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Author Guidelines

FSM Scholarly Studies Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Editorial Principles

1. General: FSM Scholarly Studies: A Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (ISSN 2147-3153) is a publication of Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University. Being published three times a year as a refereed journal, it accepts works in social sciences such as language, literature, history, art, architecture, philosophy, psychology, art history, law, sociology and theology. Authors themselves are responsible for opinions stated in their articles. Articles and other types of scholarly works indicated below will be considered for publication.

2. Content:
a) Articles: All submitted works must be studies in the subjects indicated above, comply to academic standards, must be an original work having not published before. Articles submitted must contain scholarly characteristics such as bringing theoretical approaches to the problems in the field, bringing out unknown aspects or correcting mistakes. We request that the articles do not exceed the size common for the academic journals.

b) Translations: The translations of the articles about the indicated titles published in foreign languages will also be involved in the journal.

3. Refereeing Time: All submitted articles will be assessed by at least two referees. In the case one of the referees informs negative opinion while the other positive, editorial board, examining the reports of referees, might decide either sending article to a third referee or returning it back to the author. For the article to be published, at least two referees agree on the publication of the work.

4. Style Guidelines: The journal includes articles written in Turkish or foreign languages on the subjects and styles indicated above. Authors submit in Turkish follow the spelling rules accepted by Turkish Language Society. Authors themselves are responsible for the spelling of their articles. Articles are expected be typed in in MS Word program with the font Times New Roman. Margins setting should be 3 cms on the top, 1,5 cms at the bottom, 1,5 cms on the right and left sides.

a) Names of the author
Names of author/s, their institution and department, and their e-mail addresses should be added.

b) Titles and the text
The title, both in the language of the article and in English is given in capital letters, 11 font size, bold and center-aligned.

Section headings are laid out without indent, bold and in capital letters, center-aligned, in Times New Roman, 11 font size, 12 pel space before paragraph and 0 pel space after paragraph, in 1,15 line space (headings should not be numbered). First paragraph after the main title should be typed without indent, in Times New Roman, 11 font size, justified-aligned, 3 pel
space before and after paragraph, in 1,15 line space. Second and later paragraphs following section and sub-section titles should be typed 1 cm indented, in Times New Roman, 11 font size, justified-aligned, 3 pel space before and after paragraph, in 1,15 line space.

Table titles should be typed in Times New Roman, 11 font size and table texts should be typed in Times New Roman with the font size 10.

c) Abstract and Keywords
The article should include an abstract in Turkish, briefly expressing the content of the article in maximum 100 words and a second abstract, accompanying this, in English in maximum 100 words. Following the Turkish and English abstracts, it should include key words (maximum 5 words).

d) Quotations
When it exceeds 5 lines it is indented 1 cm more than the paragraph indentation and the font size should be 1 point smaller. When less than 5 lines, it should be laid out in italic. In addition, all emphasis should be indicated with the italic style.

e) Footnotes
Footnotes should be in 9 font size and single space. The paragraph indent should be 1 cm and justified. There should not be any line separator for the footnotes. The references inside the text shall be given in the footnotes beginning from number 1. Besides these, there should be no references inside the text. For the sources given in the footnotes, the book and the journal titles shall be in italics, the article names should be given inside the quotation marks as normal. A full publication information of the source should be shown when it appears for the first time in the text, then abbreviations like ibid should be used. If more than one book and article by the same author is used, after the first usage of the second source, the surname of the author, then a full or shortened name for the book or article should be used. In the case of references with more than one author, all authors shall be written at the first instance and given in the shortened style afterwards.

Examples:
Article: Sami Çukadar - Ayhan Tuğlu - Gültekin Gürdal, “New Electronic Resources Management System for the ANKOS Consortium”, The Journal of Academic Librarianship, cilt 39, sayı 6, Kasım 2013, s. 590.

Book: Türkan Alvân, Said Paşa İmamı Hasan Rıza Efendi : bir sanatkar, bir müderris, bir meczûb-ı ilâhî, İstanbul, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf Üniversitesi, 2013, s. 87.

f) Bibliography
Sources should be typed without indent, in Times New Roman, 10 font size, 3 pel space before and after paragraph, in 1.15 line space, justified-aligned in 0.75 cm. Sources should be given according to international bibliographic standards. If the sources are by two authors, ‘-’ should be added before the last name of the second author; if they are by more than two authors, the ‘-’ should be added before the last name of the last author.

Examples:
Article
Çukadar, Sami - Tuğlu, Ayhan - Gürdal, Gültekin, “New Electronic Resources Management System for the ANKOS Consortium”, The Journal of Academic Librarianship, cilt 39, sayı 6, Kasım 2013, (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2012.11.011)

Book
Alvân, Türkan, Said Paşa İmamı Hasan Rıza Efendi : bir sanatkar, bir müderris, bir meczûb-ı ilâhî, İstanbul, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf Üniversitesi, 2013.

5. Submissions: Al submissions should be done via the web site of the Journal: http://dergi.fsm.edu.tr