The following ethical duties and responsibilities have been prepared in accordance with the principles, standards and policies of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE - Committee on Publication Ethics, https://publicationethics.org) and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE - International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, http://www.icmje.org).

ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF AUTHORS
Articles submitted for publication must be prepared in accordance with the journal's spelling rules.
The author(s) must confirm that the submitted work is original. The author(s) should avoid acts contrary to scientific research and publication ethics (plagiarism, forgery, distortion, slicing, etc.).
In case the author(s) benefit from the works of others, they must correctly cite and/or quote the sources they use in accordance with ethical principles.
All authors involved in the study should have made significant contributions to the content, design, data collection, analysis and interpretation of the study, critically reviewed the study and approved the final version of the article to be published.
The author(s) must accept full responsibility for ensuring that questions concerning the accuracy or completeness of any part of the study are properly investigated.
The names of authors who have not contributed to the study should not be listed as authors. All other individuals who did not meet the criteria for authorship but contributed to the study to a lesser extent should be included in the acknowledgement section.
Authors should declare all material (such as grants, share ownership, consultancy, patent-licence agreements) or immaterial (such as memberships, information and opinions about the study, professional connections) situations that may constitute a conflict of interest that may affect the outcome or interpretation of their work submitted for publication.
All data in the article must be real and original. The author(s) may be asked for raw data about their article during the evaluation process, in such a case, the author(s) should be ready to provide the requested information to the editors.
In the event that the author(s) detects an error or inaccuracy in the manuscript during the evaluation process and in the manuscript in appearance or electronically published, the author(s) should notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to withdraw or correct the manuscript.
The author(s) should not submit to Tarsus University Journal of Faculty of Applied Sciences articles that they have published or submitted for publication elsewhere.
If the study is supported by any institution or derived from a thesis, this explanation should be included on the first page of the article file containing author information.
For the use of data such as scales, questionnaires, photographs, etc. belonging to other authors, permission should be obtained from the owners and this should be stated in the article.
The iThenticate similarity report for each article submitted should not exceed 20%.

ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE EDITOR
Responsibilities of Authors
The editor should make a positive or negative decision about the article based on the importance, originality, validity, clarity of expression and the aims and objectives of the journal.
Unless serious problems related to the study are identified, the editor should pre-evaluate the studies that are suitable for the scope of publication.
Unless serious problems are identified, the new editor should not change the decisions made by the previous editor.
The editor should publish the peer review process and explain the reasons for any deviation from this process.
The journal should have a mechanism for authors to appeal the editor's decisions.
The editor should publish a detailed ‘Author's Guide’ that covers every topic that authors can expect from them. These guidelines should be updated at regular intervals.
The editor should provide notification and feedback to the authors in an explanatory and informative manner.
Responsibilities of Peer Reviewers
The editor should ask the referees to evaluate the articles appropriate to their knowledge and expertise.
It is obliged to provide the information and guides that the reviewers will need during the evaluation phase.
Evaluate reviewers based on criteria such as timeliness and performance.
The editor is obliged to observe whether there is a conflict of interest between authors and referees.
The editor should communicate to the referees all the necessary information about the referee evaluation process and what is expected from the referees.
The editor should remove reviewers who make rude and unqualified comments or return late from the reviewer list.
The editor should ensure that the peer-review process is double-blinded and should not disclose authors to reviewers and reviewers to authors.
Ensure that the peer reviewer pool is continuously and dynamically updated.
They should endeavour to ensure that the peer reviewer pool consists of a broad spectrum.
OTHER ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE EDITOR
The editor is required to take into account the opinions and suggestions of the advisory board about the articles.
The relationship between the editor (editor-in-chief and section editors) and the publisher is based on the principle of editorial independence. According to the written agreement between the editors and the publisher, all decisions of the editors are independent from the publisher and the owner of the journal.
The editor is responsible for the publication of each article published in the journal in accordance with the journal's publication policies and international standards.
The editor is obliged to ensure the protection of personal data related to the subjects or images in the evaluated studies.
The editor is obliged to take precautions against possible misconduct and abuse of office.
The editor must ensure that errors, inconsistencies or misleading judgements in the studies are corrected quickly.
The editor is responsible for protecting the intellectual property rights of all published articles and defending the rights of the journal and the author(s) in case of possible violations.