Journal of TESAM Academy

TESAM Academic Journal is a refereed journal covering original and genuine studies on the areas of political science, public administration, economy, foreign policy, law and social sciences and published biannually (January and July) by TESAM Economic, Politic and Strategic Research Centre.

Besides hypothetical and analytical genuine studies, the Journal provides genuine compilations, short assertions, translations, and letter to the editor like writings and also it provides notes that examine current events under the name of agenda.

The main objective of the TESAM Academy is, to prepare an academic ground for both scientific studies about published issues and to create new opportunities by enabling relevant views to be shared. Also to be able to contribute to the domestic and abroad social sciences literature with the synergy composed of the ideas of writers who think differently in social sciences. Particularly to find solutions to politic, economic, environmental and socio-cultural problems of Turkish Republic by offering different scientific opinions.

Without any compromising on quality and reliability, and with its persistency, TESAM Academy Journal claims to be the one of the chief publications in the academic community.

TESAM Academy Journal desires to appeal to national and international public opinion, produce new ideas, have the structure that may be able to been a reference to every stage through decision-making mechanism employees and practitioners and become widespread.

TESAM Academic Journal is published biannually (January and July) by TESAM Center for Economic, Political and Strategic Research.

PUBLICATION PRINCIPLES

GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Tesam Academy Journal is published twice a year, in January and July.

The journal publishes original research in the fields of economics, political science, foreign policy, economics and sociology.

Manuscripts submitted to the journal must not have been published elsewhere or submitted for publication. When the manuscripts are accepted for publication, Tesam Academy Journal will own all publication rights.

Authors who send their articles to our journal should inform their titles, the institutions where they work, their communication addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses.

The manuscripts to be submitted to the journal will be sent to the referees after being audited by the Editorial Board. In line with the reports from the referees, it will be decided to publish the manuscript, to correct it within the framework of the report or to reject the manuscript and the situation will be notified to the author. In case the author objects to the report, the manuscript may be sent to a new referee. Unpublished manuscripts will not be sent back to the author.

If a correction is requested from the author, the correction must be made within 15 days at the latest and sent to the Editorial Board.

The written language of the Journal of Tesam Academy is Turkish and English. Turkish and English abstracts consisting of a maximum of 150 words should be sent at the beginning of the manuscript. Likewise, the title of the article should be added to the article in Turkish and English, and a keyword of 4-5 words in Turkish and English should be specified. The abstract of the article, not exceeding 750 (seven hundred and fifty) words, should be placed after the bibliography section. This section should be in English for Turkish articles and in Turkish for English articles.

The spelling rules specified in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) (6th edition) published by the American Psychological Association should be applied both in the text and in the bibliography. (For examples, please refer to http://www.nmu.edu/library/APASTYLE.HTM). Articles that do not comply with these rules are sent back to the authors for correction.

It will be accepted that the articles sent to the Journal of Tesam Academy have been checked in terms of spelling and that the author has submitted the articles sent to tesamakademi@gmail.com.tr in their final form for printing. After the manuscript is submitted, it will not be sent to the author for printing corrections. For this reason, it is sufficient for the manuscript to be rejected if the spelling mistakes are above the usual.

No royalties are paid to the author(s) of the work published in the journal.

For detailed information about TESAM and Tesam Academy Journal, please visit www.tesam.org.tr and www.tesamakademi.com

THE GENERAL FORMAT FEATURES

Font

11 point Cambria font is used for all text. Look at the related section about how to prepare the tables and figures.

Page Setup

You should leave 2.5 cm (0.98 inch) blank to the top,bottom,left and right margins of the A4 size paper. It should be full justified. There should not be a hyphen at the end of the lines
Studies should be prepared as a single column.

There shouldn’t be recesses and protrusions in the paragraphs and headings

The manuscripts should contain between 4500 and 8500 words and the page numbers must be at the bottom and in the middle.

Paragraph Structure

In paragraph tab, indents section;

0.6 pt before and after

Line space should be 1.5.

Sections of the Study

Title

Article’s title should be uppercase, bold and centered on the page. If the study has already submitted or it is made from a project or thesis, etc, an explanation should be made by placing * footnote at the end of the title.

Author Names

Author names should be italicized. Author’s / authors’ full names, academic degrees, institutions in which they work and e-mail information should be specified.

Abstract and Extended Abstract

Submitted manuscripts in Turkish must have before the introduction section, the abstract both in Turkish and English, between 150 and 180 words and an extended abstract in English between 750-1000 words, summarizing the scope, the purpose, the results of the study and the methodology used. Underneath the abstracts, 3 to 5 keywords that inform the reader about the content of the study should be specified in Turkish and in English. If the manuscript is written in English, it must include an abstract only in English.

Main Text

Quantitative and qualitative studies should contain Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion sections. The sample / Working Group, Data Collection Tools and Process subdivisions should necessariyl be situated in method section. Subdivision of model should exist only if the model is original.

Compilations should reveal the problem, analyze relevant literature with a competent way, should concentrate on the deficiencies, gaps and contradictions in the literature and should mention the steps to be taken for the solution.

The changes can be made according to type of the issue in the other studies. But you should be careful that it shouldn’t have many subsections or else so many details cause that the reader has difficulties about taking advantage of the text.

Bibliography

The writing rules that are specified in a book,Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) (6th edition) published by American Psychological Association, should be applied both in the text and bibliography.

TABLES, FIGURES AND APPENDIX

Tables, Figures

Elements like tables, figures, pictures, graphics etc. should be included in the text. They shouldn’t be placed additionally at the end of the study.

10 point, Cambria and regular font is used in the tables and figures except general template.

The resource section is under the chart, 9 point Cambria font is used.

In paragraph tab,recess section;

before and after space 0 pt,

line spacing should be single.

The titles should be left justified, bold and written by putting in order with number. (For instance “Chart 1” or “Figure 5” ...)

Tables and figures should be left justified and text scrolling feature should be turned off.

Appendices

Each annex should be in seperate pages and given after the bibliography.

Titles should be written left justified, 11 point, Cambria and bold (like “Annex 1”)

TITLE SYSTEM

Title Formation

All title’s words’ initial should be capitalized. (words like and, with, also should be written in small letters all the time )

Table’s and figure’s titles should be arranged according to these rules.

Basic Titles

The title of the study and basic headings (Methods, Results, Discussion) should be written center justified and bold.

First Level Title

It should be written left justified and bold. It should be seperated with one-line gap from the previous paragraph.

Second Level Title

It should be written left justified, bold and italicized . It should be seperated with one-line gap from the previous paragraph.

Third Level Title

It should be written left justified, bold and italicized . There should be colon at the end of it and the paragraph should continue from the title’s alignment. It should be seperated with one-line gap from the previous paragraph.

Fourth Level Title

It should be written left justified and italicized. There should be colon at the end of it and the paragraph should continue from the title’s alignment. It should be seperated with one-line gap from the previous paragraph.

It isn’t recommended that you create more titles than five levels.

Tables and Figures’ Titles

Tables and Figures’ statements ( like Table 1, in Figure 1) should be bold.

The titles of tables and figures should be italic.

USE OF REFERENCE

Reference Display Inside of the Text

You should use “and” instead of & symbol between authors in citations.

For Instance;

Arpacı and Kuyu’s (2000) study… (Do not use the apostrophe in parenthetical statement)

(Arpacı and Kuyu, 2010, p. 72)

(Arpacı, Kuyu and Huysuz, 2000, p. 12-13)

Look at table of Basic Citation Format for details.

Ordering Citations

Citations in parenthesis should be in alphabetical order

For Instance;

(Arpacı, 2013; Arpacı and Kuyu, 2010, p. 15; Karman, 2000; Zengin, Warrant, Güner, Aykut and Karpat, 2013)

Resources Transferred

A transfer made from a reference that is in another reference should be indicated as follows:

For Instance;

(Torgerson, 1958, from pp.1-8 Baykul, 2000; Zengin, from 1957, Pınar, 1999)

OTHER ISSUES

Emphasis

Bold shouldn’t be used in the text except for basic variables in titles, tables and figures. The points that required to be highlighted should be italicized or you should use opening and closing quotation marks [“”] .

Direct Quotes

Direct quotes should be written 11 point,italics, left and right indented as regards normal text.

The Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing are published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), and World Association of Medical Editors (WAME). TESAM Academy Journal maintains the highest standards in publication ethics and adopts these principles. The web page for the principles is https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines-new/principles-transparency-and-best-practice-scholarly-publishing, and it includes the principles.

All submissions must be unique, unpublished, and not currently pending publication in another magazine. At least two referees and one of the editors review each paper in duplicate. The following are regarded as unethical behaviors: plagiarism, duplication, pseudo-authorship/denied authorship, research/data falsification, article slicing, sliced publication, copyright infringement, and masking of conflicts of interest.

ll articles that do not comply with accepted ethical standards are removed from publication. This includes articles containing possible irregularities and non-conformities detected after publication.

Research Ethics

The journal observes the highest standards of research ethics and adopts the international principles of research ethics defined below. It is the responsibility of the authors to ensure that manuscripts comply with ethical guidelines.

• The principles of integrity, quality and transparency should be ensured in the design, review of the design and conduct of the research.
• The research team and participants should be fully informed about the purpose of the research, its methods and possible uses; the requirements and risks, if any, of participation in the research.
• Confidentiality of information provided by research participants and confidentiality of respondents must be ensured. The research should be designed to protect the autonomy and dignity of the participants.
• Research participants should take part in the research voluntarily and should not be under any coercion.
• Harm to the participants should be avoided. The research should be planned in a way that does not put the participants at risk.
• Research independence should be clear and explicit; if there is a conflict of interest, it should be stated.
• In experimental studies, the written informed consent of the participants who decide to participate in the research must be obtained. The consent of the legal guardian of children and those under guardianship or those with a recognised mental illness must be obtained.
• If the study will be carried out in any institution or organisation, approval must be obtained from this institution or organisation that the study will be conducted.

In studies with a human element, it should be stated in the "method" section that "informed consent" was obtained from the participants and ethics committee approval was obtained from the institution where the study was conducted.

Responsibility of Authors

It is the responsibility of the authors to ensure that the manuscripts comply with scientific and ethical rules. The author must ensure that the article is original, has not been previously published elsewhere, and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, in another language. Applicable copyright laws and treaties must be observed. Copyrighted material (e.g. tables, figures or large quotations) should be used with appropriate permission and acknowledgement. The work of other authors, contributors, or sources utilised should be used appropriately and cited in the references.

Authors' Obligations and Responsibilities in the Article

All authors must have made a direct academic and scientific contribution to the submitted manuscript; in this context, an "author" is considered to be someone who has made a significant contribution to the conceptualisation and design of the published research, to the acquisition, analysis or interpretation of data, and to the writing or critical revision of the manuscript for content. Other conditions for being an author are planning or executing and/or revising the work in the article. Funding, data collection or general supervision of the research group alone does not confer authorship. All individuals nominated as authors must fulfil all the criteria listed above, and any individual who fulfils the above criteria may be nominated as an author.

The order of authors' names should be a joint decision. All authors must indicate the order of authorship on the Copyright Agreement Form.

All individuals who do not meet the criteria for authorship but have contributed to the study should be listed in the "acknowledgements/information" section. Examples of these are those who provided only technical support, helped with writing, or provided only general support, financial and material support.

All authors should declare any financial relationships, conflicts of interest and competition of interest that have the potential to influence the results of the research or the scientific evaluation. If an author identifies a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her published manuscript, he/she has the responsibility to immediately contact and co-operate with the editor for correction or retraction.

Editor's Responsibilities

The editor-in-chief evaluates manuscripts independently of the ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, religious beliefs and political philosophy of the authors.

Ensures that articles submitted for publication undergo fair double blind peer review.

Guarantees that all information about submitted manuscripts will remain confidential until the manuscript is published.

The editor-in-chief is responsible for the content and overall quality of the publication. If necessary, he/she should publish an error page or make corrections.

The editor-in-chief does not allow any conflict of interest between authors, editors and referees.

The Editor-in-Chief has full authority to appoint referees and is responsible for making the final decision on the articles to be published in the Journal.

During the review process, the editor makes it clear to the reviewers that the manuscripts sent for review are the exclusive property of the authors and that this is a privileged communication.

Responsibilities of Reviewers

Reviewers should have no conflicts of interest with the authors and/or financial supporters of the research. They should make an impartial judgement at the end of their evaluation.

They should ensure that all information about submitted manuscripts is kept confidential and report to the editor if they notice any copyright infringement or plagiarism on the part of the author.

If the referee does not feel qualified to review the manuscript or is unlikely to be able to provide timely feedback, he/she should inform the editor and ask him/her not to involve himself/herself in the review process.

Reviewers and editorial board members may not discuss articles with other persons. Care should be taken to keep the identity of the referees confidential. In some cases, with the decision of the editor, the comments of the relevant referees on the article can be sent to other referees who comment on the same article to enlighten the referees in this process.

No fee is charged for the applications and evaluations made to our journal.

All expenses of our journal are covered by TESAM Center for Economic, Political and Strategic Research.