Manuscript Writing Rules

When writing an article, the Spelling Guide prepared by the Turkish Language Association should be followed. The narration should be in plain, understandable language and must not be in the first person. Scientific publication principles and ethical rules should be observed.

Page Structure

In manuscript writing, each page should have a 4 cm margin at the top, 3 cm at the bottom, and 2.5 cm on the right and left margins. Writing parts, tables, figures, etc. The contents must not exceed the specified areas.

10 point font and Times New Roman font should be used throughout the text.

Abstract and Abstract 10 pt – Italic

Keywords and Keywords, 10 point-Italic – minimum 3 maximum 7 words

Explanations and mandatory footnotes at the bottom of the page, 9 pt.

Headings

Article Title (Turkish - English), 12 point-Bold, All words must be in capital letters.

All headings must be numbered. (1. MAIN TITLE, 1.1. First Level Sub-title) Introduction and Bibliography titles should not be numbered.

There should be 6 pt spacing before and after all headings.

Main Headings, 11 pt - All Large - Bold

Subheadings, 11 pt – Capitalized first letter – Bold

Tables and Figures

-Table names are at the top of the table, centered and 10 pt (Tables should be numbered. e.g: Table.1 Table Name)

- Figure and photograph names are centered at the bottom and in 10 pt (e.g.: Figure 1. Figure Name)

-For tables, figures and photographs, under the references and left aligned and 10 points (e.g.: Reference: ………)

-The text content of the tables that do not fit on the page can be adjusted as 9-8 points.

Paragraph Structure

-The spacing should be 0pt before and 6pt after each paragraph.

-All paragraphs’ first line indent value is 0.5 cm.


(In-text citation notation)

Example of a single-author citation:

(Selcuk, 2012)

Example of a two-author citation:

(Hüssein & Hair, 2008)


Example of citation with more than two authors:

(Sergeant et al., 2018)



Our sample template includes all of these rules. We kindly ask you to use the journal sample template in your manuscripts.

In accordance with Article 90 of the Turkish Penal Code No. 5237, Additional Article 10 of the Basic Law on Health Services No. 3359 and the agreements Turkey is a party to, questionnaires, interviews, focus group studies, experiments, etc. It is obligatory to obtain an Ethics Committee Approval Certificate for studies that involve data collection in different ways. Ethics Committee Approval Certificate is not required for studies completed before 2020.


You can access the sample template via the link below.

https://atauni.edu.tr/journal-of-silk-road-tourism-research-2021-2