Aim
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 Winter issue.
Scope
Hacettepe University Journal of Turkish Studies as a Foreign Language foreign language teaching, teaching Turkish as a foreign language, Turkish teaching methods and approaches, materials in foreign language teaching development, linguistics, semantics, sociolinguistics, comparative language research, Turkish language and literature, includes theoretical and/or applied research and investigations.
Evaluation
Manuscripts submitted to the journal for publication are subject to a preliminary evaluation by the Editorial Board. Those deemed suitable are sent to two expert reviewers for evaluation and reporting. If both reviewers submit favorable reports, the manuscript is accepted for publication. If one of the reviewers submits an unfavorable report, the manuscript is referred to a third expert reviewer. Manuscripts receiving two unfavorable review reports are rejected.
Authors are expected to take into account the comments, evaluations, and recommendations provided by the Editorial Board and the reviewers and to make the necessary revisions accordingly. However, authors may also submit written responses to the Editorial Office regarding the reviewers' reports.
For manuscripts receiving a major revision decision, the revised version is returned to the same reviewer to assess whether the requested revisions have been adequately addressed. For manuscripts receiving a minor revision decision, if the reviewers do not request to re-evaluate the revised manuscript, the Editorial Office verifies whether the requested revisions have been implemented.
The scientific and legal responsibility for the opinions, interpretations, and claims expressed in published manuscripts rests solely with the authors.
If authors use generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools during the preparation of their manuscripts, they are required to comply with the principles and guidelines set forth in the Hacettepe University Guidelines on the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Research and Development. Manuscripts submitted to the journal are expected to be prepared in accordance with these guidelines, and, where applicable, the use of generative AI should be disclosed transparently.
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General Rules
Contact: Authors should make all kinds of communications with the following address:
Hacettepe University
Institue of Turkish Studies
Beytepe Campus 06532 Ankara
Tel: + 90.312.2977182 / 2976771
Fax: + 90.312.2977171
E-mail: huydotad@hacettepe.edu.tr / huydotad@gmail.com
HUYDOTAD Web Page: https://dergipark.org.tr/huydotad
The Points to be Considered by the Authors
The articles should be sent to the address https://dergipark.org.tr/huydotad. The authors should indicate their affiliation, titles, contact information and ORCID number at the bottom of first page of articles. The type fonts (PC –compliant) used in the texts that consist of special translation writings should be added to the e-mail message.
It’s essential that the articles sent to HUYDOTAD have not been previously published or should not be sent to another media organ. The notices presented in a scientific convention can be accepted under the condition that they will be separately stated and have not been published before.
Title: It should not be over 12 words, should be written with bold and capital letters, the words equaled to the second language should be included in advance of the English abstract with bold and small letters whose initials are to be capitals.
Author’s Name: The name with the surname in bold and italic capitals should be written in the middle under the title.
Abstract: It should be prepared at least between 100 and 200 words and in a way that reflects the article’s content. In the abstract, there should not be any quotation, source material, form, chart etc.. Two abstracts should be written in both Turkish and English for each article; however, if the articles have been prepared in a different language apart from these languages, there should be a third abstract in relevant language. The abstracts should be the same as one another in terms of the content.
Key words: At least 5, at most 10 key words are to be given following the abstract. The key words should be written in Turkish, English and in a third language if any.
Article Text: The texts should be typed on the papers whose width is 16,5 cm and height is 23,5 cm in a single-spaced way and with 11 point size, and there should be a 2cm space from the page sides and page number is to be given beginning from the second page (considering the title page as the first page). The texts should not include words more than 10.000 and they should be typed through the MS Word program and with Times New Roman or another typeface similar to it. At the beginning of the paragraphs the tab key and between the paragraphs the enter key should not be used.
Language and Writing
The language of Hacettepe University Journal of Turkish Studies as a Foreign Language is Turkish of Turkey, but as long as the Editorial Board finds it acceptable, the articles in particularly Turkic Languages, and English, French, German and Russian are allowed to take place in the one third of the journal. The articles written in Turkish of Turkey ought to be befitted to Spelling Dictionary by Turkish Language Agency in terms of spelling rules.
Citation/Bibliography: References and quotations follow the APA system. Citation for quotations and references should be shown using the short citation system in the text, in other words (Tekin, 1988, s. 68), (Davletov, 2008, ss. 83-85), not in a footnote style and the bibliography should be arranged at the end of the article in alphabetical order and with the whole tag. Interviews include the persons’ name and surname and the date and place the interview was held. When electronic source material is used, the date accessed should definitely be indicated.
Quotations
1- In Quotations Less Than Five Lines
If quoting directly from a work, the author should include the year of publication and the page number for the reference. It should be noted that the abbreviation “p.” should be used for a single page, “ss.” should be used for multiple pages, and in the case of double page citations, a hyphen should be placed between the page numbers if the page range is to be specified; if two different pages are quoted, a comma should be placed between the page numbers.
If a statement starting with the author's name is used before the citation, only the publication date and page number should be given in parentheses since the author's name is given.
If the statement does not begin with the author's name, the author's surname, year of publication and page number should be given in parentheses at the end of the quotation sentence and a full stop should be placed at the end of the parenthesis.
2- Quotations longer than five lines
Block quotations should be written independently from the text, indented one centimeter from the right and left, in Times New Roman in 10-point font size, and quotation marks should not be used.
3- In quotations from sources that do not contain page numbers, another logical identifier should be cited. For example, a paragraph, a chapter number, a table number. In older works (such as religious texts), special identifiers such as verse numbers can be used. In short, page numbers should be replaced by an alternative that makes sense for your source.
Footnote: The statements apart from the citation which have a direct connection with the article’s main topic, can be made through footnote beginning from the first number. The footnotes should be written in point size 10 and on the page that they are given.
Tables and Graphics: Each table should have a table number and a title including its name. If it’s necessary, the explanations for the symbols should be shown right under the table. The graphic explanations should be numbered and arranged in order. The tables and the graphics that are prepared should not exceed the signified page sizes and they should be properly put in the sections that they will take place in the text.
It is required that the pictures to be published should be the professional drawings or photographs. The number of graphics, the author and the ‘topic’ should be clearly pointed out following the each graphic. Their last resolution is to be 300dpi and line drawings should be 800-1200 dpi after giving the sizes of the two-colored-white/black- and colorful pictures in the electronic environment. The pictures added to the article are required to be in the .gif and .jpeg formate.
Copyright
The author agrees that he/she has transferred the copyright of his/her published article to Hacettepe University Journal of Turkish Studies as a Foreign Language. The complete or a part of the articles that are published in the journal can not be copied without the written permission of the publisher. The writings, pictures and shapes can be quoted by the third parties provided that they will give reference. Enabling permission for the copy of the pictures, tables, shapes and etc. are in the author’s responsibility.
Bibliography Examples
