Plagiarism is a person’s use of the expression(s), finding(s) or thought(s) of other persons as if they were their own without proper references. All types of plagiarism, including an author’s use of their own work without reference, are a serious ethical problem. All submissions to the journal are subjected to a program (Turnitin and/or iThenticate) to prevent plagiarism. If cases of plagiarism, unauthorized use of third-party copyright, insufficient reference, or problematic authorship are determined, legal means such as a) publication of an erratum or corrigendum, b) retracting the publication, c) communicating the issue to the author’s institution, may be used. 

The articles sent to be published are expected to comply with the spelling, punctuational and general rules of the language they’re written in, as well as the spelling rules of the journal. The articles sent to the journal are first analyzed and approved by the editor and the editorial board, within the framework of the relevant criteria, and then scanned for “plagiarism” by means of some softwares such as the iThenticate which is currently being used. In consequence of the scanning of the main text in the article, the rate of similiarity to another texts without references shall not exceed 15%, with the exclusion of the bibliography and the references. It could be asked the writer to improve the situation for the ratios between 15% and 20%. However, the article is rejected in case of similarities over 20% without references. In case of the similarity rate is more than 30%, even though references are shown, the article can be rejected by evaluating that the study is weak in terms of "originality" and "contribution to the field".