WRITING RULES

Publication Rules
1. The journal is published twice a year, in January and July, in accordance with the status of "National Refereed Journal". If necessary, it can also be published as a Special Issue with the absolute majority of the Editorial Board.
2. Articles submitted to the journal must not have been previously published elsewhere or submitted for publication. Papers presented at a scientific meeting and publications from a thesis are accepted if this is clearly stated.
3. Manuscripts submitted to the journal for publication are divided into two as articles and non-articles:
    3.1. Articles:
        a. Research: A work that contributes to scientific and artistic research, refutes previous theses or brings a new perspective, or reveals new documents,
        b. Review: A study that concludes a controversial or ambiguous issue by reviewing the relevant literature,
    3.2. Non-articles:
        a. Letter to the Editor: A work containing comments, criticisms and corrections regarding articles previously published in Akdeniz Art Journal,
        b. Review Articles: Exhibition, project introductory articles, movie reviews, meeting/festival evaluations and reviews of books published in related fields prepared in scientific format,

        c. Translation Articles: Turkish translations of original articles identified or selected by the Editor or the Editorial Board as having a significant contribution to the relevant fields,

        d. Interview Articles: Interviews with academically and artistically prominent people in their fields are
also within the scope of the journal.
4. The copyright of the articles published in the journal belongs to the journal. The author agrees that he/she has transferred all copyrights of his/her article approved for publication in the journal to Akdeniz Sanat. The journal adheres to the open access policy.
5. If a correction is requested from the author, the correction must be made within 15 days at the latest and submitted to the journal via DergiPark (dergipark.org.tr). The editor may extend this period for a limited period of time when deemed necessary.
6. The author(s) must provide their titles, institutions, communication addresses, ORCID numbers, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses. This information will not be sent to the referee.
7. Non-essential corrections in the articles to be published can be made by the secretariat.

Guidelines on Writing Rules:
The articles to be included in the journal must meet the rules in the following articles:
As of September 26, 2022, the writing rules have been updated. Please edit your articles in accordance with the article template.
1. All original and scientific articles related to the content of the journal are included in the journal as a result of the evaluation of the referee board. If the work does not comply with the Spelling Rules, it will be sent back to the author for correction. After the articles are corrected by the author, they will enter the peer review process. Articles with a high rate of errors in grammar and expression will not be evaluated.
2. The writing language is Turkish and English. Spelling, punctuation and abbreviations are based on the latest edition of the Turkish Language Association Spelling Guide. Manuscripts should be clear and understandable in terms of language and expression in accordance with scientific criteria.
3. Manuscripts should be prepared in Word program in A4 size with page margins of 3 cm top and bottom and 3.5 cm left and right. First level main headings should be in Calibri font, 12 pt, bold and plain, all capitalized. All headings should be numbered. All text should be justified with 1.5 line spacing, 10 point font size and Cambria font. Articles should be between 3,500-8,500 words excluding abstract, abstract, and references. Bold or double quotation marks should be used for the parts that need to be emphasized in the text, italic letters or single quotation marks should not be used. Double emphasis such as both quotation marks and italics should never be used in the text.
4. On the first page of the document, the title of the article should be written in Calibri 22 font size, and the names of the authors should be written in Calibri 12 font size, left justified. The author's title, place of work, e-mail address and ORCID number (Cambria font, 8 pt. with (*) sign in the footnote) should be included. The first letter of each keyword should be capitalized. Abstract should be used instead of abstract. A Turkish "abstract" of no more than 250 words should be written immediately below the title of the article and the names of the authors. The abstract should be written with 1.5 line spacing, 10 pt, justified and Cambria font. It should not overflow to the next page. The abstract should include the subject/research question of the study, the methodology of the study, its contribution to the literature, main findings and conclusions. The abstract should not include equations, citations, non-standard abbreviations, etc. Just below the abstract, there should be keywords in 10-point, Cambria font. The 5 keywords that best reflect the nature of the study should be capitalized and separated by commas. A period should be added at the end. In addition, on the first page, the institutions/organizations supporting the study, if any, and if the article has been presented as an abstract in any other place (conference, symposium, etc.), this information should be given as a footnote (**) on the first page. Footnotes for other explanations should be given in the text.
5. The second page of the document should contain English translations of all the information on the first page. It is not mandatory to write an abstract in Turkish for texts written in English. The English abstract must include the title, keywords and author's affiliation. Abstract should be written with 1.5 line spacing, justified, 10 font size and Cambria font. It should not overflow to the next page.
6. Introduction should start on a new page. All headings (including introduction and conclusion) should be numbered. Apart from the introduction, articles should definitely have literature review, methods and findings sections. However, these sections may have different titles. For example, a title such as "similar studies in the field" can be used instead of "literature review".
7. Section headings and subheadings used in the article should be written in Calibri font, 12 pt. Main headings should be written in bold characters with all capitalized letters, and subheadings should be written in bold characters with only the first letters capitalized and numbered.
8. All text should be written justified with 1.5 line spacing, 10 pt. font size and Cambria font.
9. Tables should be numbered and titled. The title of the table should be written in Cambria font with only the initial letter capitalized, bold, 8 pt, 1.5 line spacing and centered on the page. Tables should be numbered in sequence. All tables in the article should be referenced in the text (Table 1).
10. Only the term "Figure" should be used for pictures, photographs, graphics, figures, notes, maps, drawings, etc. The figure description should be in Cambria font, capitalized, bold, 8 pt, 1.5 line spacing and centered on the page under the figure. Figures should be numbered in sequence. There should be a reference immediately below the figure, and the visual reference should not be included in the bibliography section. It is obligatory to use visual material (photographs, pictures, drawings, plans, etc.) in articles and manuscripts by citing the source and to obtain permission from the authors for copyrighted material. If the images belong to the author, the author's name should be added under the image and a statement indicating that it belongs to the author. The legal responsibility in these matters also belongs to the authors. If the figure does not contribute to the understanding of the article or causes conflicting information, it should not be included in the article.
11. Footnotes should not be used for referencing, footnotes should be used only for explanatory additional information and automatic numbering should be used. In-text citation methods should be used to cite sources in footnotes. Footnote word length should be less than 60 words. Footnotes should not be used for citations. Footnotes should be written in Cambria font, single-spaced, 8-point font, with automatic numbering using the number (1) symbol. Footnotes should be used only for mandatory explanations that bind the main text.
12. The author should cite all direct or indirect quotations. In direct quotations, if the quoted section exceeds 40 words, it should be written as a block quote. Block quotations should be in 9 font size, 1.5 line spacing, and should start 1 tab in (2 cm). Double quotation marks should not be used in block quotations. If it is less than 40 words, this quotation is given in double quotation marks in the text. If the quotation is given in the middle of the text, the source is cited in parentheses immediately after the quoted part is given in double quotation marks.
13. All in-text citations should be written in parentheses and in (Tepecik, 2010, p. 15) format. Spacing and punctuation marks should be observed in citation writing.
14. The title of the bibliography should be written on a new page, in capital letters, justified to the left, in bold. References should be written starting from the left margin of the writing area.
References should be organized in alphabetical order. No other titles such as internet sources, visual bibliography, etc. should be used. In case of more than one publication of an author, the references should be listed according to the date of publication; publications of the same author published in the same year should be shown as (1980a, 1980b).
15. If there is a "Statement of Support and Acknowledgment", it should be placed before the bibliography.
16. Appendices (documents) should be given after the bibliography. References to these appendices in the text must be made as Appendix Table: 1 or Appendix Figure: 7. If the table and figure are cited, the source must be indicated.

17. Articles prepared according to the template should be sent in two copies, one named and one unnamed, in different versions of "Word for Windows" (as .doc extension) in computer environment from Dergi Park.

18. As of 2024, article submissions must include the Ethics Committee Permission Certificate for studies prepared using techniques such as surveys, interviews, interviews, focus group studies, observations and experiments. https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/journal-file/26291

Guidelines for Writing References and References in the Text:

1. In-text references in all manuscripts submitted to the journal should be organized in accordance with the APA (American Psychological Association) system. In-text references and references at the end of the text are made according to APA-6 Publication Manual publication principles.

For writing rules, please see:

1. http://www.tk.org.tr/APA/apa_2.pdf
2. https://www.apastyle.org

Principles to be Followed in Writing Bibliography:

1. Every source cited in the text (except the relevant legislation) must be included in the "Bibliography". A source included in the "Bibliography" must also have reference links in the text. The information of the source in the text and the information in the "Bibliography" must be consistent. The author is responsible for the accuracy of the information provided. The full
 identity of the cited source must be given. Works that are not cited cannot be shown in the bibliography.

Additional Rules for Writing and Publication (Additional rules to be considered during the Preliminar Evaluation process)

As stated in the Editorial of our July 2021 issue, we are introducing a new set of rules in our article evaluation processes in order to improve the quality of our Journal. For this purpose, compliance with the following criteria will be sought in the preliminary evaluation processes of the manuscripts submitted for publication in our Journal:
- The titles of the articles should be descriptive of the content of the study as in scientific research reports.
- The abstracts of the articles should include the subject/research question of the study, the methodology of the study, its contribution to the literature, main findings and conclusions.
- The keywords of the articles should be chosen among the words that best reflect the nature of the study. Apart from the introduction and conclusion sections, the articles should definitely include literature review, methodology and findings sections. However, these sections may have different titles. For example, a title such as "similar studies in the field" can be used instead of "literature review".
- The abstracts, which are written as the English equivalent of the abstracts of the articles, should be both appropriate to the abstracts and at a certain level in terms of English.
- Conclusion sections of the articles should be sections where the main findings are interpreted in terms of the relevant literature and related theories in accordance with a research report.
- The texts of the articles should not contain major violations of the Journal's spelling rules. Authors should also pay attention to the following points:
- Studies that do not have a research question or do not aim to fill a certain gap in the relevant literature or contribute to a certain discussion cannot be considered as scientific research.
- Research or original articles include studies that aim to reach a new conclusion in a certain field, which can be accepted as new information in the literature, applied to a new sample or case, etc. Review articles, on the other hand, are studies that focus on the characteristics of previously published works in a certain scientific discipline, on a certain subject, etc., and aim to describe these characteristics or to classify them into certain groups. For example, re-presenting a certain topic by quoting from previously published works and adding some commentary does not in any way qualify as a research or review article.

- The literature review and bibliography of the articles should be appropriate to the subject and research question determined and capable of answering this question. It cannot be said that texts containing sources that are far from the objectives of the study and clearly insufficient to underline the contribution of the study to the field cannot be said to comply with scientific research criteria. In matters where Turkish sources are clearly insufficient to support the subject/research question, it is imperative to consult foreign sources that will provide appropriate literature and methodological information. It is not possible to determine the contribution of the studies that do not meet this requirement to the relevant literature.

- Articles that do not mention similar studies, do not reveal their differences, and do not justify their methods and data collection techniques cannot be said to comply with the scientific research format. Our authors should pay utmost attention to the issues listed above. The manuscripts that will be uploaded to the system from now on will be required to comply with the aforementioned rules listed in the preliminary evaluation processes. Manuscripts that clearly do not comply with one or more of these issues may be rejected in the preliminary evaluation processes. We would like to inform all our authors and readers. Sincerely.