General Conditions

1. Studies that are requested to be evaluated in the journal should be uploaded to the journal system in accordance with the conditions specified in the rules for manuscript sections. To submit an article for the first time, it is necessary to select the "Submit Article" button, follow the necessary steps, and upload the article and other necessary information and documents to the system. The article file uploaded to the system must be fully anonymous. A cover page containing the name of the article, the abstract, the author(s) name and surname, the institution, e-mail, and ORCID information should also be uploaded as a separate file. If the article is derived from any thesis or other scientific work, it should be shown in a footnote to the article title on the first page of the manuscript.

2. Studies submitted for publication in the journal, should not use anonymous internet-based or other sources whose content does not pass scientific control. All articles submitted to the journal must be original and must not have been included in another publication process. The acceptance of articles presented at conferences and published in full texts is determined by the editors' evaluations. If a manuscript is submitted for evaluation, it is assumed that the authors accept these rules. No royalties are paid to authors. The Editorial Board reserves the right to reject the articles on the grounds that they do not comply with the rules, to request corrections, and to reorganize them.

3. Authors should upload their manuscripts to the system after preparing them in accordance with the spelling rules specified and in Microsoft Office Word 2016 or above format. Studies that do not comply with the article format demanded are rejected during the pre-evaluation process without being included in the peer review process.

4. When the authors upload their manuscripts to the system, they accept that they will transfer their copyrights and the manuscript will be scanned with similarity programs such as iThenticate or Turnitin.

5. In addition to entering the ORCID information of the authors into the system, it must be added next to the author information on the typesetting template, and this process must be done for all authors, and the corresponding author must also be specified. If authors don't have ORCID IDs, they can get this number at https://orcid.org/signin.

6. As explained in detail on the Data Policy page, if there are data sets used in the analyses in the articles, analysis outputs, and legal grounds that prevent the sharing of data, documents showing this should be uploaded to the system at the application stage. The authors accept in advance that the data sets or analysis outputs they upload may be subject to audit.

7. All responsibilities for the published articles belong to the author(s).

8. For the applications uploaded to the system, after being pre-checked in terms of document information and format conditions, a preliminary editorial evaluation is carried out, and those found suitable are sent to the peer-review process. In line with the reports from the reviewers, it is decided to publish the article, to request corrections from the author within the framework of the report, or to reject it, and this decision is reported to the author. The Editorial Board decides in which issue of the journal the articles found suitable for publication will be published. The author is informed about this decision.

Writing Rules for the Main Text

1. It is a prerequisite for the studies to be sent for consideration that the articles in accordance with the template should not exceed 12,000 words in total, including the text, tables, figures, and reference parts. Articles should be written in the Microsoft Word program with 4.5 cm. margins from the top, bottom, right, and left, Times New Roman font, 10 points, and 1 line spacing.

2. The abstract of the article should be written in the language of the article (English or French) with no more than 250 words. Abstracts explain the purpose of the article, the methodology, the findings, and the results. The keywords under the abstracts are given as a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 words that best describe the content of the article in the appropriate language.


Rules for Citations

1. For in-text citations, the reference system that includes the author's surname, date, and/or page numbers is preferred (Ex. Robinson, 2000, p. 83). For references with more than two authors, the surname of the first author and the "et al." phrase should be used (Ex. Mercer et al., 2017, p. 16). If more than one source is used in the same parenthesis, the sources must be listed alphabetically and separated by a semicolon (;) sign. (Ex. Bosch, 2006; Hasan & Pattal, 2004, p. 125). The same rule should be followed for in-text citations for compilation books and editorial books (consisting of articles). The name, year, and page number of the publication should be given for encyclopedia and law articles. (Ex. Meydan Larousse, 2000, p. 1256; Türk Medeni Kanunu, 2015, p. 124).

2. In citations given from an author's work published in the same year, citations should be separated as a and b. (Ex. Kırgın, 2017; Sıkılmış, 2016a; Sıkılmış, 2016a, p. 125).

3. Explanations on some issues that are intended to be explained in the text can be stated as footnotes at the bottom of the page, and such footnotes must follow each other numerically. However, references cannot be given as footnotes or endnotes.



Rules for References

APA Version 7 format is followed in writing the bibliography. Details regarding this format are available at https://apastyle.apa.org.



Rules for Tables and Figures

1. Each of the tables, figures, and graphics that will be included in the text should be titled in such a way that they do not exceed the page margins (they may be smaller than the page margins), and tables, figures, and graphics should be titled within themselves. Numbers should be given consecutively (numeric) by giving appropriate titles and numbers. Table titles should be given above the table; figure titles should be given below the figure.

2. The sources of tables, figures, and graphics that will be included in the text should be placed under the tables, figures, and graphics in accordance with the in-text reference rules. (Source: DPT, 1988:125).

3. Visuals such as tables, graphics, figures, or diagrams to be used in articles should be designed by the authors and not copied directly.