Not Previously Published: The articles to be published in Milli Folklor must not have been published anywhere before. Papers presented at a scientific meeting cannot be published in Milli Folklor since they are considered published. An author may publish a maximum of two "essays" in the same year. The review process of the second article of the same author cannot be started before the first article is published.

General Rules: The general rules to be followed in articles are as follows:

A) Title: It should not exceed 12 words, should be written in bold and capital letters, and its second language equivalent should appear below the title in lower case letters. (If the article is in Turkish, the second language will be French, English or Spanish; if the article is in one of these three languages other than Turkish, the second language will be Turkish).

B) Author's Name: Author's name should be written under the title, job title, institutional address, e-mail and ORCID membership information should be linked to the surname with an asterisk and given at the bottom of the first page.

C) Abstract: It should be at least 400 words and should be prepared in a way to give the essence of the article. There should be no references, figures, charts, notes, etc. in the abstract. Five keywords should be given just below the abstract. Abstract and Keywords should be prepared in Turkish and in a second language.

Ç) Article Text: Manuscripts should be typed on a computer, single-spaced, in 10-point font, should not exceed 6000 words including references, Abstract, Abstract and footnotes, and should be original. You can download our article template from the documents tab. The citation rate should not be more than 30% in abstract articles. Manuscripts should be written in MS Word program and in Times New Roman or Arial font. The article should start with an introduction, where the hypothesis of the article should be put forward, the development section (which can be supported by intermediate and subheadings) should consist of data, observations, opinions, comments and discussions, and the conclusions reached in the conclusion section should be explained by supporting them with recommendations.

D) Citing Sources: Footnotes should never be used in citing sources. In the text (Elçin 1988:8), if more than one work of the author published in the same year is cited (Elçin, 1988a, Elçin 1988b...), if more than one source is cited (Köprülü 1940, Kaplan 1974, Elçin 1988), the name of the first author in multi-authored publications (Kaplan et al. 1975), if an unseen publication is cited (Raglan 1973, Ekici 1988), if an oral source is used, the source person information should include Name, Surname, Date and Place of Interview.

E) Bibliography: It should be written at the end of the article text, alphabetically according to the surnames of the authors. If an author has more than one publication, it should be indicated according to the date of publication, if there are publications of an author published in the same year, it should be shown as (1980a, 1980b).

Book: Works such as newspapers, magazines, encyclopedias, anthologies, novels, plays, films, and books of short stories and poetry are indicated in italics. Published theses are also included in this category.

One author
Works by a single author are indicated as follows:

Oğuz, M. Öcal. Somut Olmayan Kültürel Miras Nedir?. Ankara: Geleneksel Yayınları, 2009.

Koz, M. Sabri, haz. Nasreddin Hoca Kitabı. İstanbul: Kitabevi Yayınları, 1999.

Reichl, Karl. Türk Boylarının Destanları: Gelenekler, Şekiller, Şiir Yapısı. Çev. Metin Ekici. Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, 2002.

Hobsbawm, Eric ve Terence Ranger, der. Geleneğin İcadı. (çev. Mehmet Murat Şahin) İstanbul: Agora Kitaplığı, 2006.

Two (or three) authors
Works by two (or three) authors are indicated as follows:

Altun, Şafak ve Cenk Sarıoğlu. Türk Popüler Tarihinde İlkler. İstanbul: Alfa Yayınları, 2006.

More than three authors
In the bibliography of a book by more than three authors, either all author names are given in the order in which they appear in the book, or after the first author's name, the phrase et al. is used:

Oğuz, M. Öcal and others. Halkbiliminde Kuramlar ve Yaklaşımlar 1. Ankara: Geleneksel Yayınları, 2006.

Articles, etc.: Individual poems, stories, articles, book chapters, letters, conferences, speeches, interviews and personal interviews are considered "short works" and their titles are written in double quotation marks. In references to encyclopedia articles, the article name is written as it appears in the encyclopedia (e.g. "Özlü, Tezer"). The imprint information of interviews and unpublished theses are given as in the examples below.

Düzgün, Dilaver. “Âşıklık Geleneğinin Değişim ve Dönüşüm Sürecinde Barış Manço Olgusu”. Millî Folklor 84 (Kış 2009): 42-51.

Özkan, Tuba. "Bey Böyrek Anlatılarının Kahramanın Yolculuğu Açısından İncelenmesi". Yayımlanmamış yüksek lisans tezi. Ankara: Gazi Üniversitesi, 2006.

Güzel, Abdurrahman. “Prof. Dr. Abdurrahman Güzel İle Söyleşi”. Söyleşiyi yapan: Tuba Saltık Özkan. Millî Folklor 68 (Kış 2005): 13-17.

Multiple Works by the Same Author: When more than one work by the same author is included in the "Selected Bibliography", the titles of the works are listed in alphabetical order, not in date order. In such cases, the author's name and surname are not repeated; instead, two long dashes (as --.) and a period are placed side by side, followed by the title of the work and other information. The following example should be followed.

Günay, Umay. Türklerin Tarihi. Ankara: Akçağ Yayınları, 2006.

——. Türk Kültürüne Eleştiri. Ankara: Akçağ Yayınları, 2009.

Texts in Electronic Media: When citing texts in electronic media as a source, preference should be given to those with the author, title and date of publication for reliability. The imprint information follows the following order: author's name; title of the text; date of the source, if any; date of access; website address. The following example should be followed.

Temelkuran, Ece. “Geleneksiz Kadınlar” (06 Ekim 2006) 16 Şubat 2010.  www.milliyet.com.tr

Audio and Video Recordings: While writing the imprint information of the references to sound and video recordings, after the surname and name of the person whose contribution will be highlighted (director, screenwriter, actor, writer, composer, singer, etc.), the title of the work, other people or institutions that contributed, format (record, videocassette, VCD, DVD, etc.) and publication or distribution information are given.

Akay, Ezel, yön. Karagöz Hacivat Neden Öldürüldü?. Sen. Ezel Akay, Levent, Kazak. Oyun. Beyazıt Öztürk, Haluk Bilginer, ve diğer. DVD. Özen Film, 2006.

Publications in Foreign Languages: In the bibliographies of non-Turkish sources, expressions indicating the editor, translator, number of volumes and editions are translated into Turkish. Care is taken to include the Turkish usage of city names (e.g. London).

F) Footnote: Explanations other than referencing and indirectly related to the main subject of the article can be made by using footnotes starting from one. Footnotes should be placed collectively after the article and before the bibliography and should be in 10-point font.

G) Submission of Manuscripts: Manuscripts prepared in accordance with the above-mentioned principles should be submitted to the journal via https://dergipark.org.tr/millifolklor. If corrections are requested by the referees, the author should upload the corrected manuscript to the same system within one month at the latest.

H) Editorial Corrections: Minor corrections that are not essential at the publication stage can be made by the Editorial Department. These corrections are based on TDK Spelling Guides and Dictionaries.

I) Copyright: The copyright of the published articles is deemed to be transferred to the Journal of Milli Folklor. The intellectual and scientific responsibility of the articles and the legal responsibility of the translations belong to their authors/translators. In articles with two or more authors, the copyright of the article belongs to the first author. Articles and photographs published in the journal can be quoted by citing the source.