WRITING RULES
1) Journal of Şırnak University Faculty of Theology; It publishes academic studies in the fields of Social Sciences and Humanities, with priority in Basic Islamic Sciences, Philosophy and Religious Sciences, Islamic History & Arts, Religious Culture and Moral Knowledge Education.
2) The article acceptance dates of our journal, which is published electronically in two issues per year, June and December, will be 1 JANUARY-1 MARCH for the June issue and 1 JULY-1 SEPTEMBER for the December issue. If the number of articles reaches a sufficient level, the article acceptance process can be closed before these dates.
3) Submitted manuscripts should be appropriate to the purpose and scope of the journal.
4) Original, unpublished manuscripts that are not in the evaluation process in another journal and whose content and submission have been approved by each author are accepted for evaluation.
5) Copyright and publication rights of the author(s) are reserved. For articles with multiple authors, a document showing the author contribution rate must be uploaded to the system.
6) In the research article type, only the works of researchers with a PhD degree are accepted for evaluation. In the first application, the imprint information of the authors must be included in the text.
7) Only one article by the same author in the same publication period can be processed and published if it passes the referees.
8) Manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with the journal's spelling rules. Articles that do not comply with the journal's spelling rules will be rejected without evaluation.
9) Manuscripts should be submitted electronically to the journal website via the "Submit Manuscript" tab.
10) The article should be written in Palatino Linotype font in Microsoft Word using Şırnak University Journal of Faculty of Theology, Article Template, with text 11, headings 12, footnotes 9 font size.
11) Articles that do not use the ISNAD Citation System (2nd Edition with Footnotes) will be rejected.
12) Articles exceeding 8,000 words or 30 pages will be returned to the author for revision.
13) Submitted articles should include a 450-500 word Turkish abstract, an English abstract and at least 5 Turkish and English keywords. The first keyword must be the name of the related field of science (For example: Kalam, Dhat,... ).
14) All expenses of the journal are covered by the Publisher. The publication of articles in the journal and the execution of article processes are not subject to a fee. No processing fee or submission fee is charged for articles submitted to the journal or accepted for publication.
15) After the manuscript is submitted to the Journal for publication, none of the authors' names may be deleted from the list of authors without the written permission of all authors, and no new name may be added as an author and the order of authors may be changed.
16) This journal checks for plagiarism in manuscripts submitted for review. Plagiarism, duplication, false authorship/confessed authorship, research/data fabrication, article slicing, slicing and dicing, copyright infringement and concealment of conflict of interest are considered unethical behaviors. All articles that do not comply with accepted ethical standards are removed from publication. This includes manuscripts that contain possible irregularities and improprieties detected after publication.
17) Double-Blind Reviewing: After the plagiarism check, eligible manuscripts are evaluated by the editor-in-chief for originality, methodology, the importance of the topic covered and compatibility with the scope of the journal. The Editor-in-Chief ensures that the manuscripts undergo double-blind review in a fair manner, and if the manuscript complies with the formal guidelines, he/she submits the manuscript to the evaluation of at least two referees from Turkey and/or abroad. If necessary, the article may be sent to a third referee. However, the evaluation process of an article that is rejected by a referee for any reason is terminated and the article is handed over to the author with the justification for rejection.
18) Publication Decision: If the referees deem it necessary, changes are made by the author. The Editorial Board decides whether or not to publish the text corrected by the author. Depending on the intensity of article submissions, an article approved for publication may not be published in the current issue. Authors should submit their manuscripts taking this into account.
19) Preliminary review and referee process takes an average of 70 days / 10 weeks.
20) Permanent Article Identifier: All published articles are assigned a DOI as a permanent article identifier.
21) Articles published in this journal are archived digitally in LOCKSS. The LOCKSS system has permission to collect, preserve and present this access Archive Unit.
22) Articles that do not use the ISNAD Citation System are refused.
23) All documents and files must be submitted as Word documents (.doc or .docx).
24) At the end of the article, before the bibliography, the contribution rate statement of the researchers, and support and acknowledgment statements, if any, should be stated in the conflict statement in accordance with the table below.
25) Ethics Committee approval should be obtained for articles that require Ethics Committee approval, and this approval (committee name, date, and number) should be stated on the first page of the article and in the method section. For research that requires Ethics Committee approval, please review the Journal's Ethical Principles and Publication Policy.

For a more detailed look at the citation system we use, see.
ISNAD With Footnote: https://www.isnadsistemi.org/guide/isnad2/isnad-dipnotlu/ 
ISNAD In-Text: https://www.isnadsistemi.org/guide/isnad2/isnad-metinici/ 
ISNAD Abbreviations: https://www.isnadsistemi.org/guide/isnad2/akademik-yazim/24-kisaltmalar-dizini-turkce-ingilizce-arapca/ 
ISNAD Abstract and Abstract Writing: https://www.isnadsistemi.org/guide/isnad2/akademik-yazim/4-oz-ve-ozet-yazimi/ 
ISNAD Citation and Citation: https://www.isnadsistemi.org/guide/isnad2/akademik-yazim/20-atif-ve-alinti-yapmak/ 
ISNAD Academic Writing: https://www.isnadsistemi.org/guide/isnad2/akademik-yazim/ 

PAGE LAYOUT DETAIL
Article Text
Text typeface: Palatino Linotype
Font size: 11
Line spacing: 1.5
Paragraph first line: 1.25 cm
Bibliography: Single line spacing (Bibliography section should start on a new page)
Bibliography second line: Hanging 1.25 cm

Footnote Text
Footnote typeface: Palatino Linotype
Footnote size: 9
Footnote line spacing: Single

Page structure
Page margins: 2.5 cm (all sides)

During the submission, the following commitment is received from the author in electronic form:
1. I am authorized/authorized by co-authors to submit this work to your journal.
2. The article is original, has not been officially published in another peer-reviewed journal, has not been reviewed by any other journal, and does not infringe any existing copyright or other third-party rights.
3. I/we agree that if the article is editorially accepted for publication, it will be licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license.
4. Copyright and intellectual property rights of the author(s) or employer(s) of the author(s), if any, 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 is no criminal or illegal statement in the article, and that no illegal materials and methods are used while conducting the research.

Plagiarism Scan/ Plagiarism Detection
This article has been screened for plagiarism.
This paper was checked for plagiarism.

Publication Ethics
Journal of the Faculty of Theology of Sirnak University is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and pays regard to Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA).
Journal of the Faculty of Theology of Sirnak University adheres to national and international standards in research and publication ethics. It complies with Press Law, Intellectual and Artistic Works Law and Higher Education Institutions Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Directive. It has also adopted international ethical publishing principles published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA). Our journal is also subject to the guidelines described in the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Academic Publishing.

Ethical Statement
It is declared that during the preparation process of this study, scientific and ethical principles were followed, and all the studies benefited from are stated in the bibliography.
It is declared that scientific and ethical principles have been followed while carrying out and writing this study and that all the sources used have been properly cited.

Financing/ Grant Support
The author(s) declared that this study has received no financial support.
The author(s) declared that this study has received no financial support.

Conflict of Interest
The author(s) declared no conflict of interest.
The authors have no conflict of interest to declare.

Authors Contributions/Authors Contributions
Data Collection: Author-1 (50%), Author-2 (50%)
Data Analysis: Author-1 (60%), Author-2 (40%)
Article Submission and Revision: Author-1 (90%), Author-2 (10%)
Design of the Study: Author-1 (55%), Author-2 (45%)
Conceiving the Study: Author-1 (55%), Author-2 (45%)
Data Collection: Author-1 (50%), Author-2 (50%)
Data Analysis: Author-1 (60%), Author-2 (40%)
Submission and Revision: Author-1 (90%), Author-2 (10%)

Ethics Committee Approval/ Ethical Approval
The necessary ethical permissions were obtained with the decision of the Ethics Committee of the University of .....................................................dated ........................................ and numbered …………………. In addition, the study adhered to the research principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.
An application for approval was made to ...................................................... University Ethics Committee and the necessary ethical permissions were obtained with the decision numbered .... dated ...2022. In addition, the study adhered to the research principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.

Open Access License/ Open Access License
This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY NC).
This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY NC).

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