Author Guidelines

The Turkish World Journal of Language and Literature publishes scientific studies on contemporary and historical aspects of modern Turkic written languages, dialects, and literatures. The journal also includes articles related to translation studies and comparative literature.

The journal is published biannually (March, October) in both print and electronic formats.

The journal’s audience is composed of researchers, students, and professionals from related academic institutions and organizations.

The primary publication language of the journal is Turkish. However, the Editorial Board may also include scientific articles written in modern Turkic written languages as well as English, German, French, and Russian. All published articles include Turkish and English titles, author and institution information, funding disclosures if applicable, and keywords. The text of all articles and references are formatted using Latin letters to facilitate computer reading.

Submission Guidelines

The journal accepts article submissions through YAYSIS (Publication Tracking System) available at https://giris.ayk.gov.tr. All stages of the publication process are managed through this system, and the authors are informed at every stage. Submissions made by mail or e-mail are not considered.

• The articles submitted to the Journal must comply with the aims and scope of the Journal.
• Articles are directed to the reviewers through YAYSİS (without any changes made to the file uploaded by the author). There should be no identifying information about the author in the article or in the file name, to maintain author-reviewer confidentiality.
• The articles must adhere to APA 7 rules for formatting, headings, figures, tables, references, and citation systems.
• The template file must be used when submitting articles. The template file can be downloaded from here.
• Along with the articles, the copyright form must also be submitted. No changes can be made to the information provided later. You can download the file from here.
• Articles must comply with the Turkish Language Institutions’s Yazım Kılavuzu (Writing Guidelines) (including abbreviations).
• Research articles submitted to the Journal must be between 3000 and 10,000 words. This limit can be exceeded with the permission of the Editorial Board for articles based on fieldwork. Additionally, this limit is not enforced for articles requested from leading figures in the field by the Editorial Board. For book review articles, the word limit is between 1.500 and 2.500 words. For discussion articles, the limit is 2.500-5.000 words, and for letters to the editor, it is 750-1.500 words.
• Articles must have abstracts in both Turkish and English of at least 200 and at most 250 words, along with keywords in both languages on the first page. After the references section, an extended English abstract of at least 700 and at most 1000 words must be included.
• After the publication decision, if there is more than one author, researcher contributions (CRediT author statement), ethical committee approval, conflict of interest, and if applicable, funding or acknowledgment statements must be provided before the references section in accordance with the template file.
• Page Layout Guidelines
• The article must use the Times New Roman font. However, if special fonts are required for certain fields, these fonts must be uploaded to the system.
• Abstracts should be indented 2 cm from both the left and right sides, in 10-point font, with single line spacing.
• The article should be prepared as an MS Word document. The page layout should be as follows:

Text size: 11-point font

Footnote size: 9-point font

Paragraph spacing: 6 pt

Paragraph indent: 1.25 cm

Margins (top, bottom, right, left): 3 cm

Line spacing: single

• Footnotes, if included, should be in 9-point font, with single line spacing and no paragraph spacing.
• Direct quotations longer than 40 words should be indented 1.5 cm from both sides and written in 10-point font.

Referencing in the Article

• References should be formatted according to APA 7 guidelines.
• All references used must be listed under “References” at the end of the article.

For books:

In-text: (Korkmaz, 1992, p. 37)

In the References section, it should be written as:

Korkmaz, Z. (1992). Atatürk ve Türk dili - belgeler. Türk Dil Kurumu.

For articles:

In-text: (Gözaydın, 2001, p. 585)

In the References section, it should be written as:

Gözaydın, N. (2001). Atatürk dönemi ile ilgili Almanya Dış İşleri arşivindeki belgeler- VII. Türk Dili, 599, 575-586.

For theses:

In-text: (Öner, 1995, p. 94)

In the References section, it should be written as:Öner, M. (1995). Bugünkü Kıpçak Türkçesi, Tatar, Kazak ve Kırgız şivelerinin karşılaştırmalı grameri (Tez No. 42427) [Doktora tezi, Ege Üniversitesi]. Yükseköğretim Kurulu Ulusal Tez Merkezi.

Tables and Figures

Table numbers and titles should be written above the table, in 10-point font, and centered:

Table 1: …………………

The text inside tables should be in 9-point font, with single line spacing and no paragraph spacing. Tables should be centered on the page.

Figure numbers and captions should be written below the figure, in 10-point font, and centered:

Figure 1: …………………

Figures should be centered on the page.

Articles that do not adhere to these principles will not be considered for review.

Articles that do not adhere to these principles will not be considered for evaluation.