Unless otherwise stated, all correspondence regarding submitted manuscripts will be conducted with the first author. Manuscript submissions must be uploaded online via www.cediddergi.com.

Submitted manuscripts must be sent with a plagiarism report and the electronic form of the text in Microsoft Word 2003 or later versions.

1. Manuscripts should be written in Times New Roman font (special fonts may be used to a limited extent), 12-point size, single line spacing, with 0 pt spacing before and 6 pt spacing after paragraphs.
2. In the article, all headings must be written in bold with only the first letters capitalized. The main title in the article’s original language should be 14-point and bold. The title in the second language (English for Turkish articles, Turkish for English articles) should be added below the main title as 12-point, and italic. The spacing should be 0 pt before, 6 pt after, and line spacing must be single.
3. Although the structure of the article varies depending on the type of study, every text must include an introduction, main analysis sections detailed with subheadings, a conclusion, and references. Empirical studies, on the other hand, should be prepared in accordance with the IMRaD structure consisting of introduction, method, findings, and discussion sections. Formally, first-level headings must be written in 12-point, bold, and left-aligned, with each word capitalized. Second and lower-level headings must also be 12-point and bold; these headings should be left-aligned and only the first letter of the first word should be capitalized.
4. Between the article title and the introduction, there should be an abstract of 200–250 words and an extended abstract of 700–1,000 words. In this section, spacing should be 0 pt before, 6 pt after; line spacing must be single. The order of the abstracts should be determined by the language of the article; in articles written in Turkish, the Turkish abstract is presented first, followed by the English abstract, whereas in articles written in English, the English abstract is presented first, followed by the Turkish abstract. Below both abstracts, a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 8 keywords that best reflect the study must be specified.
5. Submitted articles (including abstracts and references) should not exceed 10,000 words. (Longer articles of significant importance may be published by decision of the Editorial Board. Content such as text editions should be placed in the APPENDIX section of the article.)
6. The author’s name should be placed immediately below the title, the author’s surname should be in capital letters, and a “*” footnote should include their title, affiliated institution (including faculty and department name), city and country name, e-mail address, ORCID, and ROR ID (Research Organization Registry) number.
7. For texts and abbreviations, the spelling guidelines of the Turkish Language Association (TDK) must be followed.
8. For transcription text studies, one of the Timesefras, Munevver, Oktay New Transkripsiyon, or Timestrans fonts must be used. Transcription studies submitted with a font other than these will not be accepted. These fonts will only be used in the transcribed text section. In the “introduction, analysis, conclusion, etc.” sections of the articles, the Times New Roman font will be used as specified in item 1.
9. Only the APA style should be used for footnotes and references.
10. If artificial intelligence tools were used in the preparation of the study; the name of the tool used, its version, and the scope of use (e.g., text generation, source summarization, language correction, data analysis, code generation) must be explained in the article under a separate “AI Usage Declaration” heading. This declaration is placed after the references. Tools used solely for grammar checking or text formatting are exempt from this declaration. For detailed rules, see Ethical Principles and Publication Policy.
11. All legal, penal, and scientific responsibility for the studies submitted for publication in our journal in accordance with the rules belongs to the author(s). It has no binding nature on the journal in any way. The author is deemed to have accepted all the principles contained herein in advance.
12. Authors may be asked to make some corrections to the text in line with the Editorial Board and peer review reports.

Quotes must be given in quotation marks; quotes of fewer than 40 words should be inline within the text, while longer quotes should be indented 1.5 cm from both the right and left margins, in block format, with single line spacing, and 1 font size smaller.

Citations in the article should be provided immediately after the relevant text, in parentheses, with the author’s surname, publication year of the work, and page number in that order. Titles of works must be italicized.
Example: (Okay, 2016, p. 142)

In cases where more than one source is cited, the works are listed within the same parentheses, ordered from the oldest date to the newest, separated by semicolons.
Example: (Köprülü, 1989, p. 125; Okay, 2016, p. 115)

For sources with two authors, “and” is placed between them. For sources with more than two authors, the abbreviation “et al.” should be used.
Examples: (Andı and Akay, 2010, p. 223). (Kaplan, Enginün et al., 1988, p. 217)

If the author’s name is mentioned in the sentence, it is sufficient to indicate the date and page in parentheses.
Example: (2015, p. 23)

If the author has two works published in the same year, a letter is added to the publication year.
Examples: (Ahmet Midhat, 2010a, p. 37), (Ahmet Midhat, 2010b, p. 72)

Works published in the same year by two authors with the same surname are indicated by writing the initials of their first names as well.
Examples: (Balcı, F. 2014, p. 83), (Balcı, M. 2014, p. 112)

When citing an inaccessible publication in the text, the work from which the quotation is taken should be shown together with this source as follows:
Example: (quoted from Köprülü, 1924, p. 75; Demirci, 1998, p. 25)

Footnotes: Footnotes are used only for mandatory explanations. Citations here should also be arranged in parentheses, including the author’s surname, publication year of the work, and page number.
Example: (Çoruk, 2016, p. 118)

References: All sources used in the article must be included in the “References”; documents and works not mentioned in the text should not be included in the references, even if they are related to the subject of the article. If articles have a DOI, it must be used. Sources must be listed at the end of the main text in alphabetical order by author surnames (For authors prior to the Surname Law, the author’s first name is taken as the basis). The titles of works must be written in italics. The references should be formatted with single line spacing, a hanging indent of 1.25 cm, and spacing of 0 pt before and 6 pt after.

a. Books and book-length works
Author’s surname, initial of first name. (Year). Title of the book. Publisher.
Example: Okay, M. O. (2005). Batılılaşma devri Türk edebiyatı. Dergâh Yayınları.

If there is a preparer, editor, or translator, it is given in parentheses after the book title:
Example: Ersoy, M. A. (1991). Safahat (M. E. Düzdağ, Prep.). İz Yayıncılık.
Stevick, P. (2004). Roman teorisi (S. Kantarcıoğlu, Trans.; 2nd ed.). Akçağ Yayınları.

b. Articles in periodicals
Author’s surname, initial of first name. (Year). Title of the article. Name of the journal, volume(issue), page range. DOI
Example: Çetişli, İ. (2000). Bir neslin veya bir şairin romanı: Mâi ve Siyah. Türk Yurdu, 20(153-154), 318-333.

c. Theses
Author’s surname, initial of first name. (Year). Title of the thesis [Unpublished master’s/doctoral thesis]. Name of the university.

If the thesis is accessible in a database/archive:
Example: Yılmaz, A. (2019). Title of the thesis [Doctoral thesis, Ankara University]. Ulusal Tez Merkezi. URL

d. Internet sources
Author’s surname, initial of first name. (Year, Month Day). Title of the document. Site name. URL
Example: Koçak, A. (2014, January 1). HİLMİ, Şehbenderzâde Filibeli Ahmed Hilmi. Türk Edebiyatı İsimler Sözlüğü. https://teis.yesevi.edu.tr/madde-detay/ahmet-sehbenderzade