GENERAL MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION GUIDELINES

Manuscripts submitted to the journal must be prepared in Microsoft Word format and on A4-sized pages. The page layout should be set with a top margin of 3 cm and bottom, left, and right margins of 2.5 cm.

The text should be written in Times New Roman, 11-point font size, with 1.5 line spacing. A spacing of 12 pt should be left between paragraphs, and the first line of each paragraph should be indented by 0.5 cm. Manuscripts, including tables and figures, should not exceed 25 pages.

Section headings should be aligned to the left. First-level headings should be written in bold, all capital letters, and numbered using Roman numerals. Second-level and lower-level headings should be written in bold, numbered, and with only the first letter capitalized.

The language used in the manuscript should be clear, concise, and in accordance with the rules of academic writing. Spelling and punctuation should conform to the guidelines of the Turkish Language Association (TDK).

MANUSCRIPT FORMAT

Manuscripts submitted to the journal should be prepared according to the following format:

The title of the manuscript should accurately and clearly reflect the content of the study and should be provided in both Turkish and English.

The names and surnames of the authors should appear below the title. For each author, the institutional affiliation (institution name, city, country), ORCID ID, and the e-mail address of the corresponding author should be provided.

The manuscript should begin with a Turkish Özet and an English Abstract. The abstracts should include the objective, methodology, findings, and conclusion of the study. Below both the Turkish and English abstracts, a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 keywords reflecting the content of the study should be provided.

The main text of the manuscript should consist of the following sections: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion. Where appropriate, an Acknowledgements section should be included after the main text and before the References.

The References section should begin on a new page at the end of the manuscript and should be prepared in accordance with the APA 7th edition guidelines.