Writing Rules

1. The journal is a scholarly, peer-reviewed publication released annually in March and October. The journal predominantly publishes research in economics, business administration, public administration, political science, international relations, labor economics, industrial relations, finance, and related disciplines.

2. Manuscripts submitted for publication in the journal must not have been previously disseminated in any scientific journal.

3. The journal is written in Turkish and English. The most recent version of the Turkish Language Association (TDK) Spelling Guide is utilized for orthography and punctuation. Submitted articles must conform to scientific norms for language and phrasing, ensuring clarity and comprehensibility.

4. For studies submitted to our journal, any research employing qualitative or quantitative methodologies that necessitate data collection from participants through surveys, interviews, focus groups, observations, experiments, or interview techniques must secure an Ethics Committee decision prior to the initiation of the study, granting permission for its conduct, and the study must be finalized thereafter. Articles must contain a declaration affirming adherence to research and publication ethics.

5. For research necessitating ethics committee permission, details concerning the approval (committee name, date, and number) must be incorporated in the methods section as well as on the first and final pages of the paper. Case reports must include information demonstrating that the informed consent form was signed.

6. Articles must be typed on A4-sized (210 x 297 mm) portrait paper, with 3.5 cm margins at the top and bottom, 2.5 cm margins on the right and left, and justified text alignment. The complete document, encompassing references and the longer abstract, must not surpass 10,000 words.

7. Articles submitted to the journal must be composed in Microsoft Word. The title should be in uppercase characters, bold, and centered, using Times New Roman in 16-point font. Directly beneath the title, the relevant scientific subject of the study (e.g., business, economics, international relations, etc.) and the study kind (research/report/promotion/review/case report) must be specified.

8. The names of the author(s) must be inscribed one line below the title of the research, leaving a blank line in between. Their title, institution (university), author identifiers acquired from https://orcid.org/register, and email addresses must be included as footnotes at the bottom of the page, denoted with an asterisk (*). If the study is financed by any institution, the name of the supporting institution must be included as a footnote on the same page, accompanied by an asterisk (*) after the final word of the article's primary title.

9. The abstract of the study must be formatted with one blank line following the author's name and their affiliations. The Turkish abstract of the study must have a minimum of 150 words and a maximum of 200 words. The abstract must be composed in Times New Roman type at a size of 9 points.

10. Turkish keywords, comprising a minimum of three and a maximum of seven words, together with at least two JEL codes, must be included in the research.

11. The English title, abstract, keywords, and research type must be composed in English, adhering to the aforementioned parameters, with a single line space directly following the Turkish keywords. The English abstract of the study must serve as a concise summary, including a minimum of 150 words and a maximum of 200 words.

12. Articles must have a comprehensive English abstract ranging from 600-800 words. The English title of the study must be displayed above the English abstract. The expanded abstract must have details regarding the research, namely the objective, issue, methodology, results, and conclusion. The comprehensive English abstract must precede the references section of the paper. The comprehensive English abstract is required only for publications in Turkish. A lengthy abstract is unnecessary for English articles.

13. The primary text of the research must commence with a single-line gap directly after the English keywords, initiating with the introduction. Titles utilized in the study must be sequentially numbered. All titles must be capitalized at the initial letter. A single-line gap must precede the titles utilized in the study.

14. Paragraphs throughout the text must be justified, with the first line indented by 0.5 cm, and a minimum line spacing of 12 pt should be employed.

15. Figures included in the study must be sequentially numbered beginning with 1 and positioned beneath the figure. The entire citation for the figure must be placed just beneath the figure's title. The typeface utilized in the figure references is 9 pt.

16. Tables utilized in the study must be numbered sequentially beginning with 1 and positioned above the table. The entire citation for the table must be included just beneath it. typeface employed in both the tables and their references is 9 pt.

17. Pursuant to our journal's publishing policy, only abstracts of doctoral dissertations are eligible for publication within the category of thesis abstracts.

18. Submitted articles are assessed based on the plagiarism report provided during the application phase. Articles considered incompatible with research and publication ethics or flagged as potential plagiarism are not assessed. Consequently, if the similarity index identified by TURNITIN or iThenticate scanning software is above 15%, the pertinent study is ineligible for publication, regardless of referee endorsement. the study is published undetected, access to it will be restricted upon detection of the issue, and it will be deleted from both the publishing list and the whole issue. Furthermore, the study stipulates that the similarity rate of articles to a single source must not exceed 3%. Authorshors must upload the TURNITIN or iThenticate report to the system alongside the study during submission.

19. To be submitted to the journal:

For Turkish articles:

Primary Title; Author(s) (The author(s)' name(s) and surname(s) should not be written. They should only be left as Name and Surname as in the template); Summary; Terms; English Title; Abstract; Keywords; Introduction; Materials and Methods; Findings and Discussion (or Findings); Conclusion (or Discussion and Conclusion); English Extended Abstract; References.

For English articles:

English title; Author(s) (The author(s)' name(s) and surname(s) should not be written. They should only be left as Name and Surname as in the template); Summary; Terms; Turkish Title; Abstract; Keywords; Introduction; Materials and Methods; Results (or Results and Discussion); Discussion and Conclusion (or Conclusion); References.

20. The text must reference sources using the author's surname, year, and page number format, or names must be formatted with uppercase initials and all remaining letters in lowercase. In a reference statement with two authors (if the article is published in English), and when referencing three or more sources, the abbreviation et al. (or et al. if the article is in English) should be employed. Sources cited in the text must be arranged alphabetically, without numerical designations, in the references section at the conclusion of the article.

In-text citations and the bibliography must adhere to APA 7 guidelines. Articles must be submitted with in-text citations and bibliographies structured in accordance with APA 7, utilizing reference management systems such as EndNote or Microsoft Word Office. Submissions having improper bibliographical formatting, converted to static text, or including manually generated references and bibliographies will be returned to the author.

21. The manuscript must undergo a spelling compliance check prior to submission to the journal's editorial board.

22. The author bears full responsibility for the published papers and translations.

23. The author(s) is/are responsible for all revisions to the content.

24. Articles submitted for publication in the magazine must adhere to the established spelling and grammatical conventions. The Journal Editorial Board retains the authority to solicit modifications to the content and presentation from the author if considered essential.

25. The Journal Editorial Board electronically assigns manuscripts that meet the required format and design criteria to two randomly selected reviewers. Following the endorsement of two reviewers, the papers are then cataloged and published based on the dates of the reviewer reports' completion.