Article Evaluation Principles
Articles submitted to our journal must comply with the following rules:
1. The submitted manuscripts must not have been published before. In addition, it must not be in the evaluation process in another journal at the same time and must be approved by all authors. Articles that meet these conditions are evaluated in Dicle Journal of Theology.
2. Articles that pass the preliminary evaluation stage are scanned through Ithenticate or Turnitin programs for plagiarism detection.
3. Dicle Journal of Theology applies a double blind review process. The editor first examines the articles for compliance with the journal's publication policy and scientific standards. Appropriate manuscripts are sent to at least two independent expert referees to evaluate their scientific quality.
4. The editor-in-chief evaluates the articles independently of the ethnic identity, gender, nationality, religious beliefs or political views of the authors. He/she ensures that all submitted manuscripts are evaluated objectively.
5. The editor-in-chief does not allow any conflict of interest between authors, editors and reviewers.
6. The final decision on the acceptance or rejection of manuscripts rests with the editor and this decision is final.
7. Editors are not involved in the review process of manuscripts by themselves, family members or close colleagues. Such articles are subject to the journal's usual procedures.
Reviewers must maintain the confidentiality of all information regarding the manuscripts submitted to them and must notify the editor if they detect copyright infringement or plagiarism in the manuscripts.
If the referee feels that the topic of the article is not appropriate to his/her area of expertise or that he/she is unable to review the article within the allotted time, he/she should notify the editor and withdraw as a referee.
During the review process, the editor makes it clear that the manuscripts sent to the referees are the personal property of the authors and that this information is considered as privileged communication. Reviewers and editorial board members cannot discuss these articles with others. Care is taken to keep the identity of the referees confidential.

Evaluation Process
Refereeing Type:
Double Blind: After plagiarism check, eligible manuscripts are evaluated by the editor-in-chief for originality, methodology, importance of the topic covered and compatibility with the scope of the journal. The editor ensures that the manuscripts undergo a fair double blind review and, if the manuscript meets the formal requirements, submits the manuscript to the evaluation of at least two referees from Turkey and/or abroad. If the referees deem necessary, they approve the manuscript for publication after the requested changes are made by the authors.
Review Time: Pre-Publication Author-Reviewer Interaction: Editors mediate all interactions between reviewers and authors.
Time in Review: The time taken until the first decision is approximately 60 Days / 8 Weeks for research articles received in the referee process for review in Dicle Journal of Theology.
Plagiarism Check: Yes -Turnitin or Ithenticate scans the articles to prevent plagiarism.
Number of Reviewers Reviewing Each Article: Two, three
Allowable Duration: 10 days. This period can be extended by adding 10 days.
Decision: In order for the article to be accepted for publication by the Editor, at least two referees must make an acceptance decision.
Suspected Ethical Violation: Reviewers should inform the Editor if they suspect misconduct in the research or publication. The Editor is responsible for taking the necessary action in accordance with COPE recommendations.

The Editor-in-Chief reviews the research article on the day of submission and, if he or she feels that the article is worthy of further consideration, sends it to the Deputy Editor for a more detailed review. For research articles, the deputy editor usually reads each article from start to finish. We aim to reach an initial decision for all manuscripts within two or three weeks, but usually the initial decision is made within a few days of submission. If we do not think that Dicle Journal of Theology is the right journal for the study, we notify the authors immediately so that they can submit their work elsewhere without delay. The usual reasons for rejection at this stage are insufficient originality and the topic being outside the scope of the journal.
The next step for your research paper is our Editorial Board meeting. The members will read your paper and discuss its importance, originality and scientific quality. To make editorial decisions for research articles, we mainly focus on the research question. Even if the topic of the article is relevant, topical and important to the scope of the journal, we may reject the article if it does not have a research question. Of course, the paper will be rejected if it has serious flaws. Everyone attending the article meeting is asked to declare relevant conflicting interests at the outset, and anyone with a significant conflicting interest either leaves the room or speaks last (depending on the nature and extent of their interest) while the article is being discussed.
If your article is suitable for Dicle Journal of Theology, the section editor will send it to two external referees. The referees advise the editors who make the final decision. We ask the referees to approve their reports and to declare any conflicts of interest on the manuscript we send them. The final decision is made by the Editor-in-Chief after external peer review processes.
Some articles may also be reviewed by the ethics editor of Dicle Journal of Theology in cases of suspected serious research misconduct and by third parties deemed appropriate by the editor.
For all manuscripts, we aim to reach a final decision on publication within 4 to 6 weeks of submission. If we propose a publication subject to revision, we usually ask authors to revise and upload their manuscripts within the following month.
Accepted articles are published on https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/dicd as they are prepared. After publication, the articles are selected for the next issue.
Dicle Journal of Theology provides open access to articles as part of its commitment to readers and authors. All our articles are freely accessible online.
If you notice any errors in your published article, email the editor-in-chief who will let you know if the correction will be made.

Principles of the Review Process for the Work of the Editorial Staff
Editorial and analysis articles written by the editors of Dicle Journal of Theology are not subject to external refereeing. Original research articles are sent to at least two external referees as blind referees. The roles of those editors are suspended during this period.
Preliminary Review and Plagiarism Check: The manuscript is reviewed by the editor for compliance with the journal's editorial guidelines, academic writing rules, and the ISNAD Citation System, and is scanned for plagiarism using iThenticate or Turnitin. The preliminary review is completed within a maximum of 15 days. The plagiarism similarity rate must be less than 20%. If the similarity rate is 1%, but citation and quotation are not done properly, there may still be plagiarism. In this respect, citation and quotation rules must be known and carefully applied by the author:
Attribution/Indirect Citation: If a citation is made to an opinion, discussion or determination in a source and the cited opinion is put on the line in the words of the researcher, a footnote sign (1) should be placed at the end of the sentence. If the citation is to a specific page or page range of the work, the page number should be given. If there is a reference to the entire work, that is, if the reference is made to a degree that requires the reader to examine the entire work, the source should be indicated in the footnote after the phrase “bk. on this subject”, “bk. about this opinion”, “bk. about this discussion” or just “bk.”.
Quotation/Iquotation: If the relevant part of the source is quoted verbatim, without touching the point and comma, the quoted part is “enclosed in double quotation marks” and the source is indicated by giving the footnote number1 at the end. Quotations that exist in the directly quoted text are written using 'single quotation marks'. If the directly quoted part is longer than three lines (more than forty words), it is shown in a separate paragraph. In order to distinguish long quotations from the main text, it should be preferred to write in a font size one smaller than the normal text size and to indent the entire paragraph from the left at the beginning of the line. In direct quotations, some words, sentences and paragraphs may be omitted, provided that they do not change the meaning. Ellipses (...) are placed in place of the omitted parts. It is not correct to write the part quoted verbatim from a source without enclosing it in “double quotation marks” and to be content with just writing the source at the end. If these rules are not followed, the author may be accused of a violation of publication ethics (Plagiarism).
Field Editor Review: The manuscript that has passed the Preliminary Review and Plagiarism Scanning stages is reviewed by the relevant field editor in terms of problematics and academic language and style. This review is completed within a maximum of 10 days.
Referee Process (Academic Evaluation): After the review by the field editor, the manuscript is submitted to at least two external referees who have a PhD thesis, book or article on the subject. The referee process is carried out in confidentiality within the framework of double blind refereeing. The referee is requested to either state his/her opinion and opinion on the manuscript or justify it with an explanation of at least 150 words on the online referee form. The author is given the right to object and defend his/her views if he/she disagrees with the referee's opinions. The field editor ensures mutual communication between the author and the referee while maintaining confidentiality. If both referee reports are positive, the manuscript is submitted to the Editorial Board with a proposal to consider publication. If one of the two referees has a negative opinion, the manuscript is sent to a third referee. Studies can be published with the positive decision of at least two referees. The publication of book and symposium reviews and doctoral thesis abstracts is decided upon the evaluation of at least two internal referees (the relevant field editors and/or members of the editorial board).
Revision Phase: If the referees request revisions to be made in the text they have reviewed, the relevant reports are sent to the author and the author is asked to revise his/her work. The author makes the corrections in the Word program with the “Track Changes” feature turned on or indicates the changes in the text in red. The author submits the corrected text to the field editor.
Field Editor Check: The field editor checks whether the author has made the requested corrections to the text.
Reviewer Check: The reviewer checks whether the author has made the requested corrections in the text.
Expansion of the Abstract and Abstract Section: Authors of manuscripts that are deemed “publishable” by both referees are asked to expand the abstract/abstract section of the manuscript to 250 words.
Turkish Language Control: The manuscripts that have passed the referee process are reviewed by the Turkish Language Editor and the Editor-in-Chief, and if necessary, the author is asked to proofread the manuscript. The review process is completed within a maximum of 10 days.
English Language Control: The manuscripts that pass the Turkish language check are reviewed by the English Language Editor and, if necessary, corrections are requested from the author. The English language editor's review process is completed within a maximum of 10 days.
Editorial Board Review: Articles that pass the technical, academic and linguistic reviews are examined by the Editorial Board and it is decided whether they will be published or not, and if so, in which issue they will be included. The Board decides by majority vote. In case of equality, the final decision is made in favor of the editor's decision.
Typesetting and Layout Phase: The manuscripts that are decided to be published by the Editorial Board are typesetted and edited, made ready for publication and sent to the author for review. This stage takes a maximum of 10 days.
Data Submission to National and International Indexes: The data of the published issue is sent to the relevant indexes within 10 days.