Söylem Journal of Philology

Language Studies, Comparative and Transnational Literature, Modernist/Postmodernist Literature, Popular and Genre Literature, Reinessance Literature, Modern Turkish Literature in Turkiye Field

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sevtap GÜNAY KÖPRÜLÜ

NEVŞEHİR HACI BEKTAŞ VELİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation and Interpretation Studies, Translation Studies, Language Studies (Other), German Language, Literature and Culture

Asst. Prof. Dr. Başak ERGIL

YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY

Translation Studies, British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture

Asst. Prof. Dr. Birsel SAĞIROĞLU

OSMANİYE KORKUT ATA ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Modern Turkish Literature in Turkiye Field

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mesut KULELI

BOLU ABANT İZZET BAYSAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation and Interpretation Studies

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nazan Müge UYSAL

BOLU ABANT İZZET BAYSAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Gizem Ece GÖNÜL

Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümü

Language Studies, Literary Theory, Modernist/Postmodernist Literature, Modern Turkish Literature in Turkiye Field

Asst. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Duran ARSLAN

Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümü Yeni Türk Edebiyatı Anabilim Dalı

Language Studies, Modern Turkish Literature in Turkiye Field

Asst. Prof. Dr. Mustafa TEMIZSU

İzmir Kâtip Çelebi Üniversitesi

Modern Turkish Literature in Turkiye Field

Professional Senem GEZEROĞLU

Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı

Language Studies, Modern Turkish Literature, Modern Turkish Literature in Turkiye Field

Doctoral Nilay BILIR

MUĞLA SITKI KOÇMAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Modern Turkish Literature in Turkiye Field

Doctoral Merve GÜN

Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi

Modern Turkish Literature in Turkiye Field

Doctoral Seda Derin SAYGILI

Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi

Language Studies, Literary Theory, Modernist/Postmodernist Literature

Doctoral Burak BIÇER

MUĞLA SITKI KOÇMAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Modern Turkish Literature in Turkiye Field

Doctoral Fatmagül KIZIL

NEVŞEHİR HACI BEKTAŞ VELİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Modern Turkish Literature in Turkiye Field

Issue Reviewers

Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Nursen DURDAĞI

Almanca Mütercim Tercümanlık

Translation Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Alaz PESEN

İstanbul Atlas Üniversitesi

Musicology and Ethnomusicology, Translation and Interpretation Studies, Translation Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Aliye GENÇ

Gazi Üniversitesi Gazi Eğitim Fakültesi Fransız Dili Eğitimi Ana Bilim Dalı

Multicultural, Intercultural and Cross-Cultural Studies, French Language, Literature and Culture, Children's Literature, Translation and Interpretation Studies, Translation Studies, Education

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alize CAN RENÇBERLER

TRAKYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aslı ARABOĞLU

Trakya Üniversitesi, Edebiyat Fakültesi

Translation Studies, European Language, Literature and Culture, Children's Literature, Translation and Interpretation Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Aylin AKINLAR

Bandırma Onyedi Eylül Üniversitesi

Curriculum Development in Education, Comparative and Cross-Cultural Education, Multicultural, Intercultural and Cross-Cultural Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Aysel YILDIZ

KARAMANOĞLU MEHMETBEY ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Persian Language, Literature and Culture, Translation Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayşe SAKI DEMIREL

Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi, Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, İngilizce Mütercim ve Tercümanlık Bölümü

Translation Studies

Assoc. Prof.

SAMSUN ÜNİVERSİTESİ

British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture, Translation and Interpretation Studies, Translation Studies, World Languages, Literature and Culture, Comparative and Transnational Literature

AÇ

Asst. Prof. Dr. Aşkın ÇOKÖVÜN

MERSİN ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation and Interpretation Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Bayram YILDIZ

Modern Turkish Literature in Turkiye Field

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Behiye ARABACIOĞLU

ANADOLU ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİ

German Language, Literature and Culture, Translation and Interpretation Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Betül ÖZCAN DOST

ONDOKUZ MAYIS ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies, Translation and Interpretation Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Burcu TÜRKMEN

ANKARA YILDIRIM BEYAZIT ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation and Interpretation Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Burcu YAMAN

ONDOKUZ MAYIS ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Language Studies

Dr. Büşra YAMAN

Lizbon Üniversitesi

Translation Studies, Translation and Interpretation Studies

Assoc. Prof. Dr.

BANDIRMA ONYEDİ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation and Interpretation Studies, Translation Studies

Prof. Dr. Cemal DEMIRCIOĞLU

İSTANBUL OKAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies, Comparative and Transnational Literature

Dr. Cihan ALAN

Hacettepe Üniversitesi

Linguistics (Other), Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Translation Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Davut ORHAN

BOLU ABANT İZZET BAYSAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Arabic Language, Literature and Culture, Linguistics, Indian Language, Literature and Culture, Arabic Language and Rhetoric, Language Studies

Dr. Demet ÖZMAT

ÇANKAYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Curriculum and Instration

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Deniz KURMEL

MARMARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Ebru AK

ABANT İZZET BAYSAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies

Dr. Emre BEYAZ

KARAMANOGLU MEHMETBEY UNIVERSITY

Translation Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Ensa FILAZI

ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY

Translation Studies

Prof. Dr. Erdinç ASLAN

MARMARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Esra ÖZKAYA MARANGOZ

Istanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi

Translation Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Eyüp ZENGIN

Sakarya Üniversitesi İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Fakültesi

Linguistics (Other), Linguistic Structures (Incl. Phonology, Morphology and Syntax)

FÇ

Asst. Prof. Dr. Fadime ÇOBAN

BARTIN ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation and Interpretation Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Fatih Ünal BOZDAĞ

OSMANİYE KORKUT ATA ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Cognitive Linguistics, Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics, Linguistics, Translation Studies

FÖ

Asst. Prof. Dr. Fatma ÖZKAN KURT

İstanbul Medeniyet Üniversitesi

New Turkish Language (Turkish of Old Anatolia, Ottoman, Turkiye)

Asst. Prof. Dr. Fatma Büşra SÜVERDEM

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi

Linguistics

Asst. Prof. Dr. Göksenin ABDAL

MUĞLA SITKI KOÇMAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EDEBİYAT FAKÜLTESİ

Translation and Interpretation Studies, Translation Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Gökçen HASTÜRKOĞLU

ATILIM UNIVERSITY

Translation Studies, Language Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Hadi BAK

ATATÜRK ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Russian Language, Literature and Culture, British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Halil İbrahim BALKUL

SAKARYA UNIVERSITY

Translation Studies, Linguistics, Program Development and Qualifications in Higher Education

Asst. Prof. Dr. Halise GÜLMÜŞ SIRKINTI

MARMARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Hamza KUZUCU

SİVAS CUMHURİYET ÜNİVERSİTESİ EDEBİYAT FAKÜLTESİ MÜTERCİM ve TERCÜMANLIK BÖLÜMÜ

Multicultural, Intercultural and Cross-Cultural Studies, Language Studies, French Language, Literature and Culture

Asst. Prof. Dr. Harika KARAVIN YÜCE

TRAKYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation and Interpretation Studies

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hasan İSI

TRABZON ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Historical North East Turkish Language (Khwarezm, Kipchak, Chagatai), Old Turkic Language (Orhon, Uyghur, Karahan), New Turkish Language (Turkish of Old Anatolia, Ottoman, Turkiye)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kevser TETIK

Anadolu Üniversitesi

Slavic Language, Literature and Culture, Russian Language, Literature and Culture, Comparative and Transnational Literature, Language Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr.

ANKARA YILDIRIM BEYAZIT ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies, Linguistics, Translation and Interpretation Studies

Prof. Dr. Medine SIVRI

ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIV

French Language, Literature and Culture, Comparative and Transnational Literature

Prof. Dr.

BOĞAZİÇİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Mehmet ERGUVAN

YEDİTEPE ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies, Multicultural, Intercultural and Cross-Cultural Studies, Screen and Media Culture

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Cem ODACIOĞLU

Bartın Üniversitesi

Translation Studies

MŞ

Instructor Merve ŞENOL

UFUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Muazzez USLU

MUĞLA SITKI KOÇMAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Muzaffer KAYA

KIRIKKALE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, YABANCI DİLLER YÜKSEKOKULU, YABANCI DİLLER BÖLÜMÜ

Translation Studies, French Language, Literature and Culture

Asst. Prof. Dr. Naciye SAĞLAM

FIRAT ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies, Linguistic Contrastif, European Language, Literature and Culture, British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture, Performing Arts (Other), Comparative and Transnational Literature, Performance Art, Media Industry Studies, Visual Effects, Transmedia, Communication and Media Studies (Other), Translation and Interpretation Studies, Literature Sociology, English As A Second Language

Prof. Dr. Nesrin DELIKTAŞLI

İSTANBUL ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies, Linguistic Contrastif

Asst. Prof. Dr.

ANKARA HACI BAYRAM VELİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies

NÖ

Prof. Dr. Nevin ÖZKAN

Language Studies

Prof. Dr. Nihal YETKIN KARAKOÇ

IZMIR UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS

Translation Studies

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Olgahan BAKŞI YALÇIN

BOLU ABANT İZZET BAYSAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ

North American Language, Literature and Culture, British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture, Cinema Studies, Comparative and Transnational Literature

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Orhun BÜYÜKKARCI

Mardin Artuklu University

Discourse and Pragmatics, Textlinguistics

Asst. Prof. Dr. Orhun Burak SÖZEN

GAZİANTEP ÜNİVERSİTESİ

American Studies, International Relations Theories, Translation Studies, Gender and Politics, Sociology of Gender, Political Science Methodology, Women's Studies

Dr. Instructor Ozan Erdem GÜZEL

YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

Translation Studies

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pınar GÜZELYÜREK ÇELIK

YILDIZ TEKNİK ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rahman AKALIN

TRAKYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sadriye GÜNEŞ

İSTANBUL ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Italian Language, Literature and Culture, Bulgarian Language, Literature and Culture, Russian Language, Literature and Culture

SÇ

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Salih ÇINPOLAT

KARAMANOĞLU MEHMETBEY ÜNİVERSİTESİ İLAHİYAT FAKÜLTESİ

Studies in Religious Traditions (Excl. Eastern, Jewish, Christian and Islamic Traditions), Christian Studies, Translation and Interpretation Studies, Comparative Religious Studies

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Seda TAŞ İLMEK

YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

Translation and Interpretation Studies, Translation Studies

Dr. Selahattin KARAGÖZ

EGE ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies, Computer Gaming and Animation

Asst. Prof. Dr. Selin MARANGOZ

ZONGULDAK BÜLENT ECEVİT ÜNİVERSİTESİ

British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Selin ERKUL YAĞCI

EGE ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies

Assoc. Prof. Semih SARIGÜL

KAHRAMANMARAŞ SÜTÇÜ İMAM ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Semra BATURAY MERAL

YILDIZ TEKNİK ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Linguistic Structures (Incl. Phonology, Morphology and Syntax), Linguistics, Linguistics (Other), Psycholinguistics (Incl. Speech Production and Comprehension), Phonetics and Speech Science, Linguistic Contrastif, Discourse and Pragmatics, Linguistic Performance Science

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serhan DINDAR

SELÇUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Sinem CANIM

İSTANBUL ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies

Prof. Dr. Sündüz KASAR

Galatasaray Üniversitesi

Translation Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Zekerıya HAMAMCI

DUZCE UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF EDUCATION

Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics, Translation Studies, English As A Second Language

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zeynep GÖRGÜLER

Yildiz Technical University

Translation Studies

Prof. Dr. Ziya TOK

KIRIKKALE ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies

Assoc. Prof. Zuhal EMIROSMANOĞLU

İstanbul Üniversitesi

Sociological Methodology and Research Methods, Sociology of Science and Information, Translation Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Özden ŞAHIN ER

SAKARYA UNIVERSITY

Translation Studies, Translation and Interpretation Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Ümmügülsüm ALBIZ

KARAMANOĞLU MEHMETBEY ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies, German Language, Literature and Culture

İD

Assoc. Prof. Dr. İhsan DOĞRU

KARAMANOĞLU MEHMETBEY ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Arabic Language, Literature and Culture

Assoc. Prof. Dr. İnönü KORKMAZ

TRAKYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Education, Translation Studies, Language Studies

ŞY

Asst. Prof. Dr. Şahan YATARKALKMAZ

İSTANBUL YENİ YÜZYIL ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies, British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture, Cultural Studies (Other)

ŞE

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şeyda ERASLAN

DOKUZ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies

Aim & Scope

Author Guidelines

1. Title: The title should be consistent with the content. Only the first letter of the words should be capitalized. It should be 18 point, bold and centered.

2. Author name: All letters that make up the author’s first and last name must be written in capital lettters. It sholud be 12 point and bold and centered. Institutions and e-mail addresses of authors should be given in the footnote with a “*” sign.

3. Abstract: At the beginning of the verb, there should be a summary in Turkish and English consisting of at least 100 and at most 250 words expressing the short form. The papers should include "keywords" and "keywords" consisting of at least 5 words and no more than 8 words without spaces left.

4. Order: For A4 size, it should be typed in word program with "Palatino Linotype"/with 11 points and 1.2 lines. Paragraph head value should be 1 cm (except block quotes), no paragraph spacing should be left. A 2-inch margin should be left from the page edges (right, left, top and bottom). Parts that need to be emphasized in the text should be indicated in italic (not bold) or double quotes.

5. Chapter titles: All main headings are in capital letters and bold, the intermediate headings and subheadings are all bold and the first words should be written in capital letters.

6. Tables and figures: Numbers and titles for tables should be written. The figure numbers and names should be just below the figure.

7. Quotations: Direct quotes should be quoted. Quotations less than 4 lines should be quoted in the paragraph, quotes of 5 or more lines should be given in the form of independent paragraphs. Such blocks should have a space of 1,5 cm from the left and right of the citation, and should not be given a paragraph head and should be 10 pt size. The line spacing must also be 1,2 cm.
Footnotes should only be used for statements that cannot be made in the text, and the characters in this section should be arranged in 9 points.)

8. Reference: References in the text should be followed by the APA system.
References should be indicated in the form of single-letter publications (Kaplan, 1980, p. 56), in many written citations (Bloom et al., 2013, p. 35).

* If the name of the cited author is included in the text, only the publication year and page must be specified in the submission: Moretti (2004, p. 37).

* Internet sources should indicate the date of arrival of the resource. Addresses should also be given in the bibliography section. Sample: www.gunceyayinlari.com (Access 28.02.2016)

9. Sources: The bibliography should be arranged alphabetically according to the sournames of the authors at the end of the article. Sample: Tanpinar, Ahmet Hamdi (1988). Huzur. İstanbul: Dergah Publichouse.

* If the source has two manuscripts, the surname of the author who is first in the work is given first. Sample: Parlatir, İsmail and Nurullah Chetin (1996). Genç Kalemler Dergisi. Ankara: Akcag Publichouse.

* If the source has more than three articles, then the first author's information should be used and the abbreviation of the others should be used. Sample: Kaplan, Mehmet vd. (1983). Devrin Yazarlarının Kalemiyle Millî Mücadele. Ankara: Culture and Tourism Ministry.

* Large, independent work names, such as names of books and journals, should be in italics. Chapter of book, small, dependent work titles such as poetry should be written in normal but double quotes.

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* Sources used on the Internet should include the author's surname-name, title, internet address, and access date.

Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

ETHICAL PRINCIPLES and PUBLICATION POLICY

Publication Ethics
• The publication processes of Söylem Journal of Philology are based on the unbiased production and sharing of information. In the realization of scientific production, all publication stakeholders (publisher, editors, authors, referees and readers) must comply with ethical principles. In this context, the publication ethics and open access policy of the journal are in accordance with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and related policies (For example, "Code of Conduct for Journal Editors”).
• If any irregularities are detected in the article, this situation will be officially notified to the institution where the article writer works and the article will be rejected. The journal has the right to ask authors to expose the analysis results, according to reports issued by editors or referees.

Publisher's Ethical Responsibilities
• The publisher only carries out legal proceedings and does not interfere with the evaluation and publication process. The relationship between the publisher and the editorial board is based on editorial independence.

Ethical Responsibilities of the Editorial Board
• The editorial board of the journal is responsible for every article submitted to the journal. This responsibility requires making decisions independently without considering personal gain. Only purpose is to consider the public interest.
All decisions taken by the editors are independent of the publisher and other persons and organizations.
• The work done by the editorial board of our journal is as follows:
• To ensure the determination and implementation of journal policies such as publication, blind review, evaluation process, ethical principles.
• To protect the copyright of authors.
• To take precautions regarding intellectual property rights, unscientific-unethical behaviors, plagiarism, “citation gangs” during the publishing process.
• To prepare a referee guide that includes the information that the referees will need in the evaluation phase.
• To keep the records of each article and correspondence electronically for 5 years.

Ethical Responsibilities of Editor, Assistant Editors and Field Editors
• They ensure the required information of referees, authors, researchers, practitioners and readers. They try to act according to the principles of clarity in matters that require correction and explanation during the publication process.
• While making positive or negative decisions about the articles, they consider the original value of the articles, their contribution to the field, the validity and reliability of the research method, the clarity of the expression and the journal's purpose and scope.
• They apply the policies of blind review and evaluation process, keep the identity information of the referees and authors confidential, and ensure that each article is evaluated objectively and in time.
• They take into account the expertise of field editors and referees in article reviews.
• They consider whether there is a conflict of interest or a common interest between editors, referees and authors.
• They take care to keep the referee pool large and up-to-date.
• They ensure that the journal publishing processes are operated in accordance with the publication policies and guidelines.
• They communicate effectively with everyone involved in the publishing process and hold meetings at regular intervals.
• They protect the individual data of authors, referees and readers.
• They pay attention to the protection of human and animal rights in the articles. They care about documenting the express consent of the participants of the article. If there is no ethics committee approval regarding the participants of the article and if the permission is not obtained in experimental research, they reject the article.
• They take precautions against misconduct. When there are complaints of misconduct, they make an objective investigation and share their findings.
• They provide correction of errors, inconsistencies or mis-directions in the articles.
• Editors protect the intellectual property rights of the published articles and defend the rights of the journal and authors in case of violation. They take the necessary measures to ensure that the content of the published articles does not infringe the intellectual property rights of other publications. They check them for originality-similarity.
• They take into account the consistent criticism of the articles published in the journal, and give the right to reply to the authors of the criticized articles.
• They also consider the studies involving negative results.
• They examine the complaints submitted to the journal and make the necessary explanations.

Ethical Responsibilities of Referees
• During the article evaluation process of the journal, the principle of double-blind refereeing is applied, in which the authors do not know the referees. Referees cannot communicate directly with authors. Article evaluation forms and correction requests with the notes specified on the text are forwarded to the authors by the editors through the journal management system.
• Referees have the following ethical responsibilities:
• They should only agree to evaluate articles related to their speciality.
• They should make the assessment in neutrality and confidentiality. Nationality, gender, religious and political beliefs and commercial concerns should not disrupt the neutrality of the evaluation.
• When they understand that there is a conflict of interest or a common interest, they should refuse to evaluate the article and report it to the editors.
• They should make their assessments in accordance with the academic ethic and in a constructive language; they should avoid personal comments containing insults and hostility.
• They should evaluate the article in time.

Ethical Responsibilities of Authors
• The ethical responsibilities of authors are as follows:
• They should not send the articles previously published or sent to another journal to be published.
• They pay attention to the authenticity of their articles.
• They should correctly refer the sources that they use in their articles in line with ethical principles.
• The names of persons who did not contribute to the article should not be written as authors. Changing the order of authors, removing authors, adding authors for an article submitted for publication is not recommended.
• They must document the rights to use the data that they use in their articles, the permissions for research and analysis or the consent of the participants on which they conduct research.
• They should contact with the editor to inform, correct or retract when they notice an error in the evaluation and early viewing processes or electronically published article.
• They should declare that they have received ethics committee approval for the studies that require data collection by quantitative or qualitative methods such as experiments, questionnaires, scales, interviews, observation, focus group work. The ethics committee name, decision date and number should be stated on the first page of the candidate article and in the method section. They must upload the document showing the decision of the ethics committee to the system with the application of the article.
• They should present the evidences that they are paying attention to ethical principles during the data collection process in the articles. It should be stated that they comply with the research and publication ethics and copyright regulations. If the study was conducted on human subjects, it should be noted that the research was carried out in accordance with international reports and guidelines.
• Ethics committee approval is not required for review articles.

Notifying the Editor of Non-Compliance with Ethical Principles
• If an unethical situation is detected in any phase of the publishing processes, it should be reported to the following address: soylemdergi@hotmail.com

PUBLICATION POLICY
• Söylem Journal of Philology is a scientific-peer-reviewed electronic journal that is published as open access on the DergiPark platform offered by TUBITAK in four-month periods in April, August and December, every three issues per year. Special issues can be published with the decision of the editorial board.
• In the journal, original scientific studies in the fields of linguistics, philosophy of language, literary research, literary theory, comparative literature, literary criticism, semiotics, narrative science, translation studies, philosophy of literature, sociology of literature and scientific book reviews can be published.
• In order to draw attention to the studies in the fields of language, linguistics and literature research / analysis, our journal gives a “Discourse Philology Award” to the author of a study every year by the decision of the jury.
• Our journal publishes articles written in Turkish or English. English abstract is necessary for Turkish articles and Turkish abstract for English articles.
• Any responsibility regarding the content of the studies published in our journal belongs to the authors.
• Editorial board has the right not to publish the submitted works. They can make corrections in published works.
• Our journal supports the open access policy. It allows its readers to read, download, copy and distribute the published articles with the condition that it is not commercial.
• Articles should be submitted in accordance with our journal's principles and spelling rules. Studies that do not comply with publication principles are rejected by the editorial board.
• Research articles to be submitted should not exceed 25 pages including abstract, bibliography and appendices. Book reviews should not exceed 5 pages including visuals.
• A maximum of 30 original articles and 3 book introduction texts will be accepted for each issue. The quota can be increased by 10% with the permission of the editor. When the article quota is filled, new articles will not be accepted to the current issue. The article evaluation process is approximately 40 days and articles that receive positive approval from the referees and the editor will be published in the relevant issue.

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