Writing Rules

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Language of the Journal:
The languages used in the journal are Turkish and English.
Article Types: Research Article, Theoretical Article, Translation, Review
Article Format: ……………………….
Image Format: ……………………….
Citation Style: ……………………….
Change of Author: Changes to be made in the author are processed only before the article is accepted. Authors are required to carefully review the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript, and to provide the definitive list of authors at the time of original submission.

Writing Rules:
- 12 point Times New Roman font is used in the text.
-The text should be based on both sides, without hyphenation, leaving margins at the top, bottom, right, left margins 2.5 cm on A4 size paper.
- Without paragraph beginning
-In the Paragraph tab, in the spacing section, first the field should be 0 pt, then the field should be 6 pt, and the line spacing should be 1.5.
- The title of the article should be written one under the other in Turkish and English, with 12 font size, Times New Roman, bold and centered.
-If the study has been presented in a congress/symposium etc. before, if it was produced from a project or thesis, an explanation should be made by adding a * footnote at the end of the title.
- Author names should be 12 point, Times New Roman and plain. The full names of the author(s) should be centered under the title of the article, the institutions (university, faculty and department names), city and country names and e-mail addresses should be indicated in the footnote.
-Öz and Abstract should be prepared using 11 font size, 1.0 line spacing, Times New Roman font and should be between 150-250 words. Reference should not be used in the abstract. Studies written in full text in Turkish should include the English title and "Abstract", while studies written in English full text should have a Turkish title and "Öz".
- Since it will facilitate the readability and citation of articles at international level, there should be an extended English summary between 500-750 words under the heading "Structured Abstract". Extended abstracts are not required for articles written in English.
- Anahtar kelimeler and Keywords should be between 4-8 words.
- Common expressions and abbreviations in English should not be written in italics. For example, apriori, vis-a-vis, per se etc ...
- An expression in the text should not be italicized in order to emphasize more.
-Citation should be within the text. Explanations should be given in footnotes and not at the end of the text.

● A statement in the text should not be italicized to emphasize it more.
● Citation should be in the text.Explanations should be given as footnotes and should not be placed at the end of the text.

Citation Style:
The texts will be created according to the APA 6 spelling rule layout. 

Please make sure the following:
1. Adding author information
2. Uploading all necessary files
• Article text
• Copyright Notice Text
3. Performing "spelling check" and "grammar check" in the article for the last time
4. All references mentioned in the bibliography must be quoted in the text and vice versa

Submit an Article
The account of the corresponding author of the study should be used in the applications. All correspondence regarding the application is forwarded to the responsible author via e-mail sent through the journal system.
When uploading the article file, make sure that it does not contain any elements that would reveal the identity of the author due to the double-blind peer-review process.

Files You Need To Upload Separately:
1) Article Full Text
2) Copyright Notice Text
Electronic Commitment from the Author:
1. I am authorized to submit this manuscript to your journal, or I am authorized by co-authors to submit this manuscript to your journal
2. The manuscript is original, has not been officially published in another peer-reviewed journal, has not been reviewed by any other journal, and does not infringe any existing copyright or other third-party rights.
3. I/we agree that if the manuscript is editorially accepted for publication, it will be licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license.
4. Copyright and intellectual property rights of the author(s) or employer(s) of the author(s), if any, are reserved. The author(s) undertake(s) that the publisher is not responsible for any claims or lawsuits to be filed by third parties due to copyright infringement, and that all responsibility belongs to them.
5. The author(s) undertake(s) that there is no criminal or illegal statement in the article, and that no illegal materials and methods are used while conducting the study.

International Journal of Language and Translation Studies is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY NC).