Aim and Scope

Hacettepe University Journal of Turkish Studies as a Foreign Language, which has been published since 2014 Summer term, is a refereed, periodic and local journal. The aim of the Journal is to encourage the studies in the field of teaching Turkish as a foreign language and share the results and the discussed-created methods of the scientific works with the science environment in a very short time. The Journal whose abbreviation is HUYDOTAD, published once a year as  Fall issue.

Evaluation

Articles submitted to the journal for publication that are deemed suitable by the Editorial Board, as a result of the preliminary evaluation, are sent to two field experts, to be reviewed and reported. In cases where both reports are positive, the article is accepted to the journal; If one of the reports is negative, the opinion of a third expert is sought. Articles, for which two negative reports have been issued, cannot be published in the journal. Authors are required to take into account the criticism, evaluation and suggestions of the Editorial Board or experts; however, authors may also review the reports and express their own opinions. As a result of the referee evaluation, the final copies of the articles requiring major revision are sent back to the same referee after the corrections and the extent to which the authors have made corrections are checked by the expert referee. For the articles that require minor revision, the journal editors check whether the corrections have been made by the author. Articles sent to the journal are not returned whether they are published or not. The authors bear full responsibility for their opinions expressed in published articles.