Writing Rules

Author instructions

Please upload your work to the system in accordance with the “Article Writing Template”. The general lines of the file that you upload to the system should not be different from the template. Otherwise, editing will be requested before the evaluation process is started.

The editing request must be completed in 30 days after the request. Otherwise, the article evaluation process will not be started and the article will be return to the authors.


Page layout: All pages must have a page number in the lower-right corner. Articles should be A4 size,

Page margins: Top and bottom should be 2.54 cm, left and right should be 1.91 cm (middle).

Main text: The main text should be written before and after 6nk, 1.5 lines apart in a side-justified format. Foreign language, which is different from the main language of the article, words should be written in italics, and bold text should not be used in the main text.

Main title: Tirst letters are written in capital, Times New Roman, 24 nk before, 12 nk after, 20 points, bold, single-line spacing, 3 cm indented from the right and justified to the left.

The articles to be submitted to the journal must be written in the character of Times New Roman and with a range of 1.5. The main text should be written 12 points before and after 6nk intervals. Footnotes should be written in 10-point single-line spacing, before and after 0nk format.

Author name and surname: under the main title, paragraph set before 30nk and after 0nk, single-line spacing, 12-point, bold, last name should be written in capital letters and right-aligned. If there are more than one author, the author names will be written side by side in order. ( * ) to the footnote of the page (10 points), respectively Institution, Department, email address and ORCID iD (ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5078-4339 information must be written.

Abstract: Titles are written in such a way that all letters are capital and bold, regardless of the text, do not exceed 200 words. Summary texts should be written as Times New Roman, 11 points, Side-Aligned, single-line spaced, and paragraph setting 0nk/0nk.

Abstract title should be 11 point left justified, 1.5 line spaced, before and after 0nk. At least 3, at most 5 keywords should be written.

Introduction: The introduction is located at the beginning of the page after the abstracts. The input header should be 12-point, bold, single-line, left-aligned, all capitalized, and without a number. The paragraph setting is 0nk before, 0nk after.

Subtitles: The main topics and other subtitles in articles should be numbered and written. Before and after should be set to 0nk format. Titles should be left-leaning, 12-point, and bold. All letters in the main topic title should be capitalized, the first letter of each word in second-degree subheadings should be capitalized, and only the first letter in third-degree titles should be capitalized and written in bold. Titles must be written before 0nk, after 0nk, and with one line spacing.

Tables and figures: For tables, figures, graphics and images, if quoted, the source must be specified. The source to be displayed should be written just below the table, Figure, chart, and image, where the left border of the table begins, 10 points, single-line spacing, and 6nk first, 6nk then paragraph set. The names of tables and figures, tables, and figure where it starts from the left border of the table, on top of, times New Roman, 10 PT, bold, single-spaced paragraph 6nk 6nk before and after set of initials should be written in words. In Images, Image names should be written on top of the image before and after 6nk and 1.5 line spacing. (Ex: Figure 14: Bandırma Archaeological Museum, Kiborium Arch)

References: The references should be at the beginning of the page. The heading is written in 12-point Bold and right-aligned. The bibliography title should be written first with a single line interval, with a paragraph set to 0nk and then 6nk and a right/left 1 cm scroll. Bibliographic text should be written before and after 0nk, right/left 1 cm indented, hanging 1.25 and single line spacing.

References:  The authors may use an in-text (APA) or footnote citation system (Oxford). In the in-text citation system, it is dissociated from the APA in the following form.