Turkish Review of Communication Studies (TURCOM) is committed to open access policies to ensure that all published content is freely available to the public. Our journal uses the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

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The publisher believes that effective open access is achieved through clear and transparent licensing of user rights and copyright ownership. By adopting the CC BY-NC 4.0 license, we ensure that all research outputs are freely accessible while protecting authors' rights and promoting non-commercial use.

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Open Access Declaration: Turkish Review of Communication Studies has signed the Budapest Open Access Initiative to support open access and the dissemination of research. 

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