Citation System
• Mütefekkir uses the ‘ISNAD Citation System’ as its citation system.
As all details regarding the writing of articles are organised according to the “ISNAD Citation System”, works that do not comply with this citation system will not be accepted.
• For detailed information about the ISNAD Citation System, please visit https://www.isnadsistemi.org/en/.

Actions Contrary to Scientific Research and Publication Ethics
a) Plagiarism: Presenting the ideas, methods, data, applications, writings, figures, or works of others as one's own, either partially or entirely, without properly citing the original authors in accordance with scientific rules,
b) Fabrication: Producing data that is not based on research, arranging or altering a presented or published work based on false data, reporting or publishing such data, presenting research that has not been conducted as if it had been conducted,
c) Distortion: Tampering with research records and obtained data, presenting methods, devices, and materials not used in the research as if they had been used, excluding data that does not fit the research hypothesis from evaluation, manipulating data and/or results to fit relevant theories or assumptions, distorting or shaping research results in line with the interests of the persons and organisations providing support,
ç) Duplicate publication: Presenting multiple works containing the same results of a research study as separate works in associate professorship examinations and academic promotions,
d) Salami slicing: Presenting the results of a research study as separate studies when they are part of the same research study.
e) Unjust authorship: Including individuals who have not made an active contribution among the authors, excluding individuals who have made an active contribution from the list of authors, changing the order of authors without justification and in an inappropriate manner, removing the names of those who have made an active contribution from the work during publication or in subsequent editions, or including one's name among the authors by using one's influence despite not having made an active contribution.

Other types of ethical violations include:
a) Failing to acknowledge the individuals, institutions, or organisations that provided support for research conducted with such support, or failing to acknowledge their contributions in publications resulting from such research,
b) Using theses or works that have not yet been submitted or defended and accepted as a source without the permission of the owner,
c) Sharing information contained in a work assigned for review with others prior to publication without the express permission of the author,
ç) Using resources, premises, facilities, and equipment provided or allocated for scientific research for purposes other than those intended,
d) Making unfounded, inappropriate, and deliberate allegations of ethical violations,
e) Publishing data obtained without the explicit consent of participants in surveys and attitude studies conducted as part of scientific work, or without the additional permission of the institution if the research is to be conducted at an institution,
f) Failure to comply with the obligation to inform and warn those concerned about possible harmful practices related to scientific research conducted by researchers and officials,
g) In scientific studies, failing to use data and information obtained from other persons and institutions to the extent and in the manner authorised, failing to respect the confidentiality of this information and failing to ensure its protection,
h) Making false or misleading statements regarding scientific research and publications in academic appointments and promotions,

Ethics Committee Approval
For all research conducted in all scientific disciplines requiring ethics committee approval, an ethics committee decision must have been obtained and information regarding the decision must be stated in the article text. Our journal does not consider studies that do not have an ethics committee decision. In studies requiring ethics committee approval, information regarding the approval (committee name, date and number) must be included in the article text. In accordance with the decisions taken by Ulakbim TR Index, Ethics Committee Approval is required for studies to be published from 2020 onwards.
Studies Requiring Ethics Committee Approval
In our journal, studies requiring ethics committee approval include the following:
• All research conducted using qualitative or quantitative approaches involving data collection from participants through methods such as surveys, interviews, focus group studies, observation, and interview techniques,
• Retrospective studies within the framework of the Personal Data Protection Law.
For such studies to be considered for evaluation, the relevant ethics committee approvals must have been obtained and these approvals must be clearly stated in the article text.

Plagiarism Check
Studies submitted to our journal for publication are scanned using the İntihal.net program to prevent plagiarism. The acceptable similarity rate for studies submitted to our journal is a maximum of 20%. Studies that exceed this rate are returned to the authors during the preliminary review stage. Our journal acts in accordance with COPE principles in the event of plagiarism being detected in a submitted or published article.

Use of Artificial Intelligence
The use of artificial intelligence in studies submitted to our journal is acceptable in processes that do not affect the originality of the article, such as literature review or language control. However, the use of artificial intelligence must be carried out within the framework of ethical rules and must not be used for unethical purposes such as fabricating data or manipulation.
For studies involving the use of artificial intelligence, it is mandatory to inform our journal of this situation during the article submission process. All responsibility related to the use of artificial intelligence lies with the authors themselves.

Relationships with the Journal Owner and Publisher
The relationship between the editor and the publisher is based on the principle of editorial independence. Pursuant to the written agreement between the editor and the publisher, all decisions made by the editor are independent of the publisher and journal owner.

Corrections, Retractions, Expressions of Concern
Editors may consider publishing a correction if minor errors are identified in a published article that do not affect the findings, interpretations, or conclusions. Editors should consider retracting an article when major errors/violations invalidate the findings and conclusions. The COPE guidelines are taken into account regarding corrections, retractions, or expressions of concern.

Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
Our journal is responsible for protecting the intellectual property rights of all published articles and defending the rights of the journal and author(s) in the event of any potential infringements.

Protection of Participants' Personal Data
All personal data submitted to our journal is protected in accordance with legal regulations and ethical rules.

Conflicts of Interest
Our journal guarantees that the publication process is completed independently and impartially, taking into account conflicts of interest between authors, referees and other editors.

Complaints and Appeals to Our Journal
You may send your complaints and appeals regarding the content, procedures, or policies under the responsibility of our journal or its editorial board members to mutefekkirdergisi@gmail.com and mutefekkirdergisi@aksaray.edu.tr. Complaints and appeals submitted to our journal are carefully reviewed and evaluated in accordance with COPE principles.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF STAKEHOLDERS

Authors
It is the author's responsibility to ensure that the submitted article contributes to the academic field.
The work must be original and research-based.
Although the journal will conduct a plagiarism scan, the consequences of plagiarism, which is academic dishonesty, will be borne entirely by the author.
The article should not be submitted to different journals at the same time and should not have been submitted to another journal previously.
It must be ensured that the other authors whose names will be listed in the article have contributed to the research.
It is contrary to scientific ethics to list individuals who have made no academic contribution as additional authors or to arrange authorship based on non-scientific criteria such as title, age, and gender, without regard to the order of contribution.
Authors submitting articles to the journal are assumed to have read and accepted the journal's publication and writing principles and are deemed to have committed to the expectations outlined in these principles.
References and bibliography must be complete.

Reviewers
Reviewers should act with the awareness that they are the primary assessors of the academic quality of articles to be published in the journal and should evaluate them with a responsibility to enhance academic quality.
Reviewers should only accept to review articles for which they possess the necessary expertise to make an appropriate assessment, can adhere to blind review confidentiality, and can keep the details of the article confidential in every way.
After the article review process, no information about the reviewed article should be shared with others in any way.
Reviewers should only evaluate the accuracy of the content of the articles and their compliance with academic standards. The fact that the ideas presented in the article differ from the reviewer's ideas should not influence the evaluation.
Reviewer reports should be objective and measured. Insulting, derogatory, and accusatory language should be avoided at all costs.
Reviewers should avoid superficial and vague statements in their evaluation reports. In negative evaluations, the deficiencies and flaws on which the outcome is based should be clearly indicated.
Reviewers should evaluate articles within the time allotted to them. If they are unable to evaluate an article, they should inform the journal within a reasonable time frame.

Editors
Editors should accept articles that contribute to the relevant areas specified in the journal policy for the evaluation process.
Editors should not have any conflict of interest/relationship with accepted or rejected articles.
Editors have full responsibility and authority to accept or reject an article.
It is the responsibility of the editors to keep the names of reviewers and authors confidential.
Editors should make every effort to screen articles submitted for publication for plagiarism and thus prevent academic dishonesty.
It is the duty of the editors to ensure that the preliminary review, peer review, editing and publication processes of articles submitted to the journal are completed in a timely and efficient manner.
When accepting articles for the journal, editors should prioritise academic concerns and criteria.