Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

Dear Authors,

The Turkish Journal of Educational Studies (TURK-JES) adopts the guidelines of The Council of Higher Education (Turkey) - Instructions for Scientific Research and Publication Ethics.
TURK-JES authors are required to confirm the following items.:
• Submitted articles must be the original study of the author(s).
• Only unpublished articles should be submitted.
• Submitting an article to more than one journal at the same time is unethical.
• Any conflict of interest should be clearly stated.
• Data sources used in the article should be explained.
• Any errors detected after the article is submitted should be reported to TURK-JES editors immediately.
TURK-JES referees are required to confirm the following items:
• All articles should be reviewed in a fair way on the basis of the intellectual content of the article, regardless of the gender, race, ethnicity, religion, nationality or political values of the author(s).
• Reviews should be objective and constructive, avoiding being hostile or provocative and making libelous or offensive comments.
• In order to make a comprehensive review, the authors should have required field expertise and should only review articles that can be evaluated on time.
• Any conflict of interest detected during the review process must be reported to TURK-JES editors.
• All information about the article should be kept confidential.
• Information obtained during the review process should not be used for the benefit of the referees themselves or any other person, the organization, or to put others at a disadvantage position or to discredit them.
• Any information that may be the reason for the rejection of the publication of an article should be reported to TURK-JES editors.
TURK-JES editors are required to confirm the following items:
• All articles should be evaluated in a fair way on the basis of the intellectual content of the article, regardless of the gender, race, ethnicity, religion, nationality or political values of the author(s).
• All information about the article should be kept confidential.
• Any observed conflict of interest with the articles should be disclosed.
• The editorial board take on the responsibility to make the publication decisions of the submitted articles based on the referee's reviews, the policies of the journal's editorial board, and legal restrictions against plagiarism, defamation and scopyright.