Writing Rules

Manuscripts submitted to the TURKBITIG Journal of Cultural Studies must be formatted in accordance with the specifications outlined below and uploaded to the system accordingly. Submissions that do not conform to this format will not be considered for evaluation.

        Page Layout

• Manuscripts must be prepared using Microsoft Word, and the page layout should conform to the following specifications:

• If footnotes are included in the article, they should be written in single spacing, with 0 pt paragraph spacing, and in 9-point font.
• If a font other than the specified one is used, the custom font must also be uploaded to the system along with the manuscript.
• Submitted manuscripts must not include page numbers, headers, footers, or similar details.
• Only the main title of the manuscript should be written in uppercase letters, while all other headings should have only the first letter capitalized. No additional formatting styles should be applied.
• Direct quotations of 40 words or fewer must be enclosed in quotation marks. Quotations exceeding 40 words should be indented 1.5 cm from both the left and right margins, in 10-point font, and single-spaced.
• At the beginning of the manuscript, a Turkish and English abstract of 150–200 words (10-point font) must be included, along with five Turkish and five English keywords. The abstract should provide information on the study’s scope, objectives, methodology, impacts, and conclusions.
• Manuscripts, including abstracts, main text, graphics, tables, figures, references, and appendices, should not exceed 40 pages.
• Spelling and punctuation should follow the Turkish Language Association’s (TDK) Orthography Guide, except in cases where the subject matter necessitates specific deviations.
• Tables, images, and figures should be inserted using Word’s formal insertion tools rather than copy-pasting, ensuring they are consistent with the manuscript’s page layout.
• The recommended manuscript structure is as follows:
  • 1. Turkish Title (uppercase, 12-point)
    2. English Title (first letters capitalized only, 11-point)
    3. Turkish Abstract and Keywords (5 keywords)
    4. English Abstract and Keywords
    5. Introduction
    6. Sections (section headings with only the first letter capitalized)
    7. Conclusion
    8. References
    9. Appendices

• At the end of the manuscript, include statements on: Author Contribution Statement, Funding and Acknowledgment Statement, Conflict of Interest Statement, Ethics Committee Approval.

This ensures compliance with TURKBITIG Journal of Cultural Studies formatting requirements.

If you want, I can now combine all the formatting rules you’ve sent into a single, fully polished academic English version ready for your guidelines section. Do you want me to do that?

When submitting a manuscript, researchers are required to use the provided template file. The template for the manuscript can be downloaded from this link. Click here for the sample article template.

• Use of References

  References cited in the manuscript should be listed at the end under the heading “References” in alphabetical order by the authors’ last names. If multiple works by the same author are used, they should be arranged chronologically by publication date. APA style must be used for in-text citations. Explanatory notes not suitable for inclusion in the main text should be presented as footnotes, numbered consecutively within the text as 1, 2, 3, etc. For works with multiple authors or editors, a comma should follow each person’s name.

For Books:

• In-Text Citation for Single-Author Books: (Author’s Last Name, Year of Publication, p. Page Number)

Example: (Ekici, 2007: 114)

Reference List Format for a Book: Author’s Last Name, First Name. (Year of Publication). Title of the Work (in italics). Place of Publication: Publisher.

Example: EKİCİ, Metin (2007). Halk Bilgisi (Folklor) Derleme ve İnceleme Yöntemleri, Ankara: Geleneksel Publishing.

• In-Text Citation for Books with Two or More Authors: (First Author’s Last Name et al., Year, p. Page Number)

Example: (Sakaoğlu vd., 2009: 95)

Reference List Format for a Book:  First Author’s Last Name, First Name, & Second Author’s First Name Last Name. (Year of Publication). Title of the Work (in italics). Place of Publication: Publisher.

Example: SAKAOĞLU, Saim ve Ali Berat ALPTEKİN (2009). Nasreddin Hoca, Ankara: Publication of Atatürk Cultural Center.

• In-Text Citation for Translated Books: (Author’s Last Name, Year of Publication, p. Page Number)

Example: (Cocchiara, 2017: 65)

Reference List Format for a Book:  Author’s Last Name, First Name. (Year of Publication). Title of the Work (Translator/Editor, Trans.). Place of Publication: Publisher.

Example: COCCHİARA, Giuseppe (2017). Avrupa’da Folklor Tarihi, translator: Yerke Özer, Ankara: Geleneksel Publishing.

• In book chapters: (Author’s surname, year of publication, p. page number)

Example: (Köprülü, 2010: 14)

Reference List Format for a Book: (Author’s surname, first name, year of publication, “Title of the Chapter,” Title of the Book, edited by Editor’s name, place of publication, publisher).

Example: KÖPRÜLÜ, M. Fuat (2010). “Millî Türk Destanı”, İslamiyet Öncesi Türk Destanları (İncelemeler-Metinler), editor. Saim Sakaoğlu and Ali Duymaz, İstanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat.

For Articles:

• In-Text Citation for Single-Author Articles: (Author’s surname, year of publication, p. page number)

Example:(Oğuz, 2018: 8)

Format of the work in the bibliography: (Author’s surname, first name, year of publication, “Title of the Article,” Title of the Journal, volume, issue, page range).

Example: OĞUZ, M. Öcal (2018). “Onuncu Yılında Somut Olmayan Kültürel Miras Listeleri: Görünürlük, Değerlik ve Güvenirlik”, Millî Folklor, 15/29, 116, ss. 5-17.

• In-text citation in articles with two or more authors: (First author’s surname et al., year of publication, p. page number).

Example: (Çoşar, 2016: 142)

Format of the work in the bibliography: (First author’s surname, first name; other author(s)’ first name and surname, year of publication, “Title of the Article,” Title of the Journal, volume, issue, page range).

Example: ÇOŞAR, Asiye Nevhibe and Çiğdem USTA (2016). “Nasreddin Hoca Fıkralarında Grice’nin İşbirliği İlkesinin İhlali”, Millî Folklor, 14/28, 109, ss. 141-152. 

• In-Text Citation for Translated Articles: (Author’s surname, year of publication, p. page number)

Example: (Dundes, 2006: 15)

Format of the work in the bibliography: (First author’s surname, first name, year of publication, “Title of the Article”, Title of the Journal, Name and surname of the translator, (for journal publications: volume/year and issue number), place of publication, publisher, page range)

Example: DUNDES, Alan (2006). “Halk Kimdir”, Halkbiliminde Kuramlar ve Yaklaşımlar 1, translator: Metin Ekici, Ankara: Geleneksel Publishing. ss. 11-36.

For Encyclopedias:

• In encyclopedia entries, in-text citations should follow this format: (Author’s surname, year of publication of the encyclopedia, and page number).

Example: (Okay, 1994: 398)

• Format of the work in the bibliography: (Author’s surname, first name, year, title of the entry (in quotation marks), full title of the encyclopedia or its abbreviation (in italics), volume number, place of publication, publisher, page range).

Example: OKAY, M. Orhan (1994). “Edebiyât-ı Cedîde”, DİA, 10, İstanbul: Turkish Religious Foundation, ss. 398-399.

For Theses and Dissertations:

• In-Text Citation for Theses/Dissertations: (Author’s Last Name, Year of Completion, p. Page Number)

Example: (Atlı, 2016: 789)

Reference List Format for a Thesis/Dissertation: Author’s Last Name, First Name. (Year of Completion). Title of the Thesis (Type of Thesis). Name of Department/Institute, Name of University, Location.

Example: ATLI, Sagıp (2016). Türkiye’deki Geleneksel Sohbet Toplantıları Üzerinde Bir İnceleme, Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Manisa: Manisa Celal Bayar University Institute of Social Sciences.

For Published Conference Papers:

• In-Text Citation for Conference Papers: (Author’s Last Name, Year of Publication, p. Page Number)

Example: (Sakaoğlu, 2017: 21)

• Bibliographic format for a conference paper: (Surname and first name of the author, year of publication of the proceedings, title of the paper (in quotation marks), title of the proceedings (in italics), volume number if applicable, place of publication, publisher, page numbers).

Example: SAKAOĞLU, Saim (2017). “Bir Konya Türküsü: ‘Aksinne’ye Vardım…’ Türküsünün Sözleri Üzerine”, 8. Milletlerarası Türk Halk Kültürü Kongresi, Volume 2, Ankara: Publications of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, ss. 15-26.

For Manuscript and Printed Works:

• In-text citation format for manuscript and printed works: (Title of the work, folio number).

Example: (Vekâyü’l-Füzelâ, 65b)

• Format for citing manuscript and printed works in the bibliography: (Author’s name, title of the work, name of the library, collection or section if available, catalogue number, folio number).

Example: Şeyhî Mehmed Efendi, Vekâyü’l-Füzelâ, Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Hazine 1308, vr. 95a.

For Informants:

• In-text citation format for infırmants: (Number assigned to the informant in the bibliography)

Example: (KK-1)

• Format for citing informants in the bibliography: (KK-1: Name and surname, date of birth, educational background, occupation, place of residence, date of the fieldwork/interview).

Example: KK-1: Ahmet YALÇIN, 12.10.1960, high school, farmer, Taşköprü-Kastamonu, 09.04.2018.

Internet Sources:

• In-text citation format for online sources: (coding of the URL as URL-1).

Example: (URL-1)

Format for citing online sources in the bibliography: (URL and access date).

Example:URL-1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYROSpyWw9I (10.04.2018)

Tables and Figures:

Table numbers and captions should be placed above the table in the format: “Table 1: …”, written in 10-point font and centered. Text within the table should be in 9-point font, single-spaced, with 0 pt paragraph spacing. Tables should be centered on the page.

Figure numbers and captions should be placed below the figure in the format: “Figure 1: …”, written in 10-point font and centered. Any text within the figure should be in 9-point font, single-spaced, with 0 pt paragraph spacing. Figures should be centered on the page.

• If multiple works by the same author published in the same year are cited, letters should be added to the year to distinguish them (e.g., Boratav, 1996a; Boratav, 1996b) in both in-text citations and the reference list.
• When citing multiple sources in the same place, they should be separated by semicolons (e.g., Boratav, 1996: 66; Ekici, 2007: 90).
• If the author’s name is mentioned in the text, only the publication year and page number need to be included in parentheses.
  Example: …According to Mehmet Kaplan… (1996: 26)
• If information about the publication location, publisher, or date is missing from the source, the following abbreviations should be used in the reference entry: [yyy] – publication place not provided, [yy] – publisher not provided, [ty] – date not provided
• For Arabic titles, capitalize only the first word and proper nouns; other words should be in lowercase.
• For Persian, English, and other foreign-language titles, as well as works in Ottoman Turkish, capitalize the first letter of each word.
• Quranic verses should be written in italics, with references in the text given in order (e.g., Surah name, Surah number/verse number).

Use of ORCID

To prevent issues arising from similarities in researcher names in academic publications, researchers are required to use an ORCID identifier. Name similarities, surname changes, names containing Turkish characters, variant spellings, or changes in affiliation can create challenges in tracking publications and citations. Therefore, it is important for researchers to obtain a unique identifying number (ID).

Our journal publishes authors with their ORCID ID starting from the first issue. Researchers submitting manuscripts to our journal are required to provide their ORCID number during submission.

Dear researchers, you can register for a free ORCID ID at http://orcid.org.