The aim of this journal that began its publishing life in 2000 under the roof of the Foundation of History and Islamic Studies (TISAV) continued to be published within Kültür Ocağı Vakfı (KOCAV) as of its 8th issue is to research and analyze the values of Turkish literature and history and to offer solution proposals to their problems.
One of the main objectives of our journal is to bring together scientific developments in Turkish language, literature and history with its relevant reader, to discuss the problems of the field with scientific language, to ensure that oral and written sources of our culture are recorded, and to contribute to Turkish history, literature and culture by keeping the literature in history and literature up to date.
As such, in the areas mentioned above; publishing and promoting scientific studies contributing to the original and relevant field in terms of subject, resources and methodology are among the main objectives of our journal.
Journal Of Turkish Cultural Studies includes qualified academic studies (articles), compilations, criticism and book reviews prepared in these fields:
Classical Turkish Literature
Modern Turkish Literature
Folk Literature
Turkish Language
Contemporary Turkish Dialects
Linguistics
Comparative Literature Studies
Ancient History
General Turkish History
Caucasian History
Turkish Cultural History
Medieval History
New Age History
Contemporary History
History of the Republic of Turkey
Care should be taken to present the articles submitted to Journal of Turkish Cultural Studies as follows:
Title and Content Line-up
TURKISH TITLE
AUTHOR NAME/SURNAME (With (*) sign, personal record information should be written on the footnote.)
ABSTRACT (Turkish, Must be between 200-250 words to reflect the subject and content)
Keywords (Turkish)
Introduction
Chapters
Conclusion
Bibliography
ENGLISH TITLE (Must be the exact translation of Turkish title.)
Abstract (Must be the exact translation of Turkish abstract.)
Keywords (Must be the exact translation of Turkish keywords.)
Title: It should be compatible with the content and expresses the content best, and should be written in capital letters and italics. The title of the article should not exceed 10-12 words.
Author's name(s) and address(es): The name(s) and surname(s) of the author(s) should be in italics in capital letters, and the personal record information should be indicated in the footnote with an asterisk (*). The institution(s) where the author(s) served, the communication addresses should be written in normal letters; e-mail address(es) should be written in italics and the author's ORCID number should be specified in parentheses after the e-mail address.
Abstract: In each article to be published, Turkish and English abstracts are given as well as Turkish and English keywords. An English title should also be placed at the beginning of the English summary. For articles to be published in other languages, abstracts and keywords can be added in those languages. Abstracts should be between 200 and 250 words and keywords should be maximum 10 words.
In the abstract, the sources used, figures and table numbers should not be mentioned. Keywords with a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 8 words should be provided by leaving a blank line under the abstract. Keywords should be compatible with the content of the article and should be inclusive. At the end of the article; English writing title, abstract and keywords should be available.
Main Text: The “DEV-RA” font (including footnotes) should be used throughout the articles (except for the sections with transcribed text). Click to download DEV-RA font. 12 font size should be used in normal text and 9 font size in footnote. Line spacing is 1.5 in the main text; Should be 1 in footnote. Writings should not exceed 7,000 (seven thousand) words including abstract and bibliography. Double emphasis such as quotation marks and italics letters in the text should not be included.
Chapter Titles: Main title and subtitles can be used in the article to provide a regular information transfer. The main headings (main sections, references and appendices) are in capital letters; subtitles should be in bold characters and first letters should be capitalized
Tables and Figures: Tables should have numbers and titles. The table number should be written in normal letters to top left; The name of the table should be written in italics, with the first letter of each word capitalized. Tables should be where they should be in the text. Figures should be prepared in accordance with black and white printing. Figure numbers and names should be written centered just below the figure. The figure number should be written italics and should end with a dot. Right next to it, the first letter should be capitalized and the name of the figure should be written In normal letters.
Pictures: They should be sent in addition to the article in high resolution, scanned in print quality. In picture naming, the rules in the figures and charts should be followed.
Figures, charts and pictures should not exceed 10 pages (one third of the text). Authors with technical possibilities may place figures, charts and pictures in their places in the text, provided that they can be printed exactly.
Manuscripts / Documents: If there is a reading of texts such as manuscript, archive document, the photocopy of the original text should also be included in the file for the health of the review. The same is true for translations, the original text of the translation must be sent. For translation studies are sent to referee approval just like copyright works.
Citations and References: All kinds of responsibilities of the articles belong to their authors. Direct quotations should be given in quotation marks. Citations less than 2.5 lines must be written between lines; citations longer than 2.5 lines should be written in 1-point smaller with 1.5 line spacing 1.5 cm inside and right and left of the line.
Spelling: It is recommended to follow the spelling guide of the Turkish Language Association in the articles. However, in the end, the authors are responsible for the spelling in the articles.
Address: Articles should be sent to our journal at www.tkidergisi.com with an author entry. The author should state his/her academic title and the name of the institution he/she works for, together with his/her name and surname.
Procedure to Follow in References (In Bibliography)
All reference sources shown in the article should be written in alphabetical order in the bibliography at the end of the article. References that are not included in the text although used are not shown in the bibliography.
In the Books:
Book with a Single Author:
SURNAME and Name of the author, Name of the Book, publication place and year, page.
Example:
ÇELEBIOĞLU, Amil, Ali Nihad Tarlan, Ankara 1989, 25.
Book with Two Authors:
SURNAME of the first author, name, second author’s Name and Surname, Name of the Book, publication place and year, page.
Example:
ŞENTÜRK, Ahmet Atilla Kartal, Ahmet, Üniversiteler İçin Eski Türk Edebiyatı Tarihi, Dergah Yayınları, İstanbul 2004.
Book with More Than Two Authors:
SURNAME and Name of the first author, Name and Surname of the other authors, Name of the Book, publication place and year, page.
Example:
ÖZTOPRAK, Nihat, Sebahat Deniz, H. İbrahim Demirkazık, Hasan Kaya, Ümran Ay, Bünyamin Ayçiçeği, Üniversiteler İçin Eski Türk Edebiyatı Metin Şerhi, I, İdeal Kültür Yayınları, İstanbul 2019.
Chapter in An Edited Book
SURNAME and Name of the author, “Title of the Article”, Name of the Book it’s in, (editors) publisher, publication place and year, page numbers.
Example:
KILIÇ, Atabey, “Manzum Sözlükler-Beden Kelimeleri Sözlüğü”, Beden Kitabı, (Editörler: Emine Gürsoy Naskali, Aylin Koç), Kitabevi Yayınları, İstanbul 2009, s. 277-300.
Works of Multi-volumes:
SURNAME and Name of the author, Name of the Book, publication place and year, volume, page.
Example:
UZUNÇARŞILI, İsmail Hakkı, Osmanlı Devleti Teşlikatından Kapıkulu Ocakları, Ankara 1984, II, 154.
In Encyclopedia Articles:
SURNAME and the of the author of the article, “Title of the Article”, Name of the Full Name of the Encyclopedia, publication place and year, volume, pages.
Example:
AKYILDIZ, Ali, “Sâdullah Paşa”, DİA, İstanbul 2008, XXXV, 432-433.
Articles:
Surname and name of the author, “Title of the Article”, Name of the Journal, volume and issue of the journal, publication place and year, page number(s).
Example:
OKAY, M. Orhan, “Duanın Şiiri”, Türk Dili, LI/420, Ankara 1986, 504-511.
Theses:
SURNAME and name of the author of the thesis, Name of the Thesis, University/Institute information, city and year.
Example:
KAYA, Hasan, 18. Yy. Şairi Âsaf ve Divanı (İnceleme-Tenkitli Metin-Dizin), Marmara Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Enstitüsü, İstanbul 2009.
Manuscripts:
Author, Title of Work, Library, Collection, Catalog number, leaf.
Example:
Âdile Sultan, Divan, Millet Kütüphanesi. A. Emirî Efendi. Mnz. 260. vr. 60b
Internet Accessed Resources:
It is sufficient to provide the surname of the author, the name of the author, “the title of the message”, the Internet address, (Access Date).
Example:
Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası, “Geçinme Endeksi (Ücretliler)” Elektronik Veri Dağıtım Sistemi, http://evds.tcmb.gov.tr/ (Erişim Tarihi: 04.02.2009).
References in Footnotes
The classic footnote system is applied in the journal. Footnotes should be placed at the bottom of the page with a number at the end of the related word or phrase. In the footnotes, the full reference must be given in the place where the work cited first passes, in later locations as “a.g.e.”; If it’s the cited from an article or encyclopedia article it must abbreviated as “a.g.m.” The name and surname of the author should be written clearly, without shortening.
Example
When the source book in the footnote passes first:
Davut Hut, İstanbul’un 100 Su Yapısı, İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Yayınları, İstanbul 2010, 34.
When it passes later:
Davut Hut, a.g.e., 45.
When the source article in the footnote passes first:
Bünyamin Ayçiçeği, Nuruosmaniye Kütüphanesi Türkçe Şiir Mecmû’aları (İnceleme-Dizin), DEV Dergisi, İstanbul 2016, 300.
When it passes later:
Bünyamin Ayçiçeği, “a.g.m”, 324.
In the articles to be published, editorial changes and corrections that are not related to the essential are made by the Editorial Board.
A printed journal is given to those whose articles, translations or criticisms are published.
Non-printed articles are not returned.
The Journal of Turkish Culture Studies is an international refereed publication in the field of social sciences. Submitted articles are first examined by the topic, presentation style and technical publication. Those who are eligible for publication are sent to two referees who are experts in their fields. Confidentiality is essential during the evaluation of the articles. No author names are sent to the referees, and no referees are named. In the event that the referee reports are positive, the article is taken into the publishing process. If one of the reports is positive and the other is negative, the article is sent to a third referee and act according to his decision. If the referees asked for some issues to be corrected in their reports, the articles are sent back to the author for corrections. If the author does not agree with the referee decisions, he / she should explain the reason in writing. The author(s) must not make changes and additions to the work whose refereeing process is in progress or has ended, which will significantly increase and change the content, volume and basis of the work. Upon the referee evaluations, the article is evaluated again in the editorial board and after the necessary copyright and ethical documents are obtained, the article is put into the editing / layout stage for publication. After the necessary arrangements, the doi number of the article is provided and placed in the publication order.
The author is obliged to check the article with one of the plagiarism prevention software Turnit-in or iThenticate and send the similarity report to the journal in the article submission. Articles with a similarity rate of 30% and above will not be evaluated. Through this system, it is confirmed that the articles have not been published anywhere before or do not contain any plagiarism.
In the articles submitted to the Journal of Turkish Cultural Studies, care is taken to protect the personal information. Accordingly, journal management is obliged to ensure the protection of personal data regarding the images / subjects in the articles. Personal data used in the content of the article is not published unless individuals have explicit consent. In this framework, author, editorial board, editorial board and referees are responsible for protecting the individual data in question.
Issues such as freedom of opinion and property rights of articles submitted to the Journal of Turkish Cultural Studies are respected. Journal management is obliged to protect the intellectual property rights of all articles it deems appropriate to publish, and to defend the rights of the journal and authors in possible violations. In addition, the editorial and editorial board is responsible for taking the necessary precautions so that the content in the articles does not violate the intellectual property rights of other publications.
In the articles sent to be published in the Journal of Turkish Cultural Studies, respect for basic human rights and animal rights should be essential. Within this framework, ethics committee approval must be obtained for the test subjects to be used in the articles. In this context, journal management is obliged to ensure the protection of human and animal rights in articles. In cases where there is no ethical committee approval for the test subjects used in the articles or legal permissions related to experimental research, the journal is obliged to reject the article in question.
The rules to be considered regarding the publication ethics in the articles sent to the Journal of Turkish Cultural Studies are as given in the "Actions against the scientific research and publication ethics" section in Article 8 of the YÖK Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive.
The authors are required to pay attention to the ethical principles detailed below and to fulfill the required obligations:
Originality and purity from plagiarism: The work presented should belong entirely to the author(s). It should not present others' ideas, methods, data, applications, writings, shapes or works as partially or entirely his own work without reference to scientific rules. If the studies of other researchers are included in the article, it should be cited appropriately and listed in the sources.
Co-authoring: The authors of the candidate article should be limited to those who contribute significantly to the work presented. The authors of the article are finalized before the presentation of the article. It is unacceptable to include the names of those who did not contribute to the study in the candidate article (gift writing) or not to include the names of those who contributed (ghost writing).
Acknowledgments: The authors are obliged to declare the institutions and financial resources that support the works they send, as well as those who have scientific contributions to the study in terms of sources, information-document provision and translation.
Ethics committee permission and approval: In the studies that require data collection through questionnaire, scale, interview, observation etc. from the participants, the ethical committee permission must be stated in the candidate article. Evidence of sensitivity to ethical issues in the data collection process (obtain permission for use of others' scale, questionnaire, photos) must be presented in the study.
Re-presentation of a published publication: Authors are expected to present their previously unpublished works to the journal. It is unacceptable that the study was sent to another journal along with its submission to the Journal of Turkish Cultural Studies.
Slicing: Authors should not present the results of a research as separate publications in academic incentives, appointments, and promotions by disrupting the research's integrity and inappropriately by dividing it into multiple pieces.
Presenting and storing raw data: Authors must present the raw data of their research when requested by editors and reviewers and retain this data even after their articles are published.
Detection of errors in published articles: When the author finds that there is a significant error or mistake in his article published in the Journal of Turkish Cultural Studies, he must inform the editor of the journal immediately.
Fraud: The author should not produce data that is not based on the research, should not edit, modify, report, publish or present a research that has not been made as it has been made.
Distortion: The author should not distort the research records and the data obtained, display the methods, devices and materials that are not used in the research as used, distort or shape the results of research in line with the interests of the individuals and organizations receiving support.
Other types of ethical violations: Author must not violate any of the points in “not to clearly state the person, institutions or organizations that support the publications of the research conducted with support; and their contribution to the research; failure to comply with ethical rules in research on humans and animals; not respecting patient rights in their publications; to share the information contained in a work for which he/she was appointed to review as an arbitrator with others before publication; using the resources, places, facilities and devices provided or reserved for scientific research out of purpose; to accuse an absolutely groundless, inappropriate and deliberate violation of ethics ”.
Author, Editor-Editorial Board and Other Ethical Principles of the Journal of Turkish Cultural Studies as follows:
Author
The copyright of the published work belongs to the author and all kinds of publishing rights belong to the Journal of Turkish Cultural Studies. No copyright fee is requested for the articles sent to our journal.
Papers submitted to the journal must not have been previously published or sent to another journal for publication. Studies previously presented at national or international congresses or symposiums and published with a summary can be submitted by specifying these qualifications.
The studies sent to our journal should not be contrary to scientific research and publication ethics. The rules stated in YÖK Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive must be followed carefully.
The Editorial Board of the Journal of Turkish Cultural Studies may request additional documents regarding the ethical status of the article while the pre-control, evaluation process and editing process of an article is ongoing.
The Editorial Board of the Journal of Turkish Cultural Studies does not accept the change of author responsibilities (add / subtract, change order) in a publication whose evaluation process has started.
The Editorial Board of the Journal of Turkish Cultural Studies assumes that the authors of articles submitted for publication agree to comply with these conditions.
The author(s) must mention in their studies the thesis, books, articles and papers that are directly related to the subject of the article that are prepared / published before their studies in terms of subject and source analysis.
Publisher-Editor
The Editorial Board of the Journal of Turkish Cultural Studies develops the arguments that will mediate raising the quality standards of the journal.
The Editorial Board of the Journal of Turkish Cultural Studies ensures that the author-referee relations are healthy.
The Editorial Board of the Journal of Turkish Cultural Studies makes efforts to meet the information needs of readers and writers.
The Editorial Board of the Journal of Turkish Cultural Studies advocates a variety of academic ideas and freedom of scientific thought. At the same time, it tries to maintain the functioning of the journal by observing intellectual property rights and ethical standards.
As per the publication policy of the Journal of Turkish Cultural Studies, all publishing processes are carried out transparently. It maintains transparency in accordance with its publication policy in matters requiring correction, modification and explanation for any reason.
Referee
According to the publication policy of the Journal of Turkish Cultural Studies, "Blind Refereeing and Evaluation Process" operates in our journal. In adverse situations that may occur during this process, the editorial board is authorized. Apart from legal processes, referee confidentiality is fundamental for the journal management.
Each article sent to the Journal of Turkish Cultural Studies is sent to two independent referees outside the editorial board after the preliminary check of the technical editorial board. Referees are determined according to the content of the article. If one of the referees expresses a negative opinion, the article is directed to a third referee. The article is rejected when both referees express negative opinion.
The management of the Journal of Turkish Cultural Studies encourages referees to evaluate the study in a neutral, scientific and objective language.
It is essential that the referees assigned to the articles sent to the Journal of Turkish Cultural Studies return in time and evaluate the related article by considering the scientific criteria.
Referees appointed to an article sent to the Journal of Turkish Cultural Studies should make evaluations in accordance with minimum courtesy and avoid evaluations that are not scientific or that might have legal consequences.
For articles submitted to the Journal of Turkish Cultural Studies international standards that are published by COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) for Editors and Authors will be taken into consideration.
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