All articles that are sent to the journal must conform to the following guidelines:
1. The texts sent to the journal must be written in Microsoft Word, Times New Roman, 12 font size and one and a half line spacing.
2. The title should be written in capital letters and bold and should not exceed 12 words. All headings in the text after the Introduction (except for the Abstract, Introduction and Conclusion) should be numbered, if any, the heading(s) should be written in bold and only the first letter of the text should be capitalized.
3. Studies should be based on the Spelling (spelling) Guide of the Turkish Language Institution, and Turkish words should be used as much as possible instead of foreign words.
4. Author name(s) should be attached on a separate page from the article, not in the article, or should be included in the relevant section template during the submission process of the Editorial team for correction. The title of the text and the author's contact information (correspondence address, e-mail, telephone) should be included in this annex and the attached page, in addition to the author's name(s).
5. Before the main text, there should be an “Abstract” between 250-500 words written in Turkish and English. In the abstract, the scope and purpose of the research should be stated, the method used should be defined and the results should be expressed briefly. Just below the abstract, there should be at least four and at most eight keywords, the initials of these keywords should be capitalized, and a dot (.) should be placed at the end of the last keyword. Abstract and keywords should be written in 10 points. The English equivalents of the Alevism concepts used in the English summary of the articles should be based on the Encyclopedia of Islam itself and its sources.
6. When writing foreign words, only italic letters should be used. If it is desired to give a foreign language equivalent for a word used in Turkish, it should be written in italic letters in parentheses. If the reference in the text is in a foreign language, after the title of the work, it must be given in Turkish, in parentheses, without using italic letters and quotation marks.
1. Titles
The main and subheadings must be created in decimal system order, using digits and then dots. A space must be left between the title number and the first letter of the title.
Misuse: 1.1.Sociology - Correct Use: 1.1. Sociology
2. Author Name and Institution Information
The name and surname of the author should be written in bold, with only the first letters uppercase/capital, while the oblique spelling should not be used. The name of the university, faculty and department should be written, and the city and country where the institution is located should also be indicated. The e-mail address that is actively used by the author must also be added. Author information is important in using to determine and follow up the impact value of the study in the categories “Author, University, Department, City and Country”. Also, the author’s ORCID number must be added to the contact information field. The ORCID number can be obtained free of charge from the ORCID web page.
Example:
Prof. Dr., Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi, İlahiyat Fakültesi, Temel İslam Bilimleri Anabilim Dalı, İslam Mezhepleri Tarihi Bilim Dalı, Ankara, Türkiye / e-posta: salihaydemir@hbv.edu.tr / ORCID ID: 0000-0001-2345-6789
3. Abstract and Summary
Turkish and English abstracts should be included at the beginning of academic publications such as articles and papers. It should consist of at least 250 words and 500 words at most, summarizing the subject in a short and understandable way. In the Summary/Abstract section, the basic methodological framework of the research, such as subject, scope, importance, purpose and method, should be stated. However, the results and the sources should not be mentioned. Abstract should be written in one paragraph. In writing non-Turkish specific name (religion, sect, person, Surah, etc.), TDK Dictionary should be observed. As for the English abstract, the last edition of Encyclopaedia of Islam should be considered for the transliteration alphabet.
4. Keywords
Keywords consisting of minimum five and maximum eight concepts should be placed immediately after the Abstract and Summary sections. Keywords help to scan and index the publication electronically. It is also of great importance in finding the publication easily by researchers.
Example: Alevism, Bektashism, Semah, Dervish Lodge.
5. Writing of Reference Titles
Each word that constitute the titles of the works that are published/prepared such as books, journals, encyclopaedias, theses and newspapers should start with capital letters. Titles of works should be formatted in italic.
Example: İVelayetname, Türk Kültürü ve Hacı Bektas Veli Research Quarterly, Alevistische Religionslehre
The titles of works, published in languages other than Turkish, should be preserved in the same way as they are written on their covers or generics, they should not be written all in capital letters.
Example: Geschichte des Alevistische Religionslehre
6. Footnote
A footnote consists of the footnote reference number displayed in the text and the text of the footnote. The footnote reference number is placed right after the punctuation marks.
Misuse: ... died in 534/11391. - Correct Use: ... died in 534/1139.2
If more than one source is to be written in a footnote, the sources should be sorted in chronological order: classical sources, new research and reviews (books/articles) and encyclopaedias. The bibliographical information for the two works is separated by a semicolon (;). In Arabic texts, the mark (؛) is used.
Example: Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm b. Ismāʿīl al-Zāhid al-Ṣaffār al-Bukharī, Talkhīṣ al-adilla li- qawāʿid al-tawḥīd, Critical ed. Angelika Brodersen (Beirut: al-Maʿhad al-Almānī li’l- Abḥāth al-Sharqiyya, 1432/2011), 2/143; Uzunpostalcı, “Ebû Hanîfe”, 132.
7. Writing of Poetry Lines/Verses
Poems are written in italic everywhere.
Example:
Fear not; For the crimson banner that proudly ripples in this glorious dawn, shall not fade,
Before the last fiery hearth that is ablaze within my homeland is extinguished.
For that is the star of my people, and it will forever shine;
It is mine; and solely belongs to my valiant nation.
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
When the verses of a poem are written side by side, a slash (/) is added between them, leaving a space before and after.
Example:
Fear not; For the crimson banner that proudly ripples in this glorious dawn, shall not fade / Before the last fiery hearth that is ablaze within my homeland is extinguished / For that is the star of my people, and it will forever shine / It is mine; and solely belongs to my valiant nation.
8. Writing of Numerals
Hours, amount of money, measurement and statistical data are written in numbers:
Example: at 17.30 | 1.500.000 Tl | 150 kilometres | 15 meters’ fabric | 1.250.000 people
When writing percentage and thousandth marks, leave no space between the number and the mark:
Example: 25% | 50%
Numbers can be written as words:
Example: since the Millennium | fourteen days | fifth day of the week | quarterly | one hundred questions
The words thousand, million, billion and trillion are written as words for the sake of easy reading of four or more-digit numbers:
Example: 1 billion 500 million people | 3 thousands 55 items / 8 trillion 412 billion.
Numbers consisting of multiple words are written separately:
Example: two hundred / three hundred sixty-five | one thousand two hundred fifty-one
Distributive numerals are indicated as words:
Example: two by two | nine by nine | hundred by hundred.
9. Writing of Dates and Centuries
Dates dating back 20th centuries should be indicated as Hijri/Common Era (H/CE).
Misuse: Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm al-Ṣaffār al-Bukhārī (d. 1139) - Correct Use: Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm al-Ṣaffār al-Bukhārī (d. 534/1139)
Dates are written without abridging them:
Misuse: 1810-11| 1914-15 - Correct Use: 1810-1811| 1914-1915
10. Citation and Citing
Citation/Indirect Reference: If the reference is made to a certain page or range of the source, the page number should be indicated. If the reference is made to the whole source, that is, if the author ask the readers to examine the whole source, the referred source should be specified after the expression “See for the matter”, “See for the view”, “See for the discussion” or just “see.”
Quotation: The direct quotation in text should be specified by using single quotation mark. If a quotation is longer than three lines (more than forty words), it should be given in a separate paragraph. In order to distinguish the long quotation from the main text, set the font-size to a smaller size than that of the text. Some words, sentences, or paragraphs can be omitted from the quoted text, provided that it does not change the meaning. Triple dot (...) is added in place of the removed parts.
11. Tables and Figures
When creating a table, only the necessary information should be provided in accordance with the objectives of the study. The information in the table should be expressed in the text, but unnecessary repetitions should be avoided. The table description will be above the table, and the figure description will be below the image. Tables should also be understandable in a way that they can be understood dependently of the text. Separate tables should not be created for information that can be expressed in a single table.
The row and column headings specified in the table must be short and clear. The decimal numbers of the numeric information shown in the table must be the same and the numbers must be centred in the cell.
Tables should be given titles beginning with the phrase “table” and numbered with consecutive numbers. The title should be short, clear, and descriptive, consistent with the contents of the table. Very general or detailed titles should not be used. Tables should be shown to be the same width as the text width.
Only the top and bottom borders should be used in the representation of tables. The top and bottom borders should be straight line in a ratio of 11⁄2 nk. The title line in the table should be 1 nk and bold.
Table 1: Sample Table Representation
Figures can be black and white, or they can be coloured depending on their use in the work. The figures used in the study should be referred to in the text. The quality of the shapes should be at the appropriate print resolution (300-600 dpi range). In addition, the shapes must be angular and the text in the shape must be readable.
The figures should be given titles beginning with the phrase “figure” and numbered with consecutive numbers. Painting, graphics, drawing, etc. should not be started with. Borders in figures should also not be used.
Figure 1: Sample Figure Representation
NOTE: For more information about the citation system, you can visit the following website with detailed data:
https://www.isnadsistemi.org/en/guide/isnad2-2/isnad-author-title-system/