Writing Rules of Full-Text Paper


  • Papers could be written single-authored or co-authored.
  • Full-text papers will be evaluated by at least 2 reviewers through “blind review.”
  • The papers should be written in Times New Roman font and Microsoft Word.
  • Authors will send the full text papers by adding the similarity reports according to the results of the reviewer evaluations.
  • Full-text paper could be written in Turkish or English.
  • The title of the paper should be written at the beginning of the Turkish and English abstracts in Turkish and English in 14 pt, capital letters, bold and centered. The title, name, surname, institution, and e-mail address of the author should be written in 11 pt, single line spacing, 0 indentation, spacing should be 6 pt before and 6 pt after, centered under the Turkish and English titles.
  • Keywords should be written as a minimum 3 and a maximum 5 words under the Turkish and English abstracts.
  • The text should be written in A4 size with Microsoft Word program, applied with a margin of 3.5 cm on the left edge of each page, 3 cm on the top edge, and 2.5 cm on the bottom and right.
  • One tab key (1.25 cm) is indented at the beginning of paragraphs. Direct quotations not exceeding three lines should be enclosed in quotation marks (“ ”), and direct quotations exceeding three lines should be written as blocked text. Blocked text should be aligned 1 cm from the left side and 1 cm from the right side relative to the original text.
  • In the text, 1.5 lines (0 pt before and after) should be left between the lines, and one line (0 pt before and after) should be left in footnotes and blocked quotations.
  • The text should be written in 12 font size and Times New Roman font.
  • Footnotes to be given at the bottom of the page should be written in Times New Roman font and in 10 pt.
  • Page numbers should be centered at the bottom of the page.
  • First-level section headings are written in Times New Roman with all words in UPPERCASE, bold, and 14-point font size. The text is centered in these headings. In second-level headings, all words are written in UPPERCASE, bold, font size is 12 pt., and the text is justified on both sides. In third and lower-level headings, the first letters of all words are capitalized, the others are lowercase and bold. Such headings are justified and the font size is 12 pt.
  • 1st Level Headings; UPPERCASE, 14 PT, BOLD
  • 2nd Level Headings; UPPERCASE, 12 PT, BOLD
  • 3rd Level Headings;  First letter capitalised, 12 pt, bold
  • 4th Level Headings;  First letter capitalised, 12 pt, bold