Papers must be prepared according to the principles set out below. Papers that do not conform to these guidelines will not be evaluated.

Order of Content

The order of content should be as follows: Turkish title, English title, Turkish abstract and keywords, English abstract and key words, main text, conclusion, bibliography, and appendices (maps, figures, etc.) if any. Abstracts should be 150–200 words and keywords 3–5 words.

Page Layout

• Paper size: Custom — width 13.5 cm, height 21 cm
• Margins: top 2 cm, bottom 2 cm, left 2.5 cm, right 2 cm
• Paragraph indent: 0.5 cm · Block quotation (left and right): 1 cm (no first-line indent)
• Font: Times New Roman, Regular
• Font size: main text 11 · abstract 9 · block quotation 9 · footnotes 9
• Paragraph spacing: 0 pt before, 6 pt after · Line spacing: single

Page numbers, headers, and footers must not be used.

Formatting and Headings

• The Turkish main title is written in bold uppercase; the English title in bold italic with the first letter of each word capitalized. In sub-headings only the first letter of each word is capitalized.
• Spelling, punctuation, and abbreviations follow the current spelling guide of the Turkish Language Association (TDK).
• The footnote method is used for citations; footnotes are placed after the full stop at the end of a sentence.
• Footnotes use the “First name Surname” order and the bibliography the “Surname, First name” order. For books, page numbers given in footnotes are not repeated in the bibliography; for periodicals the page range is shown in the bibliography.
• No comma is placed between place and date of publication; a single space follows every punctuation mark.
• When a work is cited a second time in the footnotes, the abbreviations a.g.e., a.g.m., or a.g.t. are used.
• For archival documents the full reference is given first with the abbreviation in parentheses; only the abbreviation is used thereafter. The Gregorian date is added in parentheses next to Hijri/Rumi dates.
• Both authors are named for works with two authors; for works with three or more authors, “et al.” follows the first author.

Sample Citations

Example citations follow the Turkish bibliographic style and are given in their original form.

Book (footnote): Hilmi Ziya Ülken, Türkiye’de Çağdaş Düşünce Tarihi, Ülken Yayınları, İstanbul 2005, s. 153.
Book (bibliography): Ülken, Hilmi Ziya, Türkiye’de Çağdaş Düşünce Tarihi, Ülken Yayınları, İstanbul 2005.

Article: Zafer Gölen, “1852-53 Karadağ Askerî Harekâtı ve Sonuçları”, History Studies, Volume: 1/1, 2009, s. 214.

Thesis: Abidin Temizer, Karadağ’ın Sosyal ve Ekonomik Yapısı (1853-1913), Unpublished PhD Dissertation, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Institute of Social Sciences, Samsun 2013, s. 65.

Archival document: Başbakanlık Osmanlı Arşivi (BOA), Hariciye Siyasi Kalemi (HR. SYS), Dosya No: 145, Gömlek No: 12, Tarih: 12 Receb 1241 (20 February 1816).