MANUSCRIPT ORGANIZATION AND FORMAT

1. All correspondence will be sent to the first-named author unless otherwise specified.

2. Manuscpript is to be submitted online via https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/teddergi 

3. The submmitted manuscript must be accompanied by a title page including detailed information about the article and a cover letter (optional). Manuscripts should be prepared in Microsoft Word 2003 and upper versions. In addition, Copyright Agreement Form that has to be signed by all authors must be submitted. (see the Submission Checklist).

4. The abstracts (in the language of article and in English) must be of 100-150 words each.

5. Five keywords (5 in the language of article and 5 in English) must be given underneath the abstracts.

6. Extended abstract of 600-700 words is required for the manuscripts in Turkish and German.

7. Quotations in the manuscript must be italicised and the citations in text must be indicated as footnote in 10 points.

8. The text of the main document must be in Times New Roman font and in 12 points.

9. Line spacing in the manuscript must be 1.5.

10. The paragraphs must be indented 1.5.

11. The title must be written with capital letters (14 points, bold).

12. A title page including author information must be submitted together with the manuscript. The title page is to include fully descriptive title of the manuscript and, affiliation, title, e-mail address, postal address, phone, fax number of the author(s) and ORCIDs of all authors (see The Submission Checklist).

Reference Style and Format

Journal of Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy - Tiyatro Eleştirmenliği ve Dramaturji Bölümü Dergisi has adopted “Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS)”. Detailed information is available on https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.html

Authors are responsible for the accuracy of references. All references should be cited in text. Below given examples should be considered in citing the references.

Examples:

FN: First note, SN: Subsequent note, B: Bibliography

Book

FN Kerem Karaboğa, Oyunculuk Sanatında Yöntem ve Paradoks (İstanbul: Habitus Kitap, 2012), 73.

SN Karaboğa, Oyunculuk Sanatında Yöntem ve Paradoks, 44.

B Karaboğa, Kerem. Oyunculuk Sanatında Yöntem ve Paradoks. İstanbul: Habitus Kitap, 2012.

FN Toby Cole and Helen Krich Chinoy, Directors on Directing: A Source Book of the Modern Theatre (Chicago: Echo Point Books and Media, 2013), 37.

SN Cole and Chinoy, Directors on Directing: A Source Book of the Modern Theatre, 65.

B Cole, Toby and Chinoy, Helen Krich. Directors on Directing: A Source Book of the Modern Theatre Chicago: Echo Point Books and Media, 2013.

Translated Book

FN Joachim Latacz, Antik Yunan Tragedyaları, trans. Yılmaz Onay (İstanbul: Mitos Boyut Yayınları, 2012), 24.

SN Latacz, Antik Yunan Tragedyaları, 32.

B Latacz, Joachim, Antik Yunan Tragedyaları, Translated by Yılmaz Onay. İstanbul: Mitos Boyut Yayınları, 2012.

Chapter of an Edited Book

FN Oğuz Arıcı, “Poetika’da Zaman ve Mekan Düşüncesi”, in Tiyatroda Zaman/Mekan, Ed. Kerem Karaboğa (İstanbul: Habitus Kitap, 2018), 20.

SN Arıcı, “Poetika’da Zaman ve Mekan Düşüncesi”, 24.

B Arıcı, Oğuz. “Poetika’da Zaman ve Mekan Düşüncesi.” In Tiyatroda Zaman/Mekan. Edited by Kerem Karaboğa, 11-34. İstanbul: Habitus Kitap, 2018.

Preface, Introduction, Etc. of a Book

FN Özdemir Nutku, foreword to Othello by William Shakespeare (İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi, 2006), XVII.

SN Nutku, foreword to Othello, XVI.

B Nutku, Özdemir. Foreword to Othello by William Shakespeare, I-XXI. İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi, 2006.

E-Book

FN Fakiye Özsoysal, Tiyatro Metinlerinde Alımlama ve Metin Stratejileri (İstanbul: Altkitap, 2002), https://www.altkitap.net/tiyatro-metinlerinde-alimlama-ve-metin-stratejileri/.

SN Özsoysal, Tiyatro Metinlerinde Alımlama ve Metin Stratejileri, 39.

B Özsoysal, Fakiye. Tiyatro Metinlerinde Alımlama ve Metin Stratejileri. İstanbul: Altkitap, 2002. https://www.altkitap.net/tiyatro-metinlerinde-alimlama-ve-metin-stratejileri/.

FN Brooke Borel, The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016), 92, ProQuest Ebrary.

SN Borel, Fact-Checking, 104–5.

B Borel, Brooke. The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016. ProQuest Ebrary.

For books consulted online, cite the URL or the name of the database. If no page numbers are available, cite a section, loc number (kindle) or chapter title.

Journal article

FN Nilgün Firidinoğlu, “Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel’in “Kahraman Destanı” ve Yazınsal Metnin Üretim Sürecinde İdeolojik Zorunluluğun Rolü”, Tiyatro Eleştirmenliği ve Dramaturji Bölüm Dergisi 17 (2010), 87.

SN Firidinoğlu, “Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel’in “Kahraman Destanı,” 89-90.

B Firidinoğlu, Nilgün. “Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel’in “Kahraman Destanı” ve Yazınsal Metnin Üretim Sürecinde İdeolojik Zorunluluğun Rolü”, Tiyatro Eleştirmenliği ve Dramaturji Bölüm Dergisi 17 (2010), 85-97.

Translated Journal Article

FN Charlotte Rea, “Kadın Tiyatro Grupları”, çev. Ayşan Sönmez, Mimesis Tiyatro/ Çeviri- Araştırma Dergisi 12 (2006), 22.

SN Rea, “Kadın Tiyatro Grupları”, 25.

B Rea, Charlotte. “Kadın Tiyatro Grupları”, Çeviren Ayşan Sönmez. Mimesis Tiyatro/ Çeviri- Araştırma Dergisi 12 (2006), 21-37.

Online Journal Article

FN Ali Artun, “Bauhaus: Modernleşmenin Tasarımı” Skop Dergi 14 (2019): 12. 27 Mart 2019.

SN Artun, “Bauhaus: Modernleşmenin Tasarımı”, 17.

B Artun, Ali. “Bauhaus: Modernleşmenin Tasarımı” Skop Dergi 14 (2019): 9-21. 27 Mart 2019.

For articles consulted online, cite the URL or the name of the database. If available, specify the DOI (Digital Object Identifier) number.

Thesis or Dissertation

FN Yavuz Pekman, “Çağdaş Türk Tiyatrosunda Geleneksellik”, (PhD diss., İstanbul Üniversitesi, 2001), 28.

SN Pekman, “Çağdaş Türk Tiyatrosunda Geleneksellik”, 76.

B Pekman, Yavuz. “Çağdaş Türk Tiyatrosunda Geleneksellik.” PhD diss., İstanbul Üniversitesi, 2001.

Encyclopaedia Entry

FN Aziz Çalışlar, “Belgesel Oyun,” Tiyatro Ansiklopedisi, (Ankara: T.C. Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, 1995), 70.

SN Çalışlar, “Belgesel Oyun,” 70.

B  Çalışlar, Aziz. “Belgesel Oyun,” Tiyatro Ansiklopedisi: 70-72. Ankara: T.C. Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, 1995.

Book Review

FN Rıdvan Turhan, “Mali Krizler Tarihi: Cinnet, Panik ve Çöküş”, İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Dergisi, 16 (2008), 241.

SN Turhan, “Mali Krizler Tarihi: Cinnet, Panik ve Çöküş,” 243.

B Turhan, Rıdvan. “Mali Krizler Tarihi: Cinnet, Panik ve Çöküş”, İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Dergisi, 16 (2008): 239-244.

Website Content

FN Carl Tollef Solberg ve Espen Gamlund, “How Should We Evaluate Deaths?,” Practical Ethics, erişim 03 Temmuz 2019, http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2019/05/guest-post-how-should-we-evaluate-deaths/

SN “How Should We Evaluate Deaths?”

B Solberg, Carl Tollef ve Gamlund, Espen. “How Should We Evaluate Deaths?” Practical Ethics. Erişim 03 Temmuz 2019, http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2019/05/guest-post-how-should-we-evaluate-deaths/

News or Magazine Article

FN Takiyettin Mengüşoğlu, “Eğitimde Tarihi Çevre ve İnsan,” Cumhuriyet, 14 Aralık 1971, 2.

SN Mengüşoğlu, “Eğitimde Tarihi Çevre ve İnsan,” 2.

B Mengüşoğlu, Takiyettin. “Eğitimde Tarihi Çevre ve İnsan.” Cumhuriyet, 14 Aralık 1971.

Online News or Magazine Article

FN “What Consent? Hungary, Poland & Czech Republic Deny Sealing Migrant Deal with Merkel”, Russia Today, 30.06.2018, erişim 30.06.2018). https://www.rt.com/news/431382-hungary-poland-czech-migrants/

SN “What Consent?”

B “What Consent? Hungary, Poland & Czech Republic Deny Sealing Migrant Deal with Merkel”, Russia Today, 30.06.2018, erişim 30.06.2018). https://www.rt.com/news/431382-hungary-poland-czech-migrants/

SUBMISSION CHECKLIST

Ensure that the following items are present:

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 Confirm that the references cited in the text and listed in the references section are in line with

journals’s reference system based on Chicago Manual of Style.

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CONTACT INFO

Editor-in-chief : Nilgün Firidinoğlu, Oğuz ARICI

E-mail : jtcd@istanbul.edu.tr

Phone : +90 (212) 455 57 00

Address : Istanbul University, Faculty of Letters,

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The journal is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and pays regard to Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) on https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines-new/principles-transparency-and-best-practice-scholarly-publishing
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