Author Guide
Author Guide
Article Preparation
Language: Turkish, English
The language of the journal is Turkish and English.
Article Types
Edeb Erkan journal aims to accept and publish research articles in accordance with scientific criteria and share them with the public.
Article Format
MS Word Template
Image Format
JPEG At least 300 dpi
Source Notation Style
APA7 https://apastyle.apa.org/products/publication-manual-7th-edition
Author Change:
Author changes are only processed before the manuscript is accepted. Authors should carefully review the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscripts and provide the final author list at the time of submission. It is also important to indicate who the corresponding author is.
Writing Guidelines
1. Edeb Erkan journal is published by Ahmet Taşğın (Ankara/Türkiye).
2. It is important to pay attention to the following points during the submission of the manuscripts in terms of the evaluation process.
3. The manuscript to be submitted to the journal should not have been published elsewhere before and should not be in the publication process of another journal.
4. According to the scope of the journal, research articles are published on topics related to Cultural Studies with the subtitle of Social Sciences; Architecture, Art, Classics, Ethnic Studies, Family Studies, History, History and Philosophy of Science, Literature, Music, Philosophy, Religion, Psychology and Sociology.
5. Edeb Erkan journal is an international, scientific, and peer-reviewed journal. It was established in 2022 and continues to publish articles biannually (May-November).
6. Edeb Erkan journal is published two issues a year and at most one work by the same author can be published in one issue or within one year.
7. Manuscripts submitted to Edeb Erkan are first examined by the Editorial Board for compliance with the principles of the journal.
8. Manuscripts that do not comply with the APA7 Citation System Writing Guide (https://apastyle.apa.org/products/publication-manual-7th-edition) are returned to the author for correction.
9. Manuscripts that are deemed to comply with the APA7 Citation System Writing Guide (https://apastyle.apa.org/products/publication-manual-7th-edition) are sent to at least two referees. Since double blind refereeing is applied, the names of the referees are kept confidential and the reports are kept for a period of time. If one of the referee reports is positive and the other is negative, the manuscript is sent to a third referee.
10. Authors take into account the criticisms and suggestions of the referees and the Editorial Board. If they disagree, they have the right to object with their reasons. Manuscripts not accepted for publication will not be returned to the authors.
11. Manuscripts submitted for publication must be accompanied by a iThenticate plagiarism report. The similarity rate should not exceed 10 per cent.
12. The writing language of Edeb Erkan is Turkish and English. Manuscripts that are not written in Latin letters should include Turkish and English Title and Abstract/Abstract and References/References written using the Latin Alphabet.
13. Manuscripts should have a total word count of at least 450 and at most 480 for both Turkish and English Abstract, Keywords 3 to 5 and References prepared according to APA7 citation system (https://apastyle.apa.org/products/publication-manual-7th-edition).
14. Manuscripts submitted to the journal are examined for suitability for publication and sent to two referees and published as a result of the referees' evaluations. Manuscripts that receive two positive evaluation reports are processed as articles and published in order according to the date of arrival. If one of the referee reports is positive and the other is negative, the article is sent to the third referee.
15. Edeb Erkan journal is free of charge and provides open access to its content.
16. Edeb Erkan journal does not charge authors for the article evaluation and publication process.
17. The copyright of the articles accepted for publication in Edeb Erkan journal belongs to the authors.
18. In the articles to be sent to Edeb Erkan journal; originality, horizon-opening and remarkable views are sought.
19. Information such as author title, name, institution, ORCID number and e-mail address should not be included under the title of the article. If the article is produced from academic studies (Master's, Doctorate, Associate Professorship or Scientific Meetings), it must be specified.
20. Grammar rules (writing, punctuation, clarity, comprehensibility, etc.) must be followed in the manuscripts submitted to the journal. It should be prepared according to TDK Writing Guide. Encyclopaedia of Islam Three Online should be consulted for English terms and concepts: https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/encyclopaedia-of-islam-3
21. The legal responsibility of the articles published in Edeb Erkan journal belongs to the author and does not bind the journal.
22. The author submitting an article to the journal is deemed to have accepted these principles. Articles that do not comply with these principles will not be evaluated.
Source Citation Style
Manuscripts should be prepared according to APA7 Citation System.
https://apastyle.apa.org/products/publication-manual-7th-edition
Make sure the following items are available
1. Author information added
- E-mail address
- Full postal address
- Telephone number
- ORCID ID
- ROR ID (ROR ID is the institution number, you can find out your institution number at https://ror.org/).
2. All necessary files have been uploaded
- Article text
3. The article was "spell-checked" and "grammar-checked"
4. All references mentioned in the sources must be cited in the text
At the time of submission, the following commitment is obtained from the author electronically
1. I am authorised/authorised by the co-authors to submit this work to your journal.
2. The manuscript is original, has not been formally published in another peer-reviewed journal, is not under consideration by another journal, and does not violate any existing copyright or other third-party rights.
3. I/we agree that if the article is accepted for editorial publication, it will be licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) licence.
4. Copyright and intellectual property rights of the author(s) or, if applicable, the authors' employer are reserved. The author(s) undertake(s) that the publisher is not responsible for any claims or lawsuits to be filed by third parties due to copyright infringement, and that all responsibility belongs to them.
5. The author(s) undertake(s) that there are no criminal offences or illegal expressions in the article, and that no illegal materials and methods were used during the research.
Author Guidelines
Submission of Letters
Authors who want to submit their work to Edeb Erkan journal should create a profile by clicking the Registration tab on the journal website. After creating a profile, the "Make a New Submission" option should be followed. There are 5 stages in this area:
1. Under the "Start" option, the language and type of the article (research article) should be selected; then the necessary confirmation procedures regarding the acceptance of the journal's rules should be completed. The "Save and continue" option at the bottom of the page will take you to the next step.
2. Select the file content from the "Upload Submission" step and upload the file in MS Word format and edited according to the writing rules of our journal. At this stage, make sure that all three steps 1. Upload File, 2. Evaluation Details, 3. Approval are completed.
3. In the "Enter metadata" step, the title and abstract of the article in Turkish and English should be entered and the "Save and continue" button at the bottom of the page should be clicked.
4. Click the "Finish submission" button from the "Confirmation" step. After this step, the "Submission completed" warning is displayed. Thus, your article is uploaded to the journal system.
5. You can review your submission or create a new submission in the "Next step" section.
Evaluation of Manuscripts
In order for the manuscripts submitted to the journal to be accepted for review, the following conditions must be fulfilled:
1. The texts submitted to the journal must be written in Microsoft Word programme, in Times New Roman font, 12 pt and one and a half line spacing.
2. The title should be written in bold with only the first letters capitalised and should not exceed 12 words. All headings (except Abstract, Introduction and Conclusion) after the Introduction section in the text should be numbered, and the title(s), if any, should be written in bold and only the first letters should be capitalised.
3. The studies should be based on the Turkish Language Association Writing Guide and Turkish words should be used as much as possible instead of foreign words.
4. Author name(s) should not be included in the manuscripts uploaded to the journal web system. Author information should be filled in completely when registering to the journal system. Apart from the author name(s), the title of the text and the author's contact information (correspondence address, e-mail, telephone) should be included.
5. The main text should be preceded by an "Abstract-Abstract" totalling 480-500 words, written in Turkish and English. In the abstract, the scope and purpose of the research should be stated, the method used should be defined and the results obtained should be briefly expressed. Immediately below the abstract, there should be at least 3 and at most 5 keywords and the initials of these keywords should be capitalised and a full stop (.) should be placed at the end of the last keyword.
6. Abstract and Keywords should be written in 11 font size.
7. The Encyclopedia of Islam itself and its sources should be taken into consideration for the English equivalents of the concepts used in the English abstract of the articles. (https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/encyclopaedia-of-islam-3)
8. In the writing of foreign words, only italic letters (italics) should be used. If it is desired to give the foreign language equivalent of a Turkish word in order to clarify it, this equivalent should be written in brackets in italics. If the source referred to in the text is in a foreign language, the Turkish language must be given after the title of the work, in brackets, without italics and quotation marks.
Name & Title of the Publication
Double quotation marks ("...") or slash marks (/) should not be used in the title. If double quotation marks ("...") are used, when this study is cited in another study, the double quotation marks will be written twice in the same title, which is not appropriate. If necessary, single quotation marks ('...') may be preferred. A colon (:) can be used before the subheading if deemed necessary.
The Turkish title and the English title must be fully compatible in terms of meaning.
Main and subheadings should be formed in decimal system order, using numbers followed by a period. A space should be left between the title number and the first letter of the title.
Author & Institution Information
The author's name and surname should be written in bold with only the first letters capitalised, and italics should not be used. If the institution where the author works is a university, the name, faculty and department of the university should be written, and the city and country where the institution is located should also be specified. The e-mail address actively used by the author should also be written.
Author information is used in the determination and follow-up of the impact value of the study in the categories of "author, university, department, city and country". In addition, the author's International Unique Researcher Number (ORCID) should be added to the contact information field. The ORCID number can be obtained free of charge from the ORCID web page.
Prof. Dr., Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University, Institute of Graduate Studies, Department of Alevi Bektashi Culture, Ankara, Turkey / e-mail: [email protected] / ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000
Abstract Writing
At the beginning of the manuscript submitted to the journal, there should be an Abstract in English and an Abstract in Turkish, which summarises the subject under investigation in a short and understandable manner, and which consists of at least 480 and at most 500 words in total.
In the Abstract section, the basic methodological framework of the research such as subject, scope, importance, purpose and method should be stated; the results reached and the sources used should not be mentioned.
Abstract should be written in a single paragraph.
The use of TDK Dictionary should be followed in the writing of proper names (religion, sect, person, theology, etc.), book titles and concepts in the abstract text. The latest version of the Encyclopedia of Islam (https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/encyclopaedia-of-islam-3) should be taken into consideration and the Transliteration/Transcription Alphabet should be used in the writing of proper names, book titles and concepts in the English (Abstract) text.
Selection of Keywords
"Keywords" consisting of at least three and at most five concepts should be included immediately after the Abstract and Summary sections.
Writing of Work Names
The words forming the titles of works such as books, journals, encyclopaedias, theses and newspapers published/prepared in Turkish are written by starting with a capital letter. Titles of works are formatted in italics. Titles, abstracts, keywords, text, footnotes, references, etc. are formatted in the same way.
Citing Sources & Footnotes in Manuscripts
Citation will be in-text and APA7. (https://apastyle.apa.org/products/publication-manual-7th-edition) In-text citation should be before the period of the cited sentence. If more or additional information is required than the source given in the article, it should be given consecutively as a footnote under the text and by starting the sequence number. The footnote number in the text should be placed after the full stop.
Writing Poetry Lines
Poem lines are written in italics wherever they occur.
Be calm, don't break anyone's heart
Do not follow in the footsteps of the true Eren
If you are in love, you will not die, do not be afraid
The lover is not eaten by the wolf.
Hacı Bektaş Veli
When poem lines are written side by side, a slash (/) is placed between them, leaving a space before and after.
Calm down, do not break anyone's heart / Do not follow in the footsteps of the true Eren / If you are a lover, you will not die, do not be afraid / The lover is not eaten by wolves.
Hacı Bektaş Veli
Writing of Numbers
Time, amount of money, measurement and statistical data are written with numbers:
at 17.30 | 1.500.000 lira | 150 kilometres | 15 metres of fabric | 1.250.000 people
When writing per cent and per thousand signs, there should be no space between the numbers and the sign:
%25 | ‰50
Numbers can be written in writing:
since a thousand years | fourteen days | fifth day of the week | quarterly | one hundred questions
For easy reading of numbers with four or more digits, the words thousand, million, billion and trillion are written with letters:
1 billion 500 million people | 3 thousand 255 pens | 8 trillion 412 billion etc.
Numbers consisting of more than one word are written separately:
two hundred | three hundred and sixty five | one thousand two hundred and fifty one
Multiplication numbers are indicated by writing, not by numbers:
two, nine, one hundred.
Writing Dates & Centuries
Dates are written without abbreviation:
Misuse: 1810-11 | 1914-15
Correct Usage: 1810-1811 | 1914-1915
Centuries should be written with a number and the word "century" should start with a lower case letter:
Incorrect Usage: 6/12th century | 19th century
Correct Usage: 6th/12th century | 19th century
Citing & Quoting
If the author refers to an opinion, discussion or determination in a different source in his/her work, he/she should cite the source in the text according to APA7 citation system (https://apastyle.apa.org/products/publication-manual-7th-edition). If the reference is to a certain page or page range of the work, the page number should be given. If there is a reference to the whole work, that is, if a reference is made to a size that requires the reader to examine the whole work, the source should be indicated in the footnote after the phrase "See on this subject", "See about this opinion", "See about this discussion" or just "see".
If the source quoted by the author is taken as it is, the quoted part should be "quoted in double quotation marks" and the source should be indicated by giving it in ( ) brackets at the end.
Quotations that exist in the directly quoted text should be written using 'single quotation'.
If the directly quoted part is longer than three lines (more than forty words), it should be shown in a separate paragraph. In order to distinguish long quotations from the main text, they should be written in 11-point font size smaller than the normal text size and the entire paragraph should be indented from the left at the carriage return line.
In the directly quoted text, some words, sentences and paragraphs may be omitted, provided that they do not change the meaning. Ellipses (...) are placed in place of the omitted parts.
It is not correct to write the part quoted verbatim from a source without enclosing it in "double quotation marks" and to be contented with just writing the source at the end. If these rules are not followed, the author may be accused of violation of publication ethics (Plagiarism).
Creating Tables & Figures
The phrase "Table" or "Figure" should be used in the title of tables and figures. Graphics, charts, drawings, maps, photographs and pictures are considered as figures. Table description should be above the table and figure description should be below the image.
Consecutive numbers should be used in headings. The headings used should be in 11-point font size and should not be indented. In table and figure titles, the first letter of each word should be capitalised.
Table 1: Alevi & Bektashi Culture Poets
Figures should be given titles starting with the phrase "Figure" and numbered with consecutive numbers. They should not be started with Pictures, Graphics, Drawings, etc. Borders should not be used in figures.
Figure 1: Semah in Alevism
Duties & Responsibilities of Authors
Authorship & Contribution
Authorship should be limited to those who made significant contributions to the content, design, conduct, or interpretation of the study. All significant contributors should be listed as co-authors. If there are minor contributors to the work, e.g. language editing, they should be acknowledged in the acknowledgements section. The corresponding author should ensure that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript and agree to its submission for publication. Authors are expected to carefully review the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and to provide the final author list at the time of original submission. Only in exceptional circumstances will the editor consider the addition, deletion, or reorganisation of authors after the manuscript has been submitted. All authors must agree to any such addition, deletion or reorganisation. Authors take joint responsibility for the work.
Author Change Requests
Addition, deletion or rearrangement of author names in the author list can only be made before the manuscript is accepted and only if approved by the Editor of the journal.
If such a change is requested, the Editor will request from the responsible author (a) the reason for the change in the author list and (b) written confirmation (e-mail) from all authors that they agree to the addition. Only in exceptional cases will the Editor consider the addition, deletion or reorganisation of authors after the article has been accepted.
Article Writing
Authors of original research papers should address the topic in an original way and with an objective discussion. The paper should include sufficient detail and references to allow others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly false statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.
Originality
The author should provide assurance that the article is original, has not been previously published elsewhere, and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, in another language.
Using Original Sources & Citation
Authors should ensure that they have written entirely original work and that, if they have used the work or words of others, this is properly cited. Privately obtained information, such as in conversations, correspondence or discussions with third parties, should not be used without the express written permission of the source.
Data Access & Preservation
Authors may be asked to provide research data supporting their articles for editorial review and/or to comply with the journal's open data requirements. Authors should be prepared to provide public access to such data, if possible, and to retain such data for a reasonable period after publication. The journal recommends that research data be uploaded to TUBITAK's Aperta Portal.
Multiple & Simultaneous Publication
An author should not publish an article containing the same research in more than one journal. It is unethical to submit the same article to more than one journal at the same time. An author should not submit a previously published article for consideration in another journal, except in the form of an abstract.
Publication of Studies Based on Questionnaires & Interviews
For research in all disciplines that require ethics committee approval (ethics committee approval must be obtained, this approval must be stated and documented in the article. In researches requiring ethics committee approval, information about the approval (name of the committee, date and number) should be included in the method section, as well as on one of the first/last pages of the article; in case reports, information on the signature of the informed consent form should be included in the article.
Conflict of Interest
Any financial or other interest that may cause the person to be conflicted in his/her work, significantly impair his/her objectivity, or provide an unfair advantage in favour of any person or organisation. All sources of financial support received during the conduct of the research and preparation of the manuscript and the role of the supporters in the study should be explained. If there is no source of funding, this should also be indicated. Examples of potential conflicts of interest that should be disclosed include consultancies, salaries, grants. Potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed at the earliest possible stage.
Error Reporting
When an author notices a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her published work, he/she should notify the journal immediately. It is also the author's obligation to withdraw the manuscript or to co-operate to correct it if deemed necessary by the editor. If the editor or publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains errors, it is the author's obligation to co-operate with the editor, including informing the editor.
Image Integrity
It is unacceptable to enhance, darken, move, remove or add a specific feature in an image. Authors must adhere to the policy for graphic images implemented by the journal.
