1. SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS

Abstracts must be prepared in both Turkish and English. As submitted abstracts will be published exactly as uploaded to the system, without any editing or correction, authors must ensure compliance with spelling and grammar conventions. Authors are responsible for any errors in their submissions.

Abstracts must be submitted via the online submission system available on the symposium website. Submissions sent by email or post will not be considered.

Points to Consider When Uploading an Abstract

1. Abstracts will be collected through the online abstract submission system.

2. Academic titles must not be included in authors’ names.

3. Authors’ first names and surnames must be written with only the initial letters capitalised.

4. Authors’ institutional affiliations and departmental information must be provided in full.

5. Only the first letter of the first word in the abstract title should be capitalised. Abbreviations and proper nouns are exempt from this rule.

6. Where abbreviations are used in the abstract, the term must be written in full at its first occurrence, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses.

7. The abstract must clearly and comprehensibly state the aim, methodology, key findings, and conclusion of the study. The findings must be presented with sufficient quantitative or qualitative detail appropriate to the nature of the study.

8. When uploading the abstract, the information requested in the designated system fields must be entered without adding separate headings.

9. Each Turkish and English abstract must not exceed 300 words, excluding the abstract title, authors’ names, and institutional affiliations.

10. A minimum of three and a maximum of five keywords must be provided for each abstract. Keywords other than proper nouns must be written in lower case and separated by commas.

11. Submissions may be made for either oral or poster presentation. Applicants must select the presentation format and subject category most appropriate to their study during the submission process.

12. Abstracts must be prepared in text format. Where necessary, a maximum of one figure and one table may be included in the abstract.

13. References must not be included in abstracts.

2. ABSTRACT REVIEW PROCESS

Abstracts will be evaluated entirely online through a blind peer-review process. During the evaluation, the authors’ names, surnames, and institutional affiliations will be concealed from the reviewers.

Each abstract will be evaluated by two reviewers from the Abstract Review Committee in terms of scientific content, originality, methodology, relevance to the symposium themes, and clarity of presentation.

The evaluation results will be communicated to the authors in writing via the email addresses registered in the system.

For an accepted abstract to be included in the symposium’s scientific programme, the presenting author must complete the symposium registration process within the specified period.

3. PRESENTATION OF ORAL PAPERS

1. The paper must be presented by the author or one of the co-authors.

2. Papers may be presented in either Turkish or English.

3. Presentations must be prepared to last a minimum of 10 minutes and a maximum of 15 minutes. The exact presentation duration will be announced separately in accordance with the session programme.

4. As questions, contributions, and discussions will take place at the end of the session, the presenting author must remain in the room until the session has concluded.

5. Papers whose abstracts have been accepted but which are not presented at the symposium will not be published in the symposium proceedings.

4. E-POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Papers accepted as e-posters must be uploaded through the designated section of the online system.

E-posters will be displayed digitally on e-poster kiosks installed at the symposium venue. These papers will be included in the “Poster Presentations” section of the symposium proceedings to be published after the symposium.

For an e-poster to be presented at the symposium and published in the proceedings, at least one of the authors must have completed the symposium registration process.

E-posters that are not presented as part of the symposium will not be published in the proceedings.

FULL PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Full papers submitted to the symposium and approved for publication will be published after the symposium in an electronic proceedings book with an e-ISBN and made available in PDF format on the symposium website.

Full paper submission deadline: Friday, 4 December 2026, at 23:59.

1. GENERAL FORMATTING GUIDELINES

1. Full papers must be prepared in A4 page format.

2. The top, bottom, left, and right margins must be set to 2.5 cm.

3. The text must be written in 12-point Times New Roman with 1.5 line spacing.

4. Paragraphs must be justified. First-line indentation must not be used, and no additional spacing should be left between paragraphs.

5. Full papers may be prepared in either Turkish or English.

6. There is no page limit for full papers.

7. Page numbers must not be included.

8. The paper title must be centred at the top of the page and written in bold capital letters.

9. Papers written in Turkish must include the English title below the Turkish title. Papers written in English must include the Turkish title below the English title.

10. Authors’ first names and surnames must be written with initial capital letters, without academic titles.

11. Each author’s institutional affiliation, department, city, country, ORCID, and email address must be provided in full.

2. ABSTRACTS IN THE FULL PAPER

1. The Turkish and English abstracts included in the full paper must be prepared in accordance with the abstract preparation guidelines.

2. Each Turkish and English abstract must not exceed 300 words.

3. The abstract must clearly and comprehensibly state the aim, methodology, key findings, and conclusion of the study.

4. The abstract must be written as a single paragraph and must not contain subheadings.

5. Abbreviations must be written in full when first used.

6. Abstracts of review papers must also be written as a single paragraph and must not contain subheadings.

7. A minimum of three and a maximum of five keywords must be provided below both the Turkish and English abstracts.

3. FULL PAPER STRUCTURE

Research Papers

Full research papers must be structured to include the following sections:

Introduction
Methodology
Findings
Discussion
Conclusion
References

Depending on the content of the study, the “Findings” and “Discussion” sections may be combined.

Review Papers

Full review papers must include the following sections:

Introduction
Subheadings related to the subject
Conclusion and Recommendations
References

Subheadings must be left-aligned and written in bold italics. One blank line must be left between headings and the text, tables, and figures.

4. TABLES, FIGURES AND IMAGES

1. All tables, figures, graphs, maps, photographs, and other images used in the text must be numbered consecutively.

2. All tables and figures must be referred to in the text.

3. Table titles must appear above the table, while captions for figures and images must appear below the relevant figure or image.

4. Table and figure titles must be written in 12-point font, while explanatory notes and source information must be written in 10-point font.

5. All images must be legible and of sufficient resolution.

6. Sources must be cited for tables, figures, and images obtained from other sources. Authors are responsible for obtaining any necessary copyright clearance or permission to use such content.

5. ETHICAL PRINCIPLES

1. For original research requiring ethics committee approval, permission must be obtained from the relevant ethics committee.

2. The name of the ethics committee, the date of the decision, and the decision number must be stated in the full paper.

3. For studies that do not require ethics committee approval, this may be stated in the methodology or explanatory notes section where deemed necessary.

4. Authors are responsible for ensuring that the study is conducted in accordance with the principles of scientific research and publication ethics, obtaining all necessary institutional and individual permissions, and protecting personal data.

5. Authors must provide the necessary declarations regarding studies that have previously been published or submitted for publication at another event.

6. REFERENCES AND CITATIONS

1. References must be formatted in accordance with APA style.

2. In-text citations should generally follow the format (Author, year). Direct quotations must also include the relevant page number.

3. The reference list must be arranged alphabetically by authors’ surnames. All sources cited in the text must be included in the reference list, and every source listed in the references must be cited in the text.