Writing Rules

Writing Principles

-The articles to be sent to Journal of Seljuk Civilisational Studies must be written in Microsoft Word and uploaded on the website https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/sema along with the title page, copyright notice text, ethical declaration form and originality report. The name/names of the author should not be included in the main document, due to the double blind referee ethics. All information about the author/authors should be included in the title page. 

-Main texts should be at most thirty (30) pages in the range of 2500-9000 words (including bibliography, pictures, figures, maps, etc.). The main text should be written in Microsoft Office Word program with Times New Roman font, 11 point size, 1.15 line spacing, justified. When making the page layout, margins should be arranged as 2.5 cm. Paragraph indent should be 1.25 cm

-Footnotes should be 10 point Times New Roman font, line spacing, justified. 

-The title of the article should be in Turkish and English.

-Around 150-200 words abstract of the articles and English translation of the abstract should be submitted for the Turkish articles. Turkish and English abstracts should be submitted for foreign language articles.

-There should be keywords consisting of five both in Turkish and English.

-Original title of a translated article and its bibliographic information should be stated with a footnote attached to the main title.

-Editor has got the right to do minor changes in terms of spelling etc. Spelling book of the Turkish Language Council should be the main reference for spelling and punctuation unless there arespecial situations of the article.

-Author should be consistent in using diacritical letters and words with transcripts.

-If the dates of death are to be included, they should be as follows: (d. 425/1033)

-There should be a bibliography at the end of the manuscript.

Reference Principles

-Journal of Seljuk Civilisational Studies use "The Isnad Citation Style" (2nd Edition) (https://www.isnadsistemi.org/en/guide/isnad2-2/). The current version of the Isnad Citation System (2nd Edition) should be taken as a guide for all citations and references in the articles. Articles that do not use this citation system will be excluded from the review.

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