Formatting Rules

Font and Page Layout

All texts must be written in Times New Roman, 12-point font, 1.5 line spacing, and fully justified.

Article Types and Lengths

Research Articles: Should be between 5,000 and 11,000 words, including the abstract, keywords, and references. Submissions outside this range will be considered at the discretion of the Editorial Board.

Research Notes: Should be between 4,000 and 8,000 words.

Book Review Guidelines

Abstract and Keywords

All research articles and research notes must include both Turkish and English abstracts (200–250 words) and 5–7 keywords.

Abstracts should reflect the article's purpose, research question, contribution to the literature, methodology, and conclusions.

Transcription

For texts in Arabic script, the translation and transliteration guide presented in International Journal of Middle East Studies (IJMES) must be followed.

References and Citation Style

The Chicago Manual of Style (18th edition) should be used for in-text citations and the reference list.

For articles written in Arabic, a Latin-script version of the bibliography must also be included.

Appendices

Supplementary materials should be placed at the end of the main text but before the reference list.

Sources for images, documents, or tables included in the appendices must be cited both under each appendix item and in the reference list.

Dates and Century Usage

Centuries and dates should be written out in full: e.g., “the fifteenth century,” “29 October 1923.”

Use BCE/CE in English texts.

Death dates should be provided in parentheses the first time a person’s name is mentioned, in the format (d. Hijri/Gregorian). Example: al-Māwardī (d. 450/1058).
For individuals who lived in the 19th or 20th centuries, both birth and death years should be given in the Gregorian calendar. Example: Hasan Âli Yücel (1897–1961).

Quotations

Short quotations should appear within the text in double quotation marks (“...”).

Long quotations should be set off from the main text, without quotation marks, indented from the left, and written in 10-point font.


Images and Figures

All manuscript images, illustrations, and figures must include captions.

Captions should provide descriptive information and source details.

Captions must be written in 9-point font.

All images should be placed within the body of the text at the desired publication point, not at the end.

All images and figures must be numbered individually and submitted as separate files.

Sources cited in captions must also appear in the reference list.