The Academic Journal of the Human Rights and Equality Institution of Türkiye, published since 2018, is published twice a year as a peer-reviewed journal. Turkish and English articles are published in the journal.
Authors are responsible for the originality and confirmation of the sources.
The journal includes scientific articles, compilations, translations and studies on human rights. The articles should be original, raising awareness about human rights, educating and creating a different perspective. In the articles, the criteria of being based on research, contributing to the field, and examining new and different developments are taken into consideration.
Article Writing: The writings should be written in language, expression and writing appropriate for scientific article writing, in a way of expression and writing, fluently and clearly. Articles must comply with scientific citation rules.
Page Structure: A4 size should be used as the paper size, 2.5 cm gap should be left from each side of the paper. The beginning of the paragraph should start 1.25 cm inside and the paragraph dimensions should be 6 pt before and after.
Article Title: The title of the work should reflect the content concisely and clearly. The title should be written in all capital letters, 12 point Times New Roman font, bold and in the middle of the line. 6 nk space should be left after the title. The English title should be written in Times New Roman font, 12 point, bold, in the middle of the line, and the first letter of the words should be capitalized. The article title should not exceed 12 words.
Responsible Author] should be added to the footnotes to ensure communication.
Abstract / Keywords: Turkish and English Abstracts should be a minimum of 150 and a maximum of 300 words. Keywords should be in Turkish and English, provided that they are at least 3 (maximum 7) keywords. Turkish and English abstracts should be written in Times New Roman 9 points.
The main text should be written in MS Word format, Times New Roman font, 12 points, justified, 1.5 line spacing. The headings in the article should be arranged as follows:
Headings/Subtitles: Headings should be numbered and in the following numbering order.
- BOLD and ALL CAPS
- BOLD and ALL CAPS
- Bold and Only Initial Letters Capitalized
- Bold and Only Initial Letters Capitalized
- Bold and Only Initial Letters Capitalized
Foot Note: Footnotes at the bottom of the page should only be used for annotations. All information in the footnote should be written in 9 point size, with single line spacing.
Tables and Figures: Tables must be numbered and titled. Tables should be where they should be in the text. Figure numbers and names should be written just above the figure, aligned to the left, in 11 point (Example: Table 1: Human Rights Classification). The bibliography (See Citation rules) should be stated under the table or figure. The reference should be written appropriately, aligned to the left and in 11 points (Source: Okcu, 2020: 67). If the Table or Figure is a compilation, the compiler should be specified (Example: Source: TİHEK, [Compiled by Ali DURMAZ])
Pictures: High resolution, scanned in print quality should be given in their places in the text. In naming pictures, the rules in tables and figures must be followed.
Citation: Citations within the article should be made according to the in-text citation APA (American Psychological Association) method. In order to show the source of the citations made in the text, the surname of the author, if there is more than one author, the last names, the date of publication, the number of the cited page should be indicated in parentheses after the end of the sentence or paragraph. The source of the quotations in the text should be written in parentheses as follows:
- Source with one author:
(Altıparmak, 2015: 25).
In a sentence: As Altınparmak (2015) states …..
- Source with two author:
(Canatan ve Hıdır, 2007: 99-104).
In a sentence: As stated by Canata and Hıdır (2007) …..
- Source with more than two authors:
*If there are more than two authors, only the surname of the first author is given; for others, “et al.” statement is written.
(Durmuş et al., 2016: 45).
In a sentence: According to Durmuş et al. (2016) …..
- Institutional publications:
- For the first citation;
(National Library Publications [NLP], 2016: 144)
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- For subsequent citations;
(NLP, 2016: 159)
- Author's works published in the same year:
(Yıldırım, 2019a: 44-47).
(Yıldırım, 2019b: 78, 81).
(Yıldırım, 2019c: 109).
- Authors with the same surname:
(C. Aktaş, 2018: 29)
(S. Aktaş, 2019: 49)
- Source without author:
*If the title of the work is long, the first two words are taken.
(Human Rights, 2015: 154).
(International Law, 2018: 164).
- A work without a publication date:
No date is indicated by the abbreviation (n.d.).
(Öztürk, n.d.: 68).
- Citing Multiple Sources:
(Alkaş, 2017: 81; Ceren, 2018: 72; Altan, 2019: 47).
- Works of the Same Author with Different Dates:
(Altan, 2019: 47; 2020: 126 ).
- Indirect Citation:
(Aktaran: Özdemir, 2018: 124).
- Reference to the institution:
(State Planning Organization, 2007)
- Reference to the website:
(www.tdk.gov.tr, 2008)
Sources: All sources in the text of the article should be in the "SOURCES" list. The sources should start on a new page at the end of the text, and the references should be written in alphabetical order according to the surname of the author in 10 print size, justified. Hanging paragraph format should be applied for the sources (Page Layout-Paragraph-Indent and Spacing-Indent-Special-Hanging Paragraph in Office).
- Source with one author:
Surname, N. (Year). Book Title (Italic), City: Publisher.
Ekşi, N. (2016). Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Hukuku, İstanbul: Beta Yayınevi.
- Source with more than one authors:
Surname, N., Surname, N., Surname, N. (Year). Title of Book (Italic), City: Publisher.
Canatan, K. , Hıdır, Ö. (2007). Batı Dünyasında İslamofobi ve Anti-İslamizm, Ankara: Eskiyeni Yayıncılık.
Tezcan,D.,Erdem M.R., Sancakdar O., Önok R.M. (2016). İnsan Hakları El Kitabı, Ankara: Seçkin Yayıncılık.
- Book section:
Surname, N. (Year). Title of chapter, in Editor's N. Surname, Title of Book (Italic) (p. range) City: Publisher.
Watson, J.(1998). Engineering Education in Japan After the Iwakura Mission, in I. Nish, The Iwakura Mission in America and Europe: A New Assessment (s. 108-112), Surrey: Japan Library.
- Journal article:
Surname, N. (Year). Article title, Journal name (Italic), Volume (Issue), page.
Çağlar, S. (2012). Engellilerin Erişebilirlik Hakkı ve Türkiye’de Erişebilirlikleri, Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, 61(2), 541-598.
- Translated Article:
Sözer, A. (2019). “İnsan Hakları ve Din Özgürlüğü” (Translator Hasan Tan). TİHEK Dergisi. Ankara: Türkiye İnsan Hakları ve Eşitlik Kurumu, 2(3), 104.
- Web resources:
Surname, N. (Year). Title (Italic), retrieved on ..(date). from ... site: ....
Karan, U. (2015). Bireysel Başvuru Kararlarında Ayrımcılık Yasağı ve Eşitlik İlkesi, retrieved 5 December 2020 from the Constitutional Court:: http://www.anayasa.gov.tr/fi les/pdf/anayasa_yargisi/2015/8.pdf
İnsan Hakları Evrensel Beyannamesi, retrieved from the Turkish Grand National Assembly on 5 December 2020: https://www.tbmm.gov.tr/komisyon/insanhaklari/ pdf01/203-208.pdf
- Translated Books:
Surname, A. (Year). Title (Italic), (Trans. Name Surname). City: Publisher.
Freeman, M. (2008). İnsan Hakları Disiplinlerarası Yaklaşım, (Translator A. Erkan Koca-Asena Topçubaşı). Ankara: Birleşik Yayınları.
- Institutional publications:
Presidency of the Supreme Court. (2018). Unification Decisions of Supreme Court Jurisprudence. Ankara: Presidency of the Supreme Court.
- Source without an author:
The 2009 NEA almanac of higher education. (2012). Washington DC: National Education Association.
TÜBİTAK. (2002). 21. Yüzyılda Bilimsel Yayıncılık: Hedefler ve Yaklaşımlar. Ankara: TÜBİTAK.
- Unpublished Master's/PhD Thesi:
Arslan, Ş. (2006). Fıtrat Kavramı Çerçevesinde Eğitimde İnsanın Ne’liği Sorusu. Unpublished PhD thesis, Marmara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, İstanbul.
- Published Paper:
Odman, A. E. (2003), “Karşılaştırmalı Ekonomi-Politik: Meksika’da Popülizm ve Türkiye’de Devletçilik”, 8th National Social Sciences Congress, 3-5 December, Ankara.
- Unpublised Paper:
Ekşi, H. (2002, Mayıs). Etkili karakter eğitimi müfredatı için stratejiler. 2000′li Yıllarda 1. Öğrenme ve Öğretme Sempozyumunda sunulan poster bildiri, Marmara Üniversitesi Atatürk Eğitim Fakültesi, İstanbul.
- Electronic Resources:
Kodish, B.I. (2003). What we do with language-waht it does with us. ETC: A review of general semantics, 60(1), 383-384. Retrieved from EBSCOhost database on January 06, 2008.