WRITING RULES
Title
The Turkish title must be bold, uppercase, 12-point font, and centered. The English title should appear immediately below the Turkish title, in 11-point font, not bold, with only the initial letters capitalized, and centered. The title of the paper should not exceed 12 words.
Author Name
The author's academic title, first name, and surname must be right-aligned, bold, and 11-point font. The author's affiliated institution, faculty, ORCID ID, and email address should be provided in a footnote marked with an asterisk (*).
Abstract
The paper must include both a Turkish abstract (Öz) and an English abstract (Abstract), each consisting of at least 250 words, along with at least five keywords in both Turkish and English. The abstract should be written in 11-point font. It should clearly present the scope, purpose, methodology, significance, and findings of the study.
Page Layout
The manuscript must be prepared using Microsoft Word with the following page settings:
- Paper Size: A4 (21 × 29.7 cm)
- Margins: 2.5 cm on all sides
- Font: Times New Roman
- Font Style: Regular
- Main Text Font Size: 12 pt
- Footnote Font Size: 10 pt
- Paragraph Spacing: 0 pt before, 6 pt after
- Line Spacing: 1.5 lines
Section Headings
All section and subsection headings should be bold, with the first letter of each word capitalized. If section numbering is used, the "Introduction" and "Conclusion" sections must not be numbered.
Tables and Figures
The number and title of each table or figure should be placed immediately below the corresponding table or figure.
REFERENCES AND CITATIONS
Direct quotations must be enclosed in quotation marks. Quotations shorter than 2.5 lines should appear within the main text. Quotations longer than 2.5 lines should be formatted as a block quotation, indented 1.5 cm from both the left and right margins, written in 10-point font, and with single line spacing.
At the end of the manuscript, the References section should be arranged alphabetically by the authors' surnames. In each reference entry, the author's surname should be listed first.