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. Birsel SAĞIROĞLU

OSMANİYE KORKUT ATA ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Modern Turkish Literature in Turkiye Field

Asst. Prof. Dr. Başak ERGIL

YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY

Translation Studies, British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mesut KULELI

BOLU ABANT İZZET BAYSAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation and Interpretation Studies, 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

Professional Senem GEZEROĞLU

Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı

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

Asst. Prof. Dr. Mustafa TEMIZSU

İzmir Kâtip Çelebi Üniversitesi

Modern Turkish Literature in Turkiye Field

Doctoral Seda Derin SAYGILI

Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi

Language Studies, Literary Theory, Modernist/Postmodernist Literature

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 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. Ahmet HAŞIMI

HATAY MUSTAFA KEMAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ

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

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Gökhan BIÇER

MANİSA CELÂL BAYAR ÜNİVERSİTESİ

British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture

Asst. Prof. Dr. Alaaddin KIRAZ

KTO KARATAY ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Arabic Language and Rhetoric, Hadith

Prof. Dr. Ali TILBE

İSTANBUL ÜNİVERSİTESİ-CERRAHPAŞA

French Language, Literature and Culture, Language Studies

Prof. Dr. Ali AKAR

MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY

Old Turkic Language (Orhon, Uyghur, Karahan)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alize CAN RENÇBERLER

TRAKYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayla AKIN

EGE ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies, German Language, Literature and Culture

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayşe Eda GÜNDOĞDU

NECMETTİN ERBAKAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Cognitive Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics, Linguistics, Lexicography and Semantics

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Badegül CAN EMIR

KARADENİZ TEKNİK ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Russian Language, Literature and Culture

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Banu GÜZELDEREN

AKDENİZ ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Old Turkic Language (Orhon, Uyghur, Karahan), Linguistics, Historical North East Turkish Language (Khwarezm, Kipchak, Chagatai)

BÇ

Asst. Prof. Dr. Başak ÇÜN

FENERBAHCE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES

Modernist/Postmodernist Literature, European Language, Literature and Culture, Romantic Literature, British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture

Dr. Instructor Başak ÖZKER

KUTAHYA DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY

Comparative and Transnational Literature, Comparative Language Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Betül ÖZCAN DOST

ONDOKUZ MAYIS ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies, Translation and Interpretation Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Burak ÖZSÖZ

Marmara Univesitesi, İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı

Discourse and Pragmatics, Translation Studies, Linguistic Performance Science

Assoc. Prof. Burcu GOKGOZ KURT

KÜTAHYA DUMLUPINAR ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Instructional Technologies, Psycholinguistics (Incl. Speech Production and Comprehension), Phonetics and Speech Science, Linguistic Structures (Incl. Phonology, Morphology and Syntax), Cognitive Linguistics, English As A Second Language

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Caner ÇETINER

BANDIRMA ONYEDİ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation and Interpretation Studies, Translation Studies

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Davut ŞAHBAZ

Ankara Üniversitesi

Language Studies, Urdu Language, Literature and Culture, Linguistics, Indian Language, Literature and Culture, World Languages, Literature and Culture

Prof. Dr. Dilek TURAN

MARMARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Linguistics, Language Studies, German Language, Literature and Culture

Dr. Elif Derya ŞENDURAN

UFUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ

British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture

Prof. Dr. Erkan HIRIK

SAMSUN ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Turkish Language and Literature (Other), New Turkish Language (Turkish of Old Anatolia, Ottoman, Turkiye), Cognitive Linguistics, Linguistic Structures (Incl. Phonology, Morphology and Syntax)

Asst. Prof. Dr. Esma SÖNMEZ ÖZ

ATATURK UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF LETTERS, DEPARTMENT OF AMERICAN CULTURE AND LITERATURE, DEPARTMENT OF AMERICAN CULTURE AND LITERATURE

Linguistics, Discourse and Pragmatics, Textlinguistics, Sociolinguistics

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Esra Başak KURTULUŞ

ERZİNCAN BİNALİ YILDIRIM ÜNİVERSİTESİ

French Language, Literature and Culture, Comparative and Transnational Literature, Modernist/Postmodernist Literature, Literary Theory

Asst. Prof. Dr. Eylem EJDER

NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Theory of Theatre, Contemporary Drama Studies

Dr. Fatma Bilge ATAY

Trakya University School of Foreign Languages

Translation Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Filiz ŞAN

Sakarya Üniversitesi

Translation Studies, Organisational, Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication

Asst. Prof. Dr. Filiz YILMAZ

ANKARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Japanese Language, Literature and Culture

Prof. Dr. Gaffar MEHDIYEV

Armenian Language, Literature and Culture

Prof. Dr. Gönül DEMEZ

Akdeniz Üniversitesi

Sociology, Consumption and Everyday Life, Communication Sociology

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gül Banu DUMAN

Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit Üniversitesi

Language Studies, Linguistics, North-West (Kipczak) Turkic Dialects and Literatures, Turkish Education

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gülden HATIPOĞLU

EGE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EDEBİYAT FAKÜLTESİ

Cultural Theory, Visual Cultures, Translation and Interpretation Studies, British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture, Modern Turkish Literature, Modernist/Postmodernist Literature, Comparative and Transnational Literature, Literary Theory, Culture, Representation and Identity

Asst. Prof. Dr. Gülden YÜKSEL

MUĞLA SITKI KOÇMAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EDEBİYAT FAKÜLTESİ

British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Günay TULUM

Anadolu Üniversitesi

Classical Turkish Literature of Ottoman Field, Classical Turkish Literature, Linguistic Structures (Incl. Phonology, Morphology and Syntax), Turkish Language and Literature

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hasan KARACA

Gaziantep Üniveristesi

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

Asst. Prof. Dr. Hatice YURTTAŞ

İstinye Üniversitesi

British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture, Language Studies

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Levent TOKSÖZ

Namık Kemal Üniversitesi

Japanese Language, Literature and Culture, Linguistics

Asst. Prof. Dr. Levent DOĞAN

TRAKYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Turkish Language and Literature

Asst. Prof. Dr. Mahmut BABACAN

MARMARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Turkish Language and Literature Education, Children's Literature, Modern Turkish Literature in Turkiye Field

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ali YOLCU

Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi

Turkish Language and Literature (Other), Language Studies, Ethnology, Alawism Bektashism Studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Turkish Folklore

Asst. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Kemal ÇAKMAKÇI

SELÇUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EDEBİYAT FAKÜLTESİ, URDU DİLİ VE EDEBİYATI BÖLÜMÜ, URDU DİLİ VE EDEBİYATI PR.

Migrant Cultural Studies, Asian Language, Literature and Culture, Language Studies, Urdu Language, Literature and Culture, Translation and Interpretation Studies, Linguistics

Asst. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Nadir ACET

KAFKAS ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation and Interpretation Studies, Caucasian Language, Literature and Culture

Prof. Dr. Muhammet Vehbi DERELI

NECMETTİN ERBAKAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Arabic Language, Literature and Culture, Linguistics

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat ÖĞÜTCÜ

ADIYAMAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, FEN-EDEBİYAT FAKÜLTESİ

Theory of Theatre, Reinessance Literature, British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Müge IŞIKLAR KOÇAK

DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY

Translation Studies

Asst. Prof. Dr. Mürüvvet TÜRKEN ÇAKIR

SÜLEYMAN DEMİREL ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Arabic Language, Literature and Culture, Language Studies, Linguistics

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nil KORKUT NAYKI

ORTA DOĞU TEKNİK ÜNİVERSİTESİ

British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Olgahan BAKŞI YALÇIN

BOLU ABANT İZZET BAYSAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ

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

Asst. Prof. Dr. Rana KAHRAMAN DURU

MARMARA UNIVERSITY

Translation Studies, Child Development Education, Translation and Interpretation Studies

Prof. Dr. Saman HASHEMIPOUR

HALİÇ ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Comparative and Transnational Literature

SÇ

Asst. Prof. Dr. Selim Ozan ÇEKÇI

KIRIKKALE ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies, Translation and Interpretation Studies

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Selin ERKUL YAĞCI

EGE ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies

SÖ

Prof. Dr. Sema ÖZHER

OSMANİYE KORKUT ATA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, FEN-EDEBİYAT FAKÜLTESİ

Modern Turkish Literature

SÜ

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Senem ÜSTÜN KAYA

BASKENT UNIVERSITY

Early English Languages

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serkan KÖSE

Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Üniversitesi

Alawism Bektashism Studies, Turkish Folklore in the Türkiye Field, Turkish Folklore Outside Türkiye, Turkish Folklore

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sezer YILMAZ

KIRIKKALE ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation and Interpretation Studies, Translation Studies, Arabic Language, Literature and Culture

Assoc. Prof. Sultan KOMUT BAKINÇ

İSTANBUL KÜLTÜR ÜNİVERSİTESİ

World Languages, Literature and Culture, Language Studies, North American Language, Literature and Culture

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Taner TURAN

Osmaniye Korkut Ata Üniversitesi İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Fakültesi Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümü

Modernist/Postmodernist Literature, Stylistics and Textual Analysis, Semiotics, Language Studies, Modern Turkish Literature in Turkiye Field, Linguistics (Other)

Dr. Ulaş ÖZGÜN

TEKIRDAG NAMIK KEMAL UNIVERSITY

British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Victoria Bilge YILMAZ

ANKARA HACI BAYRAM VELİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Russian Language, Literature and Culture, Modern Turkish Literature, British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture, Measurement and Evaluation in Education (Other)

Asst. Prof. Dr. Yasemin BAYRAKTAR

SÜLEYMAN DEMİREL ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Modern Turkish Literature in Turkiye Field

Prof. Dr. Yasemin MUMCU

İZMİR KATİP ÇELEBİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Modern Turkish Literature in Turkiye Field

Yelda ARKAN

MERSİN ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Translation Studies

Asst. Prof. Zeki EDIS

Social Sciences

European Language, Literature and Culture, British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture, Italian Language, Literature and Culture, Ecocriticism, Modernist/Postmodernist Literature, Postcolonial Literature, Literary Studies (Other), Social and Community Informatics, Comparative Language Studies

ZÖ

Prof. Dr. Zühal ÖLMEZ

YILDIZ TEKNİK ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Language Studies

ÇU

Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem USTA

Karadeniz Technical University

New Turkish Language (Turkish of Old Anatolia, Ottoman, Turkiye), Dialectology, Language Studies (Other), Linguistic Performance Science, Linguistics (Other), Turkish Language and Literature

ÖB

Asst. Prof. Dr. Özge BARUT

BEYKENT ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Russian Language, Literature and Culture

Asst. Prof. Dr. Özlem SAYAR

ADIYAMAN UNIVERSITY

World Languages, Literature and Culture

Asst. Prof. Dr. İbrahim KARAHANCI

BURSA ULUDAĞ ÜNİVERSİTESİ

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

Assoc. Prof. İhsan Sabri ÇEBI

NAMIK KEMAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ FEN EDEBİYAT FAKÜLTESİ

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

Asst. Prof. Dr. İncihan HOTAMAN

MUNZUR UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF LETTERS

Comparative and Transnational Literature, British and Irish Language, Literature and Culture, Literary Theory, Digital Literature

ŞT

Asst. Prof. Dr. Şenay TANRIVERMIŞ

Nişantaşı Üniversitesi, İktisadi, İdari ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi, İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümü

Communication and Media Studies, Radio-Television, Movie Review

ŞD

Prof. Dr. Şener DEMIREL

FIRAT ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Classical Turkish Literature of Ottoman Field, Children's Literature, Turkish Education

Aim & Scope

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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.

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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.

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• 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.
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• 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.
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