Formatting Rules
- Papers should be submitted in English or in Turkish.
- Papers should be written by utilising the Word template.
- The paper document should contain only the manuscript. Author names, title of the article, abstract, JEL codes and keywords must not be included in the document.
- The form on the paper submission page should contain, for papers in English: the English title of the article, the abstract in English (the length must be between 100 and 250 words); for papers in Turkish: the Turkish and the English title of the article, the abstract in Turkish and in English (the length of each abstract must be between 100 and 250 words); author names, JEL codes and keywords.
- Papers together with all appendices should not exceed 20 (twenty) pages in length.
- Do not use any footnotes. Either integrate footnotes into the main text or present them in the references section using citations in the (Author, Year) format.
- Papers should be submitted in Microsoft Word 365 or later (.docx) format.
- The file size of the full paper should be less than 5MB.
- Papers should be set on the A4 page (297mm x 210mm).
- Margins should be 25mm from top, 25mm from bottom, 25mm from left and 25mm from right.
- The area with text should not exceed 247mm x 160mm. All tables and figures should be formatted such that they do not exceed these margins.
- Do not use any header or footer, neither at the bottom nor at the top of the pages.
- The main text should be set in Times New Roman, 10 point, and justified (the style “Normal”).
- Use single line spacing throughout the entire document.
- Do not leave any empty lines between paragraphs, and before or after headings.
- Do not use any tabs or spaces or empty lines before paragraphs.
- First level headings should be written in Mixed Case, all capital letters are not allowed.
- All headings within the main text should be formatted with the style “Heading 1”. This will ensure that they are automatically numbered.
- Figures and tables should have captions below the corresponding figure or table, and should be formatted with the style “Caption”.
- Figures and tables should be numbered starting from 1.
- Please check carefully that the manuscript does not have any punctuation, spelling or grammatical errors.
- Citations and references should follow the guidelines given in the American Psychological Association (APA) Style, 7th edition.
- Citations in the main text should follow the (Author, Year) format, for example: (Krugman, 1999) or Krugman (1999).
- If more than one work from the same author and year is to be cited, they should be numbered starting with a then b then c, etc., for example: (Krugman, 1999a) and (Krugman, 1999b).
- Citations with two authors should appear as (Krugman and Venables, 2001).
- Citations with more than two authors should appear as (Krugman, et. al, 2002).
- The References section at the end of the paper should start with the word “References”, set in Times New Roman, 12 point, in bold.
- Each reference should appear as a bulleted list item in alphabetical order.
- The references should follow the APA Reference Guide, 7th edition. Examples
- Do not place any links (http://...) into the main text or captions. Put the links into the references section.
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