Formatting Guidelines:

1. Submissions should be prepared on A4 paper with 2.5 cm margins on all sides, using 10-point Times New Roman font, 1.5 line spacing, and justified alignment. Paragraphs should begin with a tab indent, and single spacing should be used for tables and figures within the text.

2. The article title should be centered, in bold, Times New Roman, 12-point, and written in lowercase letters (except for proper nouns).

3. Author information should be placed below the title, aligned to the left, in 10-point Times New Roman font with single spacing. Author names should be written with lowercase letters for the first name and uppercase letters for the last name. Below the name, the author’s title, institution, and email address should be provided.

6. Tables, figures, and graphics should only be included if necessary for understanding the study. They should be numbered and accompanied by descriptive titles. Data that can be presented in the text, such as demographic details, should not be presented as tables.

7. A cover page must be submitted with the manuscript. It should include the article title, author(s)’ affiliations, academic titles, contact details (address, phone, fax, email), and ORCID IDs.

8. Authors are solely responsible for the content of their submitted works.

9. The editorial board and referee reports may require revisions to the manuscript.

10. Submissions are not returned, whether accepted or declined.

Text Format:

- The main title should be written in all capital letters and centered.

- Section titles such as Introduction, Conclusion (or Discussion and Conclusion), and References are not numbered, but headings in the development sections should be numbered.

- All section titles should be aligned to the left, and the first letter of each word should be capitalized.

- The manuscript should not exceed 20 pages. Abstracts in both Turkish and English should not exceed 200 words, with no more than 6 keywords listed below.

Referencing and Citation:

Use the APA style for in-text citations. For example:

- (Surname, Year: Page).

- For works with multiple pages: (Surname, Year: 12-15, 18).

- For multiple authors: (Author1 and Author2, Year: Page).

- For more than two authors: (Surname et al., Year: Page).

- For multiple works by the same author in the same year: (Surname, 1991a), (Surname, 1991b).

- Separate references with a semicolon: (Author1, Year: Page; Author2, Year: Page).

-Direct quotes must be placed in quotation marks and referenced accordingly.

-Footnotes should only be used for additional explanations and listed at the bottom of the page in numerical order.

References List:

Include only sources cited in the text, listed alphabetically by the author’s last name.

- Book: Aktaş, A.M. (2006). Aile İçi Şiddet: Kadının ve Çocuğun Korunması. Ankara: Elma Yayınevi.

- Journal Article: İrem, N. (1999). “Muhafazakar Modernlik, ‘Diğer Batı’ ve Türkiye’de Bergsonculuk,” Toplum ve Bilim, 82(22), 141-179.

- Online Source: Dikeçligil, B. (2007). “Benlik Üzerine,” Retrieved from http://www.dibace.net [Accessed: 02.11.2019].