TURKISH JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL WORK

Writing Rules Instruction

All authors must follow the rules of the writing rules and prepare their texts in this direction. Manuscripts sent to the journal must have a minimum of 4000 and a maximum of 8500 words. The authors should add to the publication evaluation system online any desired information such as English and Turkish title, author's name and surname, title, institutional information, e-mail address.

For all text, the font should be Times New Roman, 12 pt, and 1,5 line spacing. Page margins should be selected from 3cm left, right, top and bottom 2.5cm. For the first paragraph for each section in the text section, a 1cm indent for the first line and no indentation in the following paragraphs. Article titles and abstract titles should be centered and written in capital letters and bold. Headings of the main text sections should be left-justified. The text of the article (other than the headings) should be left-justified. No need for numbering for headings. However, first level headings such as  Introduction, Methodology, Research Design, Findings, Discussion, Conclusion and Recommendation, and References should be selected with capital letters and bold, and other second and third degree titles such as Data Collection, Ethical Issues should be selected so that the first letters of the words are large and the remaining letters are small letters.

The title should reflect the whole of the article and not exceed 20 words. The title should be placed in the document centered in bold type.

The abstract section should be a minimum of 150 words and a maximum of 250 words. The abstract should be provided in both English and Turkish. The keywords should include no more than five (5) words.

In research-based articles; Introduction, Literature Review, Methodology, Research Design, Data Collection Tools, Data Collection, Analysis of Data, Ethical Issues, Findings, Discussion, Conclusion and Recommendation, and References sections should be included.

In review articles or case reports, the Introduction, Other subheadings of the theoretical division, Discussion, Conclusion and Recommendation and References sections should be included.

In cases submitted as case reports, the editor may request to see informed consent forms from individuals or individuals on the case.

Tables and Figures

The table headings should be based on the left and the title should be placed just above the table. In the table header only the first letters of the words are selected as large. The font size in the table should not be less than 9 and the line spacing should be chosen as 1.5 in the tables. The table should only be placed on horizontal lines and plain. In tables, category headings should be written in bold and italic. The table and number are shown in bold, and the heading containing the table description is normally written (see Table 1).

Sample:

Sample

Table 1. Demographic Information

The Figure title should be similar to the table shape.

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Figure 1. Conceptual Framework for Assessing Access to Health Services

Resource: Peters et al., (2008)

REFERENCES

The References section should be prepared in accordance with the APA 7 guidelines. References should be placed in this partition according to alphabetical order.

Sample Reference Types:

Collins, M. (1986). Sampling. In R. M. Worcester & J. Downham (Eds.), Consumer market research handbook (pp. 85–110). McGraw-Hill. (Show Book Resource)

Durak, A. (1993). Beck Umutsuzluk Ölçeği'nin geçerliği üzerine bir çalışma [A study on the validity of the Beck Hopelessness Scale] [Unpublished master's thesis]. Ankara University. (Unpublished Thesis Welding)

Hakanen, J. J., Bakker, A. B., & Schaufeli, W. B. (2006). Burnout and work engagement among teachers. Journal of School Psychology, 43(6), 495–513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2005.11.001 (Show Scentfic Journals Resource)

Official Gazette (1961). Law on Migration. Number: 106, Date: 5th June 1961. (Official Newspaper)

Soysal, A., & Yağar, F. (2016). Assessment of the effectiveness of health care management about Syrian asylum seekers in Turkey. In H. M. Paksoy, K. Sarıçoban, E. Yıldırımcı, & Ö. Özkan (Eds.), II. Middle East Conferences: Migration issues in the context of conflict in the Middle East (pp. 441–452). Kilis 7 Aralık University. (Show Congress Symposıum Resource )

Schaufeli, W. B., & Salanova, M. (2007). Work engagement: An emerging psychological concept and its implications for organizations. In S. W. Gilliland, D. D. Steiner, & D. P. Skarlicki (Eds.), Research in social issues in management: Vol. 5. Managing social and ethical issues in organizations (pp. 135–177). Information Age Publishers. (Show Book Resource)

 Turkish Directorate General of Migration Management (2018).  Migration Statistics, Retrieved from http://www.goc.gov.tr/icerik/migration-statistics_915_1024   Accessed 20.06.2018 (Show Website Resource)

Please refer to the APA 7 guide resource guide for detailed resource formats.

In-Text Resource Representation Examples:

……… (Soysal & Yagar, 2016).

……….. (Hakanen et al., 2006).

………... (Turkish Directorate General of Migration Management, 2018).

According to Hakanen (2006) ……..

According to the Turkish Directorate General of Migration Management (2018), …

NOTE: If authors have used artificial intelligence technologies (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc.) during the preparation, data analysis, or writing process of the manuscript, this use must be clearly disclosed in the manuscript under a separate section titled “Artificial Intelligence Statement” at the end of the article. Artificial intelligence tools cannot be listed as authors. The authors bear full responsibility for the originality, accuracy, integrity, and ethical compliance of the work.