Manuscripts submitted to the journal must not have been previously published or accepted for publication elsewhere.

1. Title: The title must be consistent with the content of the article, best reflect its subject, be written in bold, 10-point Palatino Linotype, and each word should begin with a capital letter. The title should consist of a maximum of 10–12 words.

2. Author Name(s) and Affiliation(s): Since the manuscript uploaded to the system will be sent to reviewers, author names and institutional information must not be included. (The article may have a maximum of 3 authors. However, in TÜBİTAK and BAP projects, up to 5 authors are allowed provided that it is documented.) After the manuscript is accepted for publication, author name(s), affiliation(s) (TR & ENG), email, and ORCID ID must be added to the final version according to the template before uploading.

3. Abstract: At the beginning of the article, there must be Turkish and English abstracts consisting of a minimum of 100 and a maximum of 150 words, clearly and concisely expressing the subject. References, figures, and table numbers should not be mentioned in the abstract.

4. Copyright Agreement Form: The Copyright Agreement Form  must be signed with a blue pen and uploaded to the system as a PDF. Authors from different institutions may fill out separate copies of the form. However, all signatures must be in blue ink and merged into a SINGLE PDF before submission. Authors retain the copyright of their published works, which are licensed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

5. Keywords: Below the abstract, at least 5 and at most 7 keywords must be provided. Each word must begin with a capital letter and be separated by commas.

6. Main Text: Submitted manuscripts, including images, figures, maps, etc., must not exceed 35 journal pages (9,000 words) and must be at least 5,000 words. Manuscripts should be prepared on A4 paper with margins of 4 cm (top, bottom, right) and 5 cm (left), with at least 12 nk line spacing, justified alignment, without hyphenation, using 9-point Palatino Linotype font. (For detailed visual guidance, see the sample article template.) Tables, figures, images, and graphics must not exceed 12x17 cm to ensure proper formatting; therefore, smaller font sizes and single spacing may be used for these elements. The “ISNAD Citation System” must be used for footnotes and references.

7. Section Headings: Main, intermediate, and subheadings may be used in accordance with the content. Each word in the headings must begin with a capital letter.

8. Tables and Figures: Tables must include numbering and titles. Tables, figures, images, graphics, and similar elements must not exceed the journal page dimensions and should be limited to a maximum size of 12x17 cm. Smaller font sizes and single spacing may be used where necessary.

9. Images: Images must be high-resolution and suitable for print quality and submitted as separate files in addition to the manuscript. Naming of images must follow the same rules as figures and tables. The total number of figures, tables, and images must not exceed 10 pages (one-third of the manuscript). Authors with technical capability may place these elements within the text, provided they are in a publishable format.

10. Citations and References: Direct quotations must be enclosed in quotation marks. Page numbers must be provided for both direct and indirect citations. Quotations shorter than three lines should be included within the text; quotations longer than three lines should be formatted as a block quote, indented 1.5 cm from both left and right margins, in 7-point font with 1.5 line spacing. Footnotes should be avoided as much as possible, used only for explanations, and created using the automatic numbering feature in MS Word.

11. Process: Submitted manuscripts undergo the following stages: Preliminary Check, Editorial Review, Plagiarism Similarity Screening, Ethics Statement Review, Double-Blind Peer Review, and Turkish–English Language Editing. Manuscripts that fail to pass the Preliminary Check after three evaluations are returned to the author and are not reconsidered within the same publication period. Manuscripts that pass the preliminary stage are evaluated by at least two reviewers under the double-blind peer review system. The final decision on publication is made by the Editorial Board.

12. Publication of Studies Based on Surveys and Interviews: In order to ensure ethical standards in scientific publishing, the journal adopts the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), namely the “Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors” and the “Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers.” Accordingly, the following must be observed:
    a) For research requiring ethics committee approval in all scientific fields, such approval must be obtained, stated in the article, and documented.
    b) In studies requiring ethics committee approval, information about the approval (committee name, date, and reference number) must be included in the methodology section and also on one of the first/last pages of the article. In case reports, a statement confirming that an informed consent form has been signed must be included in the article.

Plagiarism Detection
This paper was checked for plagiarism.

Publication Ethics
Türkiye Journal of Theological Studies 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) and the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA).

Ethical Statement
It is declared that scientific and ethical principles have been followed while carrying out and writing this study and that all the sources used have been properly cited.

Grant Support
The author(s) declared that this study has received no financial support.

Conflict of Interest
The authors have no conflict of interest to declare.

Authors Contributions
Conceiving the Study: Author-1 (%55), Author-2 (%45)
Data Collection: Author-1 (%50), Author-2 (%50)
Data Analysis: Author-1 (%60), Author-2 (%40)
Submission and Revision: Author-1 (%90), Author-2 (%10)

Ethical Approval
An application for ethical approval was made to .... University Ethics Committee and the necessary ethical permissions were obtained with the decision numbered .... dated ...2022. In addition, the study adhered to the research principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.

Open Access License
This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY NC).

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THE ISNAD CITATION STYLE
 

Important Editorial Notice on Citation and Reference Integrity

All manuscripts submitted to the journal are carefully examined during the scholarly evaluation process with regard to the consistency between in-text citations and the reference list, the bibliographic accuracy of sources, and whether the cited sources actually support the claims made in the manuscript.

Accordingly, authors are expected to pay particular attention to the following matters:

• A source cited in the text being omitted from the reference list, or a source included in the reference list but never cited in the text;
• The use of non-existent, bibliographically unverifiable, or fabricated sources and citations;
• The inaccurate or misleading presentation of authors’ names, titles of works, publication years, volumes, issues, page numbers, publishers, DOIs, URLs, or other bibliographic information;
• Attributing information, arguments, findings, or direct quotations to a source when they do not actually appear in the cited work or on the specified page;
• Citing a source that does not in fact support the claim, argument, or assessment presented in the manuscript;
• Presenting information obtained from a secondary source as though the original source had been directly consulted or examined;
• Using bibliographic information generated or suggested by artificial intelligence (AI) tools or similar technologies without independently verifying the existence, accuracy, and content of the cited source.

Such practices may constitute serious violations of research integrity, publication ethics, and academic integrity.

Particular caution is required regarding the use of artificial intelligence tools. Authors remain fully responsible for verifying any references generated or suggested by AI tools, including non-existent publications, incorrect DOIs, inaccurate page numbers, erroneous bibliographic information, or citations that do not correspond to the content of the cited source. The fact that a source has been suggested or generated by an AI tool does not in any way relieve the author of the responsibility to verify its authenticity, bibliographic accuracy, accessibility, and relevance.

If such problems are identified, the manuscript may be rejected following editorial evaluation at any stage of the scholarly evaluation process. If similar problems are identified after publication, the journal may take appropriate action in accordance with its publication ethics policies and relevant principles of scholarly publishing, including the publication of a correction, retraction, or, where deemed necessary, notification of the relevant institutions or authorities.

Authors are responsible for personally verifying the authenticity, bibliographic accuracy, accessibility, and substantive relevance of all sources used in their manuscripts, including whether each source actually supports the claim for which it is cited. Authors must also ensure complete consistency between in-text citations and the reference list. In particular, when providing a direct quotation or citing a specific argument, finding, or piece of information, authors must verify that the cited content actually appears in the referenced source and, where applicable, on the page indicated in the citation.

By submitting a manuscript to the journal, authors confirm that they have undertaken the necessary checks regarding the accuracy of the sources cited in their work and the reliability and appropriateness of their citations. Ensuring the accuracy and reliability of references and citations is the academic and ethical responsibility of the authors.