Writing Rules

Author Guidelines
- The publication language of the journal is Turkish, English, Arabic, Russian, Kurdish or Persian.
- Articles should be prepared in MS Word 2007 or higher.
- Page layout A4 size Top Margin 2.5 cm, Bottom Margin 2.5 cm, Left Margin 2.5 and Right Margin should be 2.5 cm.
- The text should be in Times New Roman format, 11 points, 1.5 line spacing, 6 pt. paragraph spacing. Heading indents should be arranged as Left: 0.5-Hanging: 0.5.
- Footnotes and block quotations of more than three lines should be written in 10 points. Block citations should be indented one cm from the right and left, and should be written in 6nk before and after. Block quotes must be enclosed in quotation marks.
- The name of the author, surname, corporate title, and the name of the institution, e-mail address and ORCID number should be included in the article. If there is more than one author, the relevant information of all authors should be added and the corresponding author should also be indicated in the articles. This information will be added to the articles after the referee process is completed.
- The articles to be sent to ORAFAM Journal should include a Turkish/English Abstract of 150-200 words. Abstract should be descriptive of the subject. There should be integrity between Turkish and English abstracts. A summary of the language of the articles written in languages other than Turkish and English should also be included in the article.
- Keywords consisting of at least five words should be included under the Abstract. These keywords should be inclusive and compatible with the article content.
- The article title should be chosen to be compatible with all the content. The title should be in bold and 12 point size.
- Articles should consist of introduction, sub-titles and conclusions. Subheadings should be written in 11 points and bold.
- The aim, importance, framework, methods and techniques of the subject should be included in the introduction part of the articles.
- The conclusion part of the articles should be compatible with the data in the introduction and sub-headings. In this section, data that will repeat the introduction and main text should be avoided.
- If tables and figures are to be used in the articles, they must be numbered. Tables and figures covering more than half of the page should be placed at the end of the article as an "APPENDIX". Source information should be placed under the tables and figures.
- In the papers presented in symposiums or congresses and articles produced from graduate theses, the relevant symposium/congress or thesis information should be placed at the bottom of the first page in the section where the author information will be given.
- If the articles are prepared with any project or support, project/support information should be included.
- Grammar rules should be followed in the articles.
- Articles will be uploaded to the Turnitin plagiarism program by the editors. The maximum similarity rate should be 20%. Authors should definitely check the similarity rate of their work within this rate before uploading their articles to the journal system.
- The method to be used in citing references is the Chicago Footnote System. Example usages are as follows.

Book with one author

Footnote: Author's first name, last name, Book Title, City of Publication: Publisher, Year, pages numbers.
a) İlber Ortaylı, Tanzimat Devrinde Osmanlı Mahalli İdareleri (1840-1880), Ankara: TTK Yayınları, 2020, s. 45.
b) Ortaylı, Tanzimat Devrinde Osmanlı, p. 56. (Citing the same work multiple times)

Bibliography: Author's last name, first name, Book Title, City of Publication: Publisher, Year.

a) Ortaylı, İlber. Tanzimat Devrinde Osmanlı Mahalli İdareleri (1840-1880). Ankara: TTK Yayınları, 2020.

Book with two authors

Footnote

a) Ahmet Kemal and Sevda Yılmaz, Tarihsel Sosyolojinin Kökenleri Üzerine Araştırmalar, İstanbul: Merkez Yayınları, 2003, p. 16.
b) Ahmet Kemal and Sevda Yılmaz, Tarihsel Sosyoloji, p. 34.

Bibliography:

a) Kemal, Ahmet and Yılmaz, Sevda. Tarihsel Sosyolojinin Kökenleri Üzerine Araştırmalar. İstanbul: Merkez Yayınları, 2003.

Edited volume

Footnote

a) Ahmet Mithat, Menfa, ed. Handan İnci, İstanbul: Arma Yayınları, 2002, p. 15.
b) Ahmet Mithat, Menfa, p. 43.
c) Edward Hallett Carr, Tarih Nedir?, trans., Gizem Gürtürk, İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 2018, p. 24.
d) Edward Hallett Carr, Tarih Nedir?, p. 34.

Bibliography

a) Ahmet Mithat. Menfa. ed., Handan İnci. İstanbul: Arma Yayınları, 2002.

b) Edward Hallett Carr. Tarih Nedir?. trans., Gizem Gürtürk. İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 2018.

Book chapter in an edited work

Footnote

a) Şerif Mardin, “Tanzimat Fermanı’nın Manası: Yeni Bir İzah Denemesi”, Tanzimat Değişim Sürecinde Osmanlı İmparatorluğu, ed., Halil İnalcık and Mehmet Seyitdanlıoğlu, İstanbul: Türkiye İşbankası Kültür Yayınları, 2020, p. 146.
b) Şerif Mardin, “Tanzimat Fermanı”, p. 152.

Bibliography
a) Mardin, Şerif. “Tanzimat Fermanı’nın Manası: Yeni Bir İzah Denemesi”, Tanzimat Değişim Sürecinde Osmanlı İmparatorluğu. Ed., Halil İnalcık and Mehmet Seyitdanlıoğlu. İstanbul: Türkiye İşbankası Kültür Yayınları, 2020: 145-168.

Journal article

Footnote
a) Mehmet Seyitdanlıoğlu, “Yerel Yönetim Metinleri XVIII: Men’-i Harik Hakkında Nizamname ve Düşündürdükleri”, Çağdaş Yerel Yönetimler, 8/3 (1999), p. 169.
b) Mehmet Seyitdanlıoğlu, “Yerel Yönetim Metinleri XVIII”, p. 173.

Bibliography
a) Seyitdanlıoğlu, Mehmet. “Yerel Yönetim Metinleri XVIII: Men’-i Harik Hakkında Nizamname ve Düşündürdükleri”. Çağdaş Yerel Yönetimler. 8/3 (1999): 168:172.

Encyclopedia Article

Footnote
a) Halil İnalcık, “Osmanlılarda Cizye”, Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslam Ansiklopedisi, c. 8 (Ankara: TDV Yayınları, 1993), p. 46.

Bibliography
a) İnalcık, Halil. “Osmanlılarda Cizye”. Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslam Ansiklopedisi. 8: 45-48. Ankara: TDV Yayınları, 1993.

Dissertation

a) Yasemin Avcı, “Kudüs 1890-1914”, PhD diss., Hacettepe University, 2004, s. 134.
b) Yasemin Avcı, “Kudüs”, s. 145.

Bibliography

a) Avcı, Yasemin. “Kudüs 1890-1914”. PhD diss., Hacettepe University, 2004.

Archival Document

Footnote

a) Prime Ministry Ottoman Archives, BOA. DH.MKT. 156/54, 1 Ca 1295 (3 May 1878).
(Hijri month names will be given by shortening according to the relevant nickname.)

b) It is sufficient to write only (BOA.) in the following footnotes.

BOA. ŞD. 67/89, 1 Za 1306 (29 June 1889).

Bibliography

a) DH.MKT. 156/54; DH.TMIK.S. 345/65; ŞD. 67/89. (In an alphabetical order)

Ottoman Period Periodicals

Footnote
a) Ahmed Midhat, “Bibliografya”, Ma’lumat, I/38, 15 M 1302 (4 October 1884), s. 197.
b) Works with no Author
“Mevadd-ı Tıbbiye: Verem”, Maarif, 2, 29 M 1309 (4 September 1891), s. 26.

Bibliography
a) Ahmed Midhat. “Bibliografya”. Ma’lumat. I/38, 15 M 1302 (4 October 1884): 197-198.
b) Works with no Author
“Mevadd-ı Tıbbiye: Verem”. Maarif. 2, 29 M 1309 (4 September 1891): 26-27.

Source

http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html