Publication Principles

Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Law Journal Publication Principles

1. Manuscripts submitted to the Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Law Journal must not have been published elsewhere or submitted for publication elsewhere.
2. Manuscripts must be prepared in Times New Roman font, with the main text in 12-point size and 1.5 line spacing, and footnotes in 10-point size with single line spacing. Footnotes must be shown at the bottom of the page.
3. Scholarly works to be published in the Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Law Journal must comply with the following writing guidelines.
   1. Author names must be placed below and to the right of the Turkish and English titles, with an asterisk after the surname. The asterisked footnote must state the author's title, institution, field, e-mail address andORCID information.
   2. At the end of the article, there must be a bibliography listing the sources used in the article, arranged by authors' surnames.Legislation and court decisions should not be included in the bibliography. Internet sources may be listed under the heading Internet Sources.
   3. In footnotes and the bibliography, books must be cited as [Author's SURNAME, Name, Title of the Book, Place of Publication, Year]. For example: YENİSEY, Feridun, Kolluk Hukuku, İstanbul, 2015. Subsequent footnotes must be cited as [Author's SURNAME, page number]. For example: YENİSEY, s. 1.
   4. In footnotes and the bibliography, articles must be cited as [Author's SURNAME, Name, Title of the Article, Name of the Journal, Volume Number, Issue Number, Year, first and last page numbers]. For example: TUNCAY, Aziz Can, Magna Carta (Büyük Ferman), Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt: 10, Sayı: 135-136, 2015, s. 7-28. Subsequent footnotes must be cited as [Author's SURNAME, page number]. For example: TUNCAY, s. 7.When citing foreign articles, the Turkish abbreviations indicated above must be used instead of the abbreviations Vol and No.
   5. Works with two authors must be cited as [Author's SURNAME, Name / SURNAME, Name].
   6. When citing more than one work by the same author, the author's SURNAME, a meaningful abbreviation consistent with the title of the work, and the page number must be given. For example: TUNCAY, Magna Carta, s. 7.
   7. References to websites must include the full name of the website and the date of last access.
   8. The text must be systematized by dividing it into headings and subheadings, and subheadings must not go beyond the 6th level. Headings must be as follows:

Level 1: I, II, III, ...

Level 2: A, B, C, ...

Level 3: 1, 2, 3, ...

Level 4: a, b, c, ...

Level 5: aa, bb, cc, ...

Level 6: aaa, bbb, ccc, ...

4. Although the primary language of the Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Law Journal is Turkish, manuscripts written in foreign languages may also be published with the approval of the Editorial Board. Regardless of the language in which it is written, the title of the manuscript, an abstract of at least 150 and at most 200 words, and five keywords must be added to the manuscript in the language of the manuscript, in English and in Turkish.A list of abbreviations should not be included in the manuscript.
5. Together with the manuscript, the author must provide their institution, contact address, telephone number and e-mail address.
6. Manuscripts that are initially reviewed by the Editorial Board and found not to comply with the publication principles are returned to the author for correction in line with the publication principles before being sent to a reviewer. An unusual number of spelling errors or failure to comply with scholarly criteria is sufficient grounds for the Editorial Board to reject the manuscript.
7. Manuscripts that are initially reviewed by the Editorial Board, found to comply with the publication principles and requested to be published as peer-reviewed are sent to a reviewer after the author names are removed from the text. Authors are not informed about which reviewer the manuscript has been sent to. Based on the reviewer's report, a decision is made to publish, revise or reject the manuscript. The reviewer's report is communicated to the author as soon as possible.
8. Limited to the copies published by the Faculty, the financial rights of reproduction, distribution, communication to the public, adaptation and translation have been transferred to the Faculty for use in printed, visual, audio, digital and similar media in Türkiye and abroad.
9. Authors have accepted that no royalty fee will be paid.
10. The opinions expressed in manuscripts published in the Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Law Journal and all responsibility arising from these manuscripts belong to the authors.
11. Manuscripts intended for publication in the Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Law Journal must be sent to dergi@law.bau.edu.tr e-mail address in Word format.