TURKBITIG Journal of Cultural Studies is a fully open-access academic journal that aims to ensure the free dissemination of scholarly knowledge to a wide audience. All content published in the journal is made available to users free of charge and without any access fees. In this regard, the journal adopts the open access principles established by the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) and conducts its publication policy in accordance with these principles.
All articles published in the journal are provided with free, permanent, and unlimited access through the journal’s official website from the moment of publication. Users may, for non-commercial purposes and without requiring additional permission from the publisher or the author, read, download, copy, reproduce, distribute, print, archive, search, and link to the full texts of the articles. This practice is fully consistent with the BOAI definition of open access.
Through its open access policy, TURKBITIG Journal of Cultural Studies aims to enhance the visibility of scientific research, support the wider dissemination of academic knowledge, and enable anyone with internet access to benefit freely from scholarly studies. In this way, the journal seeks to maximize the impact of scientific production.