AUTHOR GUIDELINES 

Ethical Principles and Publication Policy
Yedi Aralik Social Sciences Research is a journal published in accordance with the ethical principles and rules stated below in order to publish qualified scientific articles in the field of social sciences.
1. Publication Ethics
1.1. All articles submitted to the journal must not have been published anywhere before and not be in any evaluation process in another journal. If the article sent for publication is a paper that was previously presented in a scientific meeting, the journal editor should be informed of this situation. These and similar articles will be processed in line with the decision of the editorial board. All responsibility of the published works that are in the evaluation process belongs to the author(s).
1.2. Blind refereeing system is applied in the journal and the names of the referees and authors are kept confidential throughout the refereeing process.
1.3. Each article is double-blindly evaluated by one of the editors and at least two referees. Plagiarism, copyright infringement, false authorship/denied authorship, research/data fabrication, article slicing, slicing, hiding copyright infringement and conflict of interest, and revealing the double-blind peer-review process are considered unethical behaviors. All articles that do not comply with accepted ethical standards are removed from the publication. This includes articles with possible irregularities and inconsistencies detected after publication.
1.4. Studies submitted to the journal; questionnaire, interview, focus group study, experiment, etc. from people. It is obligatory to obtain an "Ethics Committee Approval Certificate" from the Human Research Ethics Committee of the relevant institution before the application, if it envisages the collection of data in different ways and for experimental or other scientific purposes.
1.5. Since this journal adheres to the principle of open and free academic publishing, article processing and submission fees are not charged to the authors.
2. Publisher's Ethical Responsibilities
Kilis 7 Aralik University, which is the publisher of Yedi Aralık Social Sciences Research Journal, is a non-profit public education institution that observes the public interest. The Editorial Board of the journal consists of faculty members and staff of our university. The members of the Editorial Board consist of the Editor, Assistant Editors and Field Editors. These members are appointed for three years by considering the branches of social sciences. A new member is appointed to replace the member who left, and the term of the member whose term of office has expired may be extended. The editor determines the field editors from the members of the editorial board. In addition, according to the subject of the article, faculty members who are not members of the Editorial Board can be appointed as field editors when necessary.
3. Ethical Responsibilities of the Editorial Board
3.1. While deciding whether to publish the articles, the editors pay attention to the originality of the articles in order to contribute to the scientific literature.
3.2. Editors take into consideration the original value of the articles, their contribution to the field, the validity and reliability of the research method, the clarity of the narrative, and the purpose and scope of the journal when making a positive or negative decision about the articles.
3.3. Editors send the articles by taking into consideration the field of expertise of the editors and the referees, and support the impartial and independent evaluations.
3.4. Editors look for a wide range of referee pools and to be constantly updated.
3.5. Editors block academic etiquette and unscientific reviews.
3.6. Editors; They ensure that the journal publication processes are operated in accordance with publication policies and guidelines, inform those in charge of the developments in publication policies, and prepare a training program when necessary.
3.7. Editors; They pay attention to the protection of human and animal rights in their articles, they care about documenting the explicit consent of the participants of the article, they reject the article when they do not have the approval of the ethics committee for the participants of the article, and permission for experimental research.
3.8. Editors; take action against misconduct. When there are complaints about misconduct, he makes an objective investigation and shares the relevant findings.
3.9. Editors ensure that errors, inconsistencies or misdirections in articles are corrected.
3.10. Editors protect the intellectual property rights of the published articles and defend the rights of the journal and the author(s) in case of violation. In addition, they take the necessary measures to ensure that the content of the published articles does not violate the intellectual property rights of other publications; They perform the authenticity-similarity check.
4. Ethical Responsibilities of Referees
4.1. Referees cannot contact the authors directly, necessary contacts should be made through the editors.
4.2. Each reviewer may agree to evaluate only articles related to his/her field of expertise.
4.3. Referees should perform their evaluations objectively and impartially. Ethnicity, religious beliefs, political attitudes and gender differences of the authors should not affect their evaluations.
4.4. Referees must complete the article evaluation process within the time specified for them and explain the result of acceptance or rejection in accordance with academic etiquette.
5. Ethical Responsibilities of Authors
5.1. The authors do not make misleading, incorrect or incomplete statements during the application process and declare the accuracy of any information they provide.
5.2. Authors should not have published the whole, part or data of the study they applied to in another journal before, and the data should be original.
5.3. Authors should not simultaneously submit their submitted work to another journal.
5.4. If the studies they apply for include a research that requires an "Ethics Committee Approval Certificate", the authors should have obtained the relevant document before starting the research and submitted it to the journal management.
5.5. If the authors need to get permission from any institution related to their research, they should provide the necessary information to the institution in question in a complete and non-misleading manner and obtain the written approval of the institution before starting the research.
5.6. Authors should obtain informed consent/acceptance/consent form from the participants before the research. The form should contain information about how the research process will work, the purpose and duration of the research, the possible risks or other negative situations that the research may involve, confidentiality and volunteerism issues so as not to adversely affect the research process.
5.7. In applications with more than one author, all authors must agree on issues such as authorship order. In addition, people who did not contribute to the study scientifically should not be cited as authors for whatever purpose or reason.
5.8. After the application is made, no request should be made to the journal for changes in authorship, for processes such as adding or removing authors.
5.9. If the authors realize that there are inaccuracies or errors in the data and results of the studies they apply to, they should notify the editor and take necessary actions, including withdrawing the application or accepting the rejection by the editor for this reason.
5.10. Authors are responsible for keeping the data of their work. If necessary, the Editorial Board may request the data from the authors within the scope of the evaluation process.
5.11. Authors should be mindful of possible plagiarism. Authors should not present someone else's article as their own, they should definitely include the resources they use in the bibliography section and give appropriate references to these resources in the text. On the other hand, authors should not refer to sources they have not used in their studies or should not include them in the bibliography.
5.12. Auth ors should act in accordance with the citation/citing rules, and avoid self-plagiarism if they include their own work (including thesis) that has been previously published elsewhere, in their submitted work.
5.13. Authors should avoid “slicing”. Slicing is in the YÖK Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive: “To present the results of a research as separate works in the evaluations of associate professorship exams and academic promotions by inappropriately dividing the results of the research into parts and making numerous publications without citing each other.” has been defined as.
5.14. Authors are responsible for duplication, fabrication, forgery, distortion, republishing, etc. ethical violations should be avoided. In such cases, the responsibility belongs to the author.
5.15. Authors must notify the journal/editor if there is any conflict of interest regarding the work they are applying for.
5.16. If the authors use a tool that does not belong to them in their work, they should obtain permission from the owner of the work and should be able to present this permission when necessary.
5.17. Authors should be responsible for the copyright regulations of any work they include in the work they apply for.
5.18. Authors are required to indicate if they have received financial support for the realization, authorship or publication of the study.
5.19. The authors should report that the processes that the participants or animal subjects in their studies were exposed to were carried out in accordance with national and international criteria.