity, as the review process follows double-blind peer review.
Files to be uploaded separately:

1. Full Manuscript of the Article
2. Ethical Board Approval if necessary

During the submission, the author(s) provide the following statement electronically:

• I am authorized by the co-authors to submit this study to your journal.
• The manuscript is original, has not been formally published in any peer-reviewed journal, is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, and does not violate any existing copyright or third-party rights.
• I/we agree that if the article is accepted for publication, it will be licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license.
• The author(s) or their employer, if applicable, retain the copyright and intellectual property rights. The author(s) acknowledge(s) that the publisher bears no responsibility for any claims or legal actions arising from copyright infringement, and that they assume full responsibility for such matters.
• The author(s) guarantee(s) that the manuscript does not contain any defamatory or unlawful statements, and that no illegal materials or methods were used during the research.

Author Guidelines

Responsibilities of Authors

Authorship and Contribution
Authorship should be limited to those who have made substantial contributions to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the study. All individuals who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. If there are individuals who have made minimal contributions, such as language editing, they should be acknowledged in the acknowledgment section. The corresponding author should ensure that all co-authors have reviewed and approved the final version of the manuscript and agreed to its submission for publication. Authors are expected to carefully review and provide the definitive list of authors and their order at the time of original submission. The editor will only consider adding, removing, or rearranging authors after the manuscript has been submitted in exceptional cases. All authors should agree to any such additions, removals, or rearrangements. Authors share joint responsibility for the work.

Requests for Authorship Changes
Changes to the author list, including adding, deleting, or rearranging author names, can only be made before the manuscript is accepted and with the approval of the journal's Editor.
If such a change is requested, the Editor will ask the corresponding author to provide (a) the reason for the change in the author list and (b) written confirmation (email) from all authors agreeing to the addition. The Editor will only consider adding, deleting, or rearranging authors in exceptional cases after the manuscript has been accepted.

Manuscript Writing
Authors of original research articles should address the topic in an original and objective manner. The manuscript should provide sufficient details and references to allow others to reproduce the study. Engaging in fraudulent or knowingly making false statements is unethical and unacceptable.

Originality
Authors should ensure that the manuscript is original, has not been previously published elsewhere, and is not under consideration for publication in another language or at another venue.

Original Source Usage and Citation
Authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works and, if they have used the works or words of others, that this is appropriately cited. Information obtained privately, such as in conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties, should not be used without the explicit written permission of the source.

Data Access and Preservation
Authors may be asked to provide research data that supports their manuscript for editorial review and/or comply with the journal's open data requirements. Authors should be willing to provide public access to such data if possible and be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable period after publication. Our journal recommends uploading research data to TUBITAK's Aperta Portal.

Multiple and Simultaneous Publication
An author should not publish a manuscript that contains the same research in multiple journals. Submitting the same manuscript to multiple journals simultaneously is unethical behavior. An author should not submit a previously published article, except in the form of an abstract, for consideration in another journal.

Publication of Studies Based on Surveys and Interviews
For research conducted in all fields that require ethical committee approval (ethical committee approval must be obtained and stated in the manuscript, and documented), the following information should be provided: the name of the ethical committee, date, and approval number. In studies requiring ethical committee approval, this information should be included in the methods section as well as on one of the first/last pages of the manuscript. In case reports, information should be provided in the manuscript regarding the informed consent form signed by the participants.

Conflict of Interest
Conflict of interest refers to any financial or other interests that could lead to a conflict with a person's work, significantly compromise their objectivity, or provide an unfair advantage to any individual or organization. All sources of financial support and the role of sponsors in the research and manuscript preparation process should be disclosed. If there is no funding source, it should also be stated. Examples of potential conflicts of interest that need to be disclosed include consultancies, employment, and grants. Potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed as early as possible.

Erratum
When a author discovers a significant error or mistake in their published work, they should promptly notify the journal. It is also the author's responsibility to cooperate with the editor if it is deemed necessary to retract or correct the article. If an editor or publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains an error, it is the author's obligation to collaborate with the editor, including providing information.

Image Integrity
Manipulating, enhancing, obscuring, moving, removing, or adding specific features in an image is unacceptable. Authors must comply with the graphical image policy implemented by the journal.

Writing Guidelines:

Title
There should be two titles, one in Turkish and one in English. The titles should accurately represent the topic, and the English title should be an exact translation of the Turkish title. The Turkish title should be in uppercase, bold, horizontal, Times New Roman font, and 18-point size. The English title should be below the Turkish title, with the first letter capitalized, horizontal, Times New Roman font, and 12-point size.

Author(s) Names
The names of the authors should be listed below the English title in Times New Roman font, italicized, and centered, with a font size of 10 points. The academic title of the authors, their affiliated institution, email address(es) *,**, etc., should be indicated as footnotes without abbreviation.

Abstract
After the author names, leave three lines of blank space and then write the heading "ÖZ" (Abstract) in the center using bold and uppercase letters. On the line below, without indentation, provide a Turkish and English abstract that succinctly expresses the topic in a concise manner, consisting of a minimum of 100 and a maximum of 300 words. Below each abstract, include a maximum of 5 keywords. The keywords should be written in title case, centered, and italicized. The Turkish and English abstracts should be written in italicized text and justified alignment using Times New Roman font, size 10. The reverse of these procedures should be followed for articles written in English.

The abstract of the study should include the following information:

• Research Objective: The main objectives of the study and research questions
• Methods: The research methodology used, data collection tools, participants, etc.
• Findings: Key findings, statistical data, and trends obtained
• Results: Analysis of the findings and their implications, support or refutation of hypotheses
• Significance and Contribution: The contribution of the research to the discipline and why it is important

Article Text:

The article should be written in MS Word program using Times New Roman font, size 11, with a line spacing of 14 points. The length of the article should not exceed an average of 10,000 words. Articles should be written in a word processing program that is compatible with PC, preferably in Microsoft format or in a format that allows creating "doc" files. If a special font has been used for archaic texts, the document should be accompanied by the relevant fonts. Emphasized parts and quotations within the text should be in italics and enclosed in quotation marks. Quotations of less than five lines should be included within the text, while quotations longer than five lines should be presented as block quotes, indented 1 cm from both sides, with a line spacing of 14 points and font size 11. The spelling and punctuation should generally follow the guidelines of the Turkish Language Association, unless there are specific requirements or circumstances dictated by the article or subject matter.

Page Layout:

The texts should be written in Microsoft Word program with the following page layout:

• Paper Size: A4 Portrait
• Top Margin: 2.50 cm
• Bottom Margin: 2.00 cm
• Right Margin: 2.00 cm
• Left Margin: 2.00 cm
• Font: Times New Roman
• Font Style: Normal
• Text Font Size: 11 point
• Footnote Font Size: 8 point
• Abstract: 10 point italic
• Paragraph Spacing: 6 points
• Line Spacing: Single
• Paragraphs should be indented by 1 cm (4 characters) from the left side.

In-Text Headings:

In the article, main, sub, and sub-sub headings can be used, numbered according to the treatment of the subject. The initial letter of each word in these headings should be capitalized.

Photographs, Plans, Maps, and Drawings:

The ".jpg / .tiff" format records of the photographs, plans, maps, etc. used in the text should be attached to the submitted documents. These documents should have a resolution suitable for printing (at least 300 pixels) and should not exceed the page area in size. If there are multiple documents, they should be numbered and titled accordingly (Figure 1, Map 1, Table 1, etc.). Images, maps, or other attachments referenced in parentheses in the text should be appended to the end of the article.

Citation Rules:

Sources should be cited in the text by indicating the author's last name and the year, and they should be listed alphabetically at the end of the article, chronologically if they are from the same author. APA 6th edition should be used. If the source is cited at the beginning or within a sentence, the author's surname should be provided as "İnalcık (1982)", and if cited at the end of the sentence, it should be "(İnalcık, 1982)". If there are two authors, it should be "Semiz and Akdağ (2011:15)", and if there are more than two authors, it should be "Semiz et al. (2011:20)" based on the first author's last name. For multiple works by the same author and published in the same year, they should be indicated as "Semiz (1995a)", "Semiz (1995b)", and the full bibliographic information of the sources should be included at the end of the article.

BOOK

Single Author
İnalcık, Halil (2000). State, Law, and Justice in the Ottoman Empire, 2nd ed., Eren Publishing, Istanbul.

Two Authors
İnalcık, Halil, & Aslantaş, Selim (2012). Book of Justice, 2nd ed., Kadim Publications, Istanbul.

Multiple Authors
İnalcık, Halil, et al. (2007). Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Eren Publishing, Istanbul.

Edited Book
İnalcık, Halil (Ed.) (2011). Tanzimat, Turkey İş Bankası Publications, Istanbul.

Translated Book
Nevins, Allan, & Henry Steele Commager (2005). History of the United States, Translated by Halil İnalcık, Doğu Batı Publishing, Ankara.

Anthology
Derviş Ahmet Aşıkpaşaoğlu, History of Aşıkpaşaoğlu, Edited by Hüseyin Nihal Atsız, (2011), Ötüken Publications, Istanbul.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Article in a Journal
Şahin, İsmail (2010). "Abdülhamid Period Cyprus," Journal of Reflective Politics, 27, pp. 1-23.

Article in an Anthology
Fırat, Melek (2020). "Relations with Greece 1919-1923," in Turkish Foreign Policy: Facts, Documents, Interpretations (ed. Baskın Oran), İletişim, Istanbul.

Translated Article
Oliveira, Renato José (2012). "Plato's Philosophy of Education," translated by İrfan Görkas, Journal of Human and Social Sciences, 1, pp. 168-173.

CONFERENCE PAPER
Sagır, Adem (2011). "Bir Kayboluş: Modern Zamanlarda Çocukluğun Sosyolojisi",Proceedings of the Symposium on Changes in Children's Games and Toys, December 9-10, 2010, Ankara: Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı Araştırma Merkezi Yayınları, pp. 81-97.

ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRY
Güç, Ahmet (1999). "Temple", Turkish Diyanet Foundation Encyclopedia of Islam, Ankara: Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı, vol. XXVI, pp. 276-280.

THESIS
Yiğitoğlu, Mustafa (2006). "Muslim-Christian Relations in Turkey after the Second Vatican", Master's Thesis, Marmara Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Istanbul.

INTERNET WEBSITES
Özdemir, Ekrem, "Betraying İsmet Özel", Magara Magazine, access date 27.03.2012, http://www.magaradergisi.com/edebiyat/225-ismet-ozele-ihanet-etmek. Note: For internet sources, use "last update date" for pages with changing content, and "access date" for static articles.

Publication Ethics Principles
Publication Ethics can be defined as a self-regulatory mechanism that insists on honesty on behalf of the author(s), reviewers, and publishers, aiming to establish higher editorial standards.

Ethical Rules for Authors:
Authors submitting articles to our journal are required to comply with the specified ethical principles and rules.
Submitted works should not have been previously published or simultaneously submitted to another publication or scientific event.
The work should be original to the author(s). If other research and publications are used, citations/references must be made in accordance with scientific research principles and sources must be clearly indicated.
If data collection tools (such as scales, questionnaires, etc.) are not original to the author(s), necessary permission must be obtained and documented.
In studies with multiple authors, all authors must make a concrete and sufficient contribution to the study in a scientific and academic manner. Individuals who do not contribute to the study in this aspect cannot be included as authors.
Adding or removing authors cannot be done once the evaluation process has started.
The similarity rate of the studies, according to the Turnitin program, which is a plagiarism prevention software, including quotations, should not exceed 15%. Studies that do not meet this requirement will not be evaluated. A low similarity rate does not imply that citations, references, and source attributions are in accordance with scientific research principles and ethical rules.
Translations of other works are not accepted in our journal. Submissions that are sent without indicating that they are translations but are partially or entirely translated will be rejected for plagiarism regardless of the similarity rate.
The research data and findings presented in the studies should be accurate; data should not be manipulated through selection, addition, or removal.
The raw data of the research should be kept by the author(s) and should be provided upon request.
For studies requiring qualitative/quantitative data collection, ethical approval must be obtained, and information about the approval should be provided within the study. The document of the relevant ethical committee approval should be submitted to the journal along with the study.
Authors should declare that they have worked in accordance with scientific research methods and principles and ethical rules in their studies.
The responsibility for unforeseen ethical violations and illegal situations not foreseen in the rules lies with the author(s). Therefore, authors are obliged to comply with nationally and internationally accepted ethical and legal rules.

Ethical Rules for Reviewers:
Reviewers should evaluate studies related to their expertise and competence. Otherwise, they should not conduct the evaluation and should inform the editorial board.
They should evaluate the studies in terms of making a significant contribution to the relevant field, adherence to scientific research methods, and sufficiency.
During the evaluation, they should act in accordance with impartiality, confidentiality, objectivity, and the principles of scientific examination, avoiding personal criteria that may be subjective.
The language used in writing the report should be encouraging to the author, while respecting the author's personal rights.
If they encounter conflicts of interest or pressures that may negatively affect the evaluation process, they should refuse to review the study.
They should not archive the studies they review, personally benefit from their content, or use them before they are published.
Reviewers should be aware of the ethical rules set for authors and pay attention to them during their evaluation. If they notice any violation of ethical rules, they should inform the editorial board.

Ethical Rules for Editors:
Editors are responsible for ensuring that the pre-evaluation, peer review, and publication processes of the studies are carried out in a fair, unbiased, auditable, objective, independent of conflicts of interest, and in compliance with the privacy rights of the parties within the framework of the journal's publication principles and ethical rules.
They should consider works that are suitable for the journal's purpose and scope and do not involve significant violations in terms of publication principles and ethical rules for pre-evaluation.
They should pay maximum attention to authors' and reviewers' compliance with the specified ethical rules, and if necessary, make new arrangements and changes.
During the peer review process, they should ensure that the double-blind peer review system is implemented as intended, keep the identities of the authors and reviewers confidential, and check for any conflicts of interest.
They should determine competent reviewers relevant to the subject of the study and make efforts to involve them in the evaluation process.
They should submit the works sent by the members of the School of Social Sciences to external reviewers for evaluation.
They cannot provide any information or explanations regarding the submitted works to third parties who are not involved in the evaluation and publication processes (this rule also applies if the study is not published after the evaluation process).
In their communication with authors and reviewers, they should be explanatory and informative, provide timely feedback, and maintain mutual interaction.
They should make efforts to ensure the academic development, quality improvement, and contribution to the scientific fields that constitute the scope of the journal.
Authors, reviewers, and readers' opinions, requests, complaints, and criticisms should be taken into account, and explanatory feedback should be provided. The individuals or institutions who have the right to respond should be informed.
They should evaluate the issues raised in the opinions, requests, complaints, and criticisms with the journal boards and make changes in the publication processes accordingly.

Peer-reviewed studies are research works that support and implement the scientific method. In this regard, it is of great importance for all parties involved in the publication process (authors, readers and researchers, publishers, reviewers, and editors) to adhere to ethical principles. Selçuk University Journal of Social Sciences Vocational School is committed to national and international standards in research and publication ethics. It complies with the Press Law, Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works, and the Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive. The journal also adopts the International Ethical Publishing Principles published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME). It also commits to comply with the decisions of the Turkish Editors Workshop.

Duplicate Publication:
Duplicate publication refers to the publication of the same article or substantially similar articles in multiple journals. The editor will return such articles without review. Subsequently, the editor may impose an embargo on the author attempting duplicate publication for a certain period, disclose this situation to the public in the journal where the previous article was published (possibly as a simultaneous announcement with the editor of the previous journal), or implement all these measures together.

Simultaneous Submission of the Same Work to Multiple Journals:
Authors cannot submit the same article to multiple journals simultaneously. If the editor becomes aware of a possible simultaneous submission, they reserve the right to consult the other editor(s) who received the article. Additionally, the editor may return the article without review, reject it without considering the reviews, or make this decision through discussion with the relevant editor(s), and decide not to accept article submissions from the author(s) for a certain period. The editor may also contact the authors' employers or implement all these measures together.

Plagiarism Prevention Check:
Presenting others' ideas, methods, data, practices, writings, figures, or works as one's own, in whole or in part, without proper citation according to scientific rules, is considered plagiarism. The Selçuk University Journal of Social Sciences Vocational School scans all submitted articles to prevent plagiarism. The submitted works are checked for plagiarism using the Turnitin software. The expected similarity rate should be less than 15%. The primary measure is the author's compliance with citation and referencing rules. Even if the similarity rate is below 1%, if proper citation and referencing are not followed, plagiarism may still be considered. Therefore, authors should be aware of citation and referencing rules and apply them carefully. Plagiarism, duplication, ghost authorship/denied authorship, research/data fabrication, article slicing, slicing for publication, copyright infringement, and concealing conflicts of interest are considered unethical behaviors. All articles that do not comply with accepted ethical standards are retracted, including those that are detected after publication and contain possible violations or misconduct.

Forgery:

Forgery involves producing non-existent data, manipulating or altering the presented or published work based on unreal data, reporting or publishing them, or presenting an unperformed study as if it had been conducted. It also includes falsifying research records and obtained data, presenting unused methods, devices, and materials as being used in the research, excluding data that does not fit the research hypothesis, manipulating data and/or results to fit relevant theories or assumptions, and distorting or shaping research results in accordance with the interests of supporting individuals and organizations.

Protection of Participants' Personal Data:
Selçuk University Journal of Social Sciences Vocational School requires that all research involving non-public personal or sensitive data or materials related to human participants undergo official ethical review.

Addressing Research Misconduct Allegations:
Selçuk University Journal of Social Sciences Vocational School adheres to COPE's Ethical Toolkit for Successful Journal Publishing. Journal editors will take measures to prevent the publication of articles where plagiarism, citation manipulation, data falsification, data fabrication, and other research misconduct have occurred. Under no circumstances will journal editors knowingly allow such misconduct to take place. If journal editors become aware of any allegations of research misconduct related to a published article, they will follow COPE's guidelines regarding the allegations.

Ethics Violation Reports:
Readers can notify the journal by sending an email to sbmyod@selcuk.edu.tr if they notice a significant error or mistake in an article published in Selçuk University Journal of Social Sciences Vocational School or if they have any complaints regarding editorial content (such as plagiarism, duplicate articles, etc.). We welcome such submissions as they provide an opportunity for improvement, and we will respond promptly and constructively.

Corrigendum, Retraction, Expression of Concern:
Editors may consider publishing a corrigendum if minor errors that do not affect the findings, interpretations, and conclusions are identified in a published article. Editors should consider retracting an article when major errors/violations that invalidate the findings and conclusions occur. If there is a possibility of research or publication misconduct by the author(s); evidence that the findings are not reliable and the authors' institution has not investigated the matter or a potential investigation appears unfair or inconclusive, editors should consider publishing an expression of concern. COPE and ICJME guidelines are taken into account regarding corrigendum, retraction, or expression of concern.

Publication of Studies Based on Surveys and Interviews:

Selçuk University Journal of Social Sciences Vocational School adopts the "Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers" principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) to establish ethical assurance in scientific publishing. In this context, the following points should be observed in the submitted works to the journal:

1. For research conducted in all scientific fields that require ethical committee approval (ethical committee approval should be obtained and documented, and this approval should be stated in the article).
2. In research requiring ethical committee approval, information regarding the permission (committee name, date, and number) should be included in the methodology section and also on the first/last pages of the article; in case studies, information should be provided that informed voluntary consent forms were signed.

Special Issue Publication Policy:
Upon request of the Journal's Editorial Board, a special issue may be published once a year. Articles submitted for inclusion in the special issue are first subjected to Editorial preliminary review. Then they are examined for compliance with the journal's writing guidelines and checked for similarity to prevent plagiarism. After these stages, they undergo a peer-review process that uses a double-blind review model.

Editorial Confidentiality Obligation:
The editors of Selçuk University Journal of Social Sciences Vocational School treat all submitted manuscripts as confidential documents, which means they will not disclose information about a manuscript to anyone without the author(s)' permission. During the manuscript review process, the following individuals may have access to the manuscripts: Editors, Reviewers, and Editorial Board Members. The only circumstance where details regarding a manuscript can be communicated to a third party without the author(s)' permission is if the editor suspects serious research misconduct.

Scientific Misconduct Allegations-Suspicions:
Scientific misconduct has different definitions. While following the guidance created by major publishing ethics institutions, Selçuk University Journal of Social Sciences Vocational School addresses these issues on a case-by-case basis. Editors are obligated to take action if they suspect ethical violations or if there are allegations of misconduct. This responsibility applies to both published and unpublished articles. Editors should not simply reject articles that raise concerns about potential misconduct. They are ethically obligated to pursue alleged cases. Editors should follow COPE flowcharts when appropriate. Editors should first request a response from the individuals suspected of misconduct. If they are not satisfied with the response, they should request an investigation from the relevant employer or institution. Editors should make every reasonable effort to ensure that an appropriate investigation is conducted regarding the alleged misconduct; if this is not possible, editors should persist in finding a resolution to the issue. This is a laborious but essential duty.
Selçuk University Journal of Social Sciences Vocational School adheres to COPE's Ethical Toolkit for Successful Journal Publishing. Journal editors will take measures to prevent the publication of articles where plagiarism, citation manipulation, data falsification, data fabrication, and other research misconduct have occurred. Under no circumstances will Selçuk University Journal of Social Sciences Vocational School or its editors knowingly allow such misconduct to take place. If journal editors become aware of any allegations of research misconduct related to a published article, they will follow COPE's guidelines regarding the allegations.
When referees suspect research or publication misconduct, they should communicate the situation to the Editor. The Editor is responsible for following the necessary procedures in accordance with COPE recommendations.

Procedure for Complaints

This procedure applies to complaints regarding the content, procedures, or policies under the responsibility of Selçuk University Journal of Social Sciences Vocational School or our editorial team. Complaints can provide an opportunity and incentive for improvement, and we aim to respond promptly, courteously, and constructively.
Complaints should be related to the content, procedures, or policies under the responsibility of Selçuk University Journal of Social Sciences Vocational School. Complaints should be sent directly to sbmyod@selcuk.edu.tr and will be treated confidentially. The editor will respond to complaints immediately, following the procedure specified in the COPE flowchart.
Complaints will be reviewed by a relevant member of the editorial team, and if they cannot be resolved, the following processes will be followed:
If the initial response is considered inadequate, the complainant may request that their complaint be forwarded to a more senior member of the journal.
If the complainant is still not satisfied, complaints may be escalated to the Editor-in-Chief.
A full response will be provided within two weeks, if possible.
COPE publishes a code of conduct for editors of scientific journals. This will facilitate the resolution of disputes with journals and publishers, but it should only be sought after exhausting the journal's own complaint procedures.

Appeals Process
We welcome serious objections to evaluations made by editors and referees. If you believe that we rejected your article due to a misunderstanding of its scientific content, please send an appeal message to our editorial team at sbmyod@selcuk.edu.tr. At this stage, please refrain from submitting a revised version of your article. If we find your appeal justified after reviewing the appeal letter, we may invite you to submit a revised version of your article, which will be sent back to the external referee process. Please provide as much detail as possible in your appeal letter. Lastly, we can only consider one appeal per article, so please take the time and effort to clearly present your appeal - you have a chance, so make good use of it. We have found that prolonged deliberation on rejected articles is generally unsatisfactory for both the authors and the editors, so we do not process multiple appeals for the same work.

Conflicts of Interest
A conflict of interest arises when primary professional judgment about a primary interest may be unduly influenced by a secondary interest (such as financial gain or personal competition). We believe that knowing the competing interests of the author(s) is necessary for making the best decision on how to handle an article, and that readers should also be aware of these if we publish the article.
Financial or other interests that could compromise objectivity, substantially distort judgment, or give an unfair advantage to any person or organization involved in the work should be disclosed. All sources of financial support for the conduct of the research and the preparation of the article should be disclosed, including the role of sponsors, if any. If there is no funding source, that should also be stated. Examples of potential conflicts of interest to be disclosed include consultancies, receipt of payment, and grants. Potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed as early as possible.
Selçuk University Journal of Social Sciences Vocational School has a defined process for handling submissions from editors, employees, or members of the editorial board to ensure unbiased review. Such submissions are primarily referred to other journals. If this is not possible, the submitter's role in the journal is suspended. These submissions are evaluated through a double-blind peer review process.
The editor should not be involved in decisions about papers that they have authored or have been authored by their family members. Additionally, such a work should go through all regular procedures of the journal. The editor should adhere to the ICMJE guidelines regarding the disclosure of potential conflicts of interest by authors and referees.

Research Ethics Principles

Selçuk University Journal of Social Sciences Vocational School adheres to the highest standards of research ethics and adopts the following internationally recognized research ethics principles. The compliance of articles with ethical rules is the responsibility of the author(s).

• The principles of integrity, quality, and transparency should be ensured in the design, review, and conduct of the research.
• The research team and participants should be fully informed about the purpose of the research, methods, and potential uses of the research; the requirements and, if any, risks associated with participating in the research.
• Confidentiality of the information provided by research participants and the anonymity of respondents should be ensured. The research should be designed to preserve the autonomy and dignity of the participants.
• Research participants should participate voluntarily and should not be under any form of coercion.
• Harm to participants should be avoided. The research should be planned in a way that does not put participants at risk.
• Independence in research should be clear and explicit, and any conflicts of interest should be disclosed.
• In experimental studies involving human subjects, written informed consent should be obtained from participants who decide to participate in the research. For children, individuals under guardianship, or those with certified mental illness, the consent of their legal guardian should be obtained.
• If the study is to be conducted in any institution or organization, approval should be obtained from that institution or organization.
• In studies involving human subjects, the "methods" section should state that "informed consent" was obtained from the participants and that ethical approval was obtained from the institution where the study was conducted.
  

Selçuk University Vocational School of Social Sciences Journal does not charge any fees during the article evaluation and publication process