Submissions to the Yalova Theology Journal must be prepared in either Turkish or English, formatted in accordance with the journal’s official style guidelines, and—upon acceptance—incorporated into the journal’s official article template. Articles must include the following sections in this specific order: Turkish title, Öz (abstract), keywords, English title, abstract, keywords, introduction, main body, conclusion, and bibliography.
Citation System: The journal utilizes the İSNAD Citation System (2nd Edition / İSNAD 2.0) with a footnote-based format. Articles that do not comply with the İSNAD Citation System will be returned to the author for revision; failure to implement the requested corrections will result in the rejection of the submission. The use of reference management software—such as Zotero, Mendeley, etc.—is mandatory for citations and bibliography.
A footnote-based reference system must be employed; footnotes should be set in a font size 2 (two) points smaller than that of the main text.
Articles must be prepared using the Gentium Plus or İSNAD font; the main text should be in 11-point font, and footnotes in 9-point font. For Arabic terms and text, the Times New Roman font must be used. The main text should be fully justified (aligned to both margins) with no paragraph indentation. Spacing before and after paragraphs should be set to 6 pt, with a line spacing of 1.15.
The Öz and the abstract must be between 150 and 200 words in length, accompanied by a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 8 keywords. The *Öz*, abstract, and their respective keywords must be set in a font size 1 (one) point smaller than the main text (i.e., 10-point font). The abstract must clearly state the subject/problem of the study, its objective, methodology, scope/limitations, findings, and conclusions.
The length of an article—including the bibliography and appendices—must not exceed 10,000 words for articles in Turkish, or 12,000 words for articles in English. Submissions exceeding these limits will be returned to the author(s) for word count reduction.
Tables, figures, and images must be numbered and titled in accordance with the İSNAD Citation System.
A Copyright Agreement Form, signed by all authors, must be uploaded to the system.
The initial submission of the manuscript must not contain any information identifying the authors; author details must be provided in a separate "Author Information Form" file, which should be uploaded to the system alongside the other manuscript files. For accepted articles, author information must be included in the final version when it is formatted according to the journal’s template.
For any matters not explicitly addressed in these submission guidelines, the relevant manual of the İSNAD Citation System shall serve as the reference.