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ARTICLE GUIDELINES

The article must address academics and those in the pursuit of knowledge, prepared in a serious manner. At the same time, it must consist of language that is clear, concise, and easy to understand.

The articles must preferably be the first to discuss the topic in the field, consist of main sources, as well as refrain from providing introductory information unless absolutely necessary.

The language style used must be clear and concise, avoiding any spelling and grammatical errors. The terminology must be used in a way that is appropriate in light of our history and civilization.

A. Formatting Guidelines

Articles should be around 7500 words.
The page format must be adjusted to A4 size, with the following margins; Top 3, Bottom 2.5, Left 3, and Right 2.5.
Page numbers should be added and centered at the Bottom.
- Article Tite
- Name(s) of the author
- Abstract
- Key Words
- The body of the article (headings, text, references, footnotes)
- Bibliography
- Appendices (if applicable)The following should ALL be included:
The following template should be adhered to
The following guidelines should be adhered to when typing the article:
- The use of only one space between words
- Using the enter button only once when starting a new paragraph
- Avoiding the use of any special formatting of the paragraph
- The punctuation marks must be used without any spaces
  - Example: ( Incorrect ) | (Correct) | Incorrect , | Correct, | “ Incorrect ” | “Correct” | … comma ,period . | … comma, period.
- The automatic hyphenation settings must be used on the word processing software rather than using manual hyphens

B. FOOTNOTE AND BIBLIOGRAPHY GUIDELINES

1. Using Footnotes

The sources that need to be referenced but cannot be done within the text would have to be referenced as a footnote and be numbered.
The footnotes would be given as 1, 2, 3 … in Arabic numeration throughout the text in a continuous manner.
The numbers would have to be placed after the period at the end of the sentence.
The footnote begins with a capital letter and ends with a period.
Footnotes would be aligned from the left and be justified. The footnotes have to be numbered using the ‘bullets and numbering’ setting.
In the case that more than one reference is cited in one footnote, the sources used must be sorted alphabetically. The date that should be used is the date of death in the case of ancient authors, and the date of publication for the contemporary authors. Referencing can be sorted according to primary and secondary sources as well; in this case, the previous sequence will be used.

Qur’an		2/Bakara 33-35, 42, 55; 4/Nisâ 20; 38/Sâd 11

Hadith	Footnote	Buhari, Bed’u’l-halk 3
	Bibliography

The Bible	Footnote	Matta 12:14.
	Repetition	Matta 12:1-5
	Bibliography	Eski ve Yeni Ahit : Tevrat ve İncil, İstanbul: Kitab-ı Mukaddes Şirketi, 1969.
Book	Footnote	Muhammed Hamidullah, Kur’an-ı Kerim Tarihi, çev. Ahmet Sait Mutlu, İstanbul: Yağmur Yayınları, 1965, s. 65.
	Repetition	Hamidullah, Kur’an-ı Kerim Tarihi, s. 65.
	Bibliography	Hamidullah, Muhammed, Kur’an-ı Kerim Tarihi, çev. Ahmet Sait Mutlu, İstanbul: Yağmur Yayınları, 1965.
Book (Online)	Footnote
	Repetition
	Bibliography
Book (Edited / Miscalleneous)	Footnote	V.O. Key, “Politics and Administration”, Public Administration: Reading and Documents, der. Felix A. Nigro, New York: Rinehart, 1951, s. 15-21.
	Repetition	Key, “Politics and Administration”, s. 15-21.
	Bibliography	Key, V.O., “Politics and Administration”, Public Administration: Reading and Documents, der. Felix A. Nigro, New York: Rinehart, 1951.
Islamic Encyclopedie	Footnote	Beşir Ayvazoğlu, “İlmü’l-cemal”, DİA, XXII, 146.
	Repetition	Ayvazoğlu, “İlmü’l-cemal”, XXII, 146.
	Bibliography	Ayvazoğlu, Beşir, “İlmü’l-cemal”, DİA, XXII, 146-148.
Classical Dictionaries	Footnote	İsmail b. Hammâd el-Cevheri, Tâcü’l-Lüga ve Sıhâhu’l-Arabiyye, nşr. Ahmed Abdülgafur Attâr, Mısır: Dâru’l-Kitâbi’l-Arabi, [t.y.], “hss” md., III, 1037.
	Repetition	Cevheri, “hss” md., III, 1037.
	Bibliography	el-Cevheri, İsmail b. Hammâd, Tâcü’l-Lüga ve Sıhâhu’l-Arabiyye, nşr. Ahmed Abdülgafur Attâr, Mısır: Dâru’l-Kitâbi’l-Arabi, [t.y.].
Codex (Periodical)	Footnote	Muhyiddin Ebû Abdillah Muhammed b. Süleyman el-Kâfiyecî, el-Ferâh ve’s-Sürûr fi Beyâni’l-Mezâhibi’l-Erbaati fi’l-Usûl, Süleymaniye Ktp., Esad Efendi, nr. 3577/2, vr. 43a.
	Repetition	Kâfiyecî, el-Ferâh ve’s-Sürûr, vr. 43a.
	Bibliography	el-Kâfiyecî, Muhyiddin Ebû Abdillah Muhammed b. Süleyman, el-Ferâh ve’s-Sürûr fi Beyâni’l-Mezâhibi’l-Erbaati fi’l-Usûl, Süleymaniye Ktp., Esad Efendi, nr. 3577/2.
Codex	Footnote
	Repetition
	Bibliography
Theses	Footnote	Gülay Akgül Yılmaz, Yeraltı Ekonomisi ve Vergi Kaybı, İstanbul: Marmara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 1996, s. 115, (Yayınlanmamış Doktora Tezi).
	Repetition	Yılmaz, Yeraltı Ekonomisi ve Vergi Kaybı, s. 115.
	Bibliography	Yılmaz, Gülay Akgül, Yeraltı Ekonomisi ve Vergi Kaybı, İstanbul: Marmara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 1996, (Yayınlanmamış Doktora Tezi).
Elektronic Resources	Footnote	John N. Berry, “Educate Library Leaders”, Library Journal, 15 February 1998, http//www.epnet.com/ehost, Erişim tarihi: 3 Nisan 2001.
	Repetition	Berry, John N., “Educate Library Leaders”, s. XXX.
	Bibliography	Berry, John N., “Educate Library Leaders”, Library Journal, 15 February 1998, http//www.epnet.com/ehost, Erişim tarihi: 3 Nisan 2001.

2. Bibliography

A bibliography will be used in the articles, and the citations will be given at the first mention of the reference used.
Bibliography will be sorted according to the last name of the popular name (in the ancient sources) alphabetically.
The different sources by the same authors will be cited separately.
The following format must be taken as a reference when showing full citations of the references used:
- Ateş, Ahmed, “an-Nâbiğa ad-Dubyânî”, Şarkîyat Mecmuası, İstanbul 1956, I, 1-36.
- Ateş, Ahmed, “Nâbiğa”, İA, IX, 7-13.
- “Bernâmecu’l-Câmiʿi’t-Târîḫî li-Tefsîri’l-Ḳurʾâni’l-Kerîm : Delîlu İncâzi’l-Meşrûʿ”, Muessesetu’l-Buḥûs̱ ve’d-Dirâsâti’l-ʿİlmiyye, http ://www.mobdii.com/p/index.php?p=7 [15.10.2014].
- Bilmen, Ömer Nasuhi, Büyük Tefsir Tarihi : Tabakâtü’l-Müfessirîn, İstanbul : Bilmen Yayınevi, 1973-1974, I-II.
- Bursalı Mehmed Tahir, Osmanlı Müellifleri, İstanbul : Matbaa-i Amire, 1333-1342 [1915-1924].
- “el-Câmiu’t-Tarîhî li-Tefsîri’l-Kur’âni’l-Kerîm”, Wikipedia : The Free Encyclopedia,
  http ://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/ الجامع التاريخي لتفسير القرآن الكريم [15.10.2014].
- ed-Dâvûdî, Ṭabaḳātu’l-Müfessirîn, Beyrut : Dâru’l-Kütübi’l-İlmiyye, [t.y.], I-II.
- Ebû Bekr el-Isfehânî, Muhammed b. Ebî Süleyman Dâvud, Kitâbü’z-Zehre, I, nşr. H.R. Nykl, Beyrut 1351/1932; II, nşr. İbrâhim es-Sâmerrâî, Nûri el-Kaysî, Bağdat 1395/1975.
- el-Eş'arî, Ebü'l-Hasen Ali b. İsmâil el-Eş'arî, Makalâtü’l-İslamiyyîn, nşr. H. Ritter, İstanbul 1933.
- İbnü'ş-Şecerî, Kitâbü'l-Hamâse, Haydarâbâd 1345.
- İbn Kuteybe, Kitâbu'ş-Şi'r ve'ş-Şuarâ, nşr. Ahmed Muhammed Şâkir, Kahire 1364, 1369.
- İbn Abdilberr el-Kurtubî, et-Temhid fi'l-Ensâb, Süleymaniye Ktp., Âşir Efendi, nr. 688.
- İsmail Paşa el-Bağdadi, Hediyyetü’l-Arifin : Esmâu’l-Müellifîn ve Âsâru’l-Musannifîn, Beyrut : Daru İhyai’t-Turasi’l-Arabi, [t.y.] (İstanbul : Milli Eğitim Basımevi, 1951’den ofset).
- Katib Çelebi, Mizanu’l-Hak fi’htiyari’l-Ehak, Kostantıniyye [İstanbul] : Matbaa-i Ebuzziya, 1306 [1889].
- Mehmed Süreyya, Sicill-i Osmani : Yahut Tezkire-i Meşahir-i Osmaniyye, İstanbul : Matbaa-i Amire, 1311 [1893].
- Mehmed Zihnî, Meşâhîrü'n-Nisâ, İstanbul 1294, 1295.
- Qâdî Ahmed son of Mîr Munshî, Caligraphers and Painters [Gülistan-ı Huner], trc. V. Minorsky, Washington 1959.
- Suyûtî, Ṭabaḳātu’l-Müfessirîn, thk. Ali Muhammed Ömer, Kuveyt : Daru’n-Nevadir, 1431/2010.
- Şahin, İlhan, “Kemah”, TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi (DİA), İstanbul : Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı Yayınları, 2002, XXV, 219-220.
- Şeyhi, Vekayiu’l-Fudala, İstanbul : Çağrı Yayınları, 1989.
- Yazır, Mahmud Bedrettin, Medeniyet Âlemînde Yazı ve İslam Medeniyetinde Kalem Güzeli, nşr. Uğur Derman, Ankara 1972, 1974.
- Bir eserin muayyen bir kısmı gösterilmek istenirse, cilt ve sayfa numarası sonda zikredilecek ve yalnız ilgili cildin yeri ve tarihi verilecektir:
- İbn Kuteybe, Kitâbüş-Şi'r ve'ş Şuarâ, thk. Ahmed Muhammed Şâkir, Kahire 1364, I, 22-23.
- İbn Manzur, Lisânü'l-Arab, Bulak 1304, XI, 236 (md. n-c-f).

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