Ankara Journal of Anatolian and Rumelia Studies; Articles that have not been published before or are not under evaluation in another journal to be published and approved by each author are accepted for evaluation. Submitted and pre-checked articles will be scanned for plagiarism using iThenticate software. After the plagiarism check, eligible articles are evaluated by the editor in terms of originality, methodology, importance of the subject covered, and compatibility with the journal's scope. The editor-in-chief evaluates the articles regardless of the authors' ethnicity, gender, nationality, religious belief and political philosophy. It ensures that the articles submitted for publication are fairly double-blind peer-reviewed. Referees are appointed from outside the institution where the author of the relevant article works.

Selected articles are sent to at least two national / international referees for evaluation; The publication decision is made by the editor-in-chief after the authors 'arrangements and the referee process in line with the referees' requests.

Judges' evaluations should be objective. During the referee process, the referees are expected to make their evaluations by considering the following issues.

- Does the article contain any new and important information?

-Does abstract clearly and accurately describe the content of the article?

-Is the method fully and clearly defined?

- Are the comments made and the conclusions made proven by the findings?

-Have enough references been given to other works in the field?

Is the language quality sufficient?

Referees should ensure that all information about submitted articles is kept confidential until the article is published, and if they notice any copyright infringement or plagiarism on the part of the author, they should report it to the editor. If the referee does not feel qualified about the subject of the article or if it does not seem possible to provide timely feedback, he should inform the editor of this situation and ask him not to include himself in the referee process.

During the evaluation process, the editor clearly states that the articles sent to the referees for review are the private property of the authors and that this is a privileged communication. Referees and editorial board members cannot discuss articles with other people. Care should be taken to keep the identity of the referees anonymous.