1. Articles should be prepared in “MS Office Word 2010” or higher version, in A4 size, using the journal article template. Its length should not exceed 30 pages in journal format. Page layout; Top: 5 cm, Bottom: 2.5 cm, Left 2.5 cm and Right: 2.5 cm.
2. Author information, additional article information and author statements should be added to the sections specified in the journal article template in accordance with journal rules.
3. Except for the title page and the extended summary page, the article should be written in 10 font size, "Times New Roman" and single line spacing. In the text, a character break should be given after commas and periods. Starting indent should not be used in paragraphs, 6 pt space should be left before and after the paragraph. No additional blank lines should be left between paragraphs.
4. On the title page of the article; Title in Turkish and English in 11 points, in a single line spacing and before and after the paragraph using 3 pt space, in 9 points, in a single paragraph consisting of at least 120 and maximum 200 words in Turkish and English, at least 3 and at most 5 in Turkish and English keywords and maximum 5 JEL (Journal of Economic Literature) classification codes should be given. In the articles whose language is English, the title, abstract, keywords and JEL classification codes should be given in English first and then in Turkish.
5. The article should contain an extended summary of minimum 700 and maximum 1200 words, not exceeding 1 page in total, according to the journal page format. Extended abstract should be prepared in English for Turkish articles and in Turkish for English articles (For authors who do not speak Turkish, Turkish extended abstracts for English articles will be prepared by the journal secretariat). Extended summary; it should consist of four subtitles: purpose and scope, method (design/methodology/approach), findings, and conclusion and discussion. Each subheading should be written in a single paragraph, 9 font size, single line spacing, using 3nk space before and after the paragraph, and without leaving any additional blank lines between the headings.
6. The headings and subheadings should be appeared in 10 font size, bold and left justified and also numbered decimally such as 1., 1.1., 1.1.1., 1.1.2., 1.1.2.1. The numbering should be initiated from the “Introduction” part and should be continued till the “Conclusion” part. No titles for introduction and result part should be used. All the letters in main headings should be capital; only the first letters of the words in the sub-headings should be capital. No spacing should be made before and after the main and sub-headings. Only in the main headings 12nk spacing before the paragraph, and 6nk spacing after the paragraph should be applied.
7. All the tables and figures in the article should be given centered and in their proper places. All the tables and figures should be numbered in bold (Table 1., Figure 2., etc.) and given titles in normal fonts. For the Tables, the titles should be given above while it should be given under the Figures. The titles should be centered, should be written in 10 font size, only the initial letters should be capitalized, and 6nk distance must be set before and after the paragraph. The text inside the Tables and Figures should be written in Times New Roman with 8-9 font sizes and with single spacing. All the visuals such as graphs, charts, maps, drawings and photographs should be specified as Figures. All the Tables and Figures should fit the aforementioned rules and should be legible. The sources in Tables and Figures should be given under the Table and Figure with 8 font size and 3nkt distance must be set before and after the paragraph. No blank line should be given before and after the Tables and Figures.
8. The equations, models and formulas in the article should be left justified, all of them should be numbered and the numbers should be written in parentheses and right justified. No blank line should be given before and after the equations, models and formulas.
9. The bulleted texts in the article, should be left justified and 3nk distance must be set before and after the paragraph.
10. If the quotation from a source is less than 40 words, the expressions should be in quotation marks and the study quoted should be cited intext. If the quotation is more than 40 words, the quotation should be given italic and in a new line; 1.25 cm tabbed from left and right, 3nk distance must be set before and after the paragraph and the study quoted should be cited.
11. If the article include any “appendix”, titles (Appendix 1., Appendix 2., etc.) should be given to them and they should be given after the References part.
12. Intext citations, footnotes and reference lists in the papers should be prepared according to American Psychological Association (APA 6) style. The intext references should be given with author-date method. The explanations should be given at the button of the page as a footnote, as justified, with 8 font size and Times New Roman, single line spacing and 3nk distance must be set before and after the paragraph.
13. Intext citations should include the surname of the author(s) and year of the source respectively. If the papers do not have an author then the name of the institution should be given instead of author’s name.

• Works by a single author: (Çapar, 2019).

• Works by two authors: (Çapar and Çınar, 2021).

• Citing more than one source: (Çakmak, 2021; Çınar et al., 2021; Çapar andÇınar, 2021).

• Citing whole source: (Çapar, 2019).

• Citing publications without the name of the author: (MTI, 2021).

14. In the first quotation of a study that is prepared by three, four or five authors the surnames of all authors should be given. In the following quotations, only the surname of the first author and et al. should be written.
• The first citation intext: (Çapar, Çakmak and Çilhoroz, 2021).

• Other citations intext: (Çapar et al., 2021).

15. For those papers having six or more authors, only the surname of the first author should be mentioned.
• Intext citations: (Çınar et al., 2017).
16. If the reference is taken from a web site and the author is known, reference should be made like periodic publications. If the date of the downloaded source is not given, access date should be used. If the date of the downloaded source is not given, date of access should be used. Also if no publisher name is available, use the name of website and data of Access.

• If the author’s name and publication year is known: (Çapar, 2021).

• If the author’s name and publication year is not known: (Turkish Statistical Institute, 2021).
17. If you are citing more than one work by the same author in the same year, put the letters a, b, c next to the year.
• (Çapar, 2021a).

• (Çapar, 2021b).
• (Çapar, 2021c).

18. If the name of the author is used in the text, the reference should be given as follows:

• According to Çapar (2021),……

19. In the articles, all kind of sources should be included in the References part. All the sources, without discriminating according to the type (thesis, book, article, report etc.), should be sorted alphabetically according to the surname of the authors. The studies of a particular author should be sorted in the References part from the oldest to the newest. Sources should be left justified in the first line, and 1.25 cm tabbed from left in the following lines. For that purpose, in the paragraph preferences “first line” should be adjusted to “hanging” and the value should be adjusted to 1.25 cm. In the References part, the first letter of the name of all publications (article title, book title, chapter title, thesis title etc.) except Journal title should be capital, and the rest of the title should be lower case, ,if they are not proper name or abbreviation. For the title of a journal, the fist letters of all words should be capital. The reference page should be prepared according to example shown below.
Books:
Surname, First letter of the name of the author(s). (Year). Name of the book. Place of publication: Publisher.
Çapar, H. (2021). Sağlık Turizminde Öne Çıkan Ülkeler. Ankara: Nobel Yayınları.
Arslanoğlu, A., Gemlik H. N., and Bektemur G. (2019). Sağlık Hizmetleri Dört Boyut. İstanbul: Detay Yayıncılık.
Korkmaz, A., Dulupçu, M. A., Gövdere, B., and Songur, H. (2013). İnsani ücret. İstanbul: İGİAD Yayınları.
Translated Books:
Surname, First letter of the name of the author(s). (Year). Name of the book. First letter of the translator. Surname of the translator (Trans.), Place of publication: Publisher.
Drucker, P. (1994). Kapitalist ötesi toplum. B. Çorakçı (Trans.), İstanbul: İnkilap Kitabevi.
Edited Books:
Surname, First letter of the name of the author(s). (Year). Section title. First letter of the editor. Surname of the editor (Ed.), Title of the book in (Pages of the section), Place of publication: Publisher.
Okçu, M., Aktel, M. ve Kerman, U. (2007). İki süreci anlamak: Kamu yönetiminde küreselleşme ve Avrupalılaşma. A. Yılmaz ve Y. Bozkurt (Ed.), Küresel esintiler ve yerel etkiler sarmalında Türk kamu yönetimi içinde (43-67), Ankara: Gazi Kitabevi.
Articles:
Surname, First letter of the name of the author(s). (Year). Title of the article. Journal title, Vol(No), Pages.
Çapar, H. (2019). Sağlık Alanında Meslekleşme ve Türkiye’nin Yaşadığı Sorunlar: Yeni Mesleklere Doğru. Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, 21(3), 803-816.
Çapar, H., and Aslan, Ö. (2020). Factors Affecting Destination Choice in Medical Tourism. International Journal of Travel Medicine and Global Health, 8(2), 80-88. doi: 10.34172/ijtmgh.2020.13.
Çınar, F., Çapar, H., and Ekinci, G. (2021). Effect of COVID-19 anxiety on perceived risks and avoidance behaviors. Annals of Clinical and Analytical Medicine, 10(4), 1-18.
Thesis:
Surname, First letter of the name of the author(s). (Year). Thesis title. Master’s Thesis/ Ph.D. Dissertation, Name of Institution, Place of publication.
Çapar, H. (2018). Destinasyon Seçimini Etkileyen Faktörler: Yabancı Potansiyel Medikal Turistlerin Türkiye Algısını Ölçmeye Yönelik Bir Çalışma. Master thesis, İstanbul Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü, İstanbul.
Symposiums/Congresses:
Surname, First letter of the name of the author(s). (Year). Title of the paper. Symposiums/Congresses Name, Organizing institute, Date of organization, Place of organization, Pages.
Çapar, H., Çınar, F., and Arıcı, H. (2014). Communication Problems with People on the Streets during COVID-19 in terms of Social Well-being. 6. Uluslararası Sağlık Bilimleri ve Yönetimi Kongresi, Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi, 20-22 Mayıs 2021, Isparta, 158-169.
Research Reports:
Surname, First letter of the name of the author(s). (Year). Title of the paper (Report No. xxx). Place of publication: Publisher.
Pamuk, Ş. (2007). Economic change in twentieth-century Turkey: Is the glass more than half-full? (Working Paper No.41). Paris: The American University of Paris.
Internet Sources:
Surname, First letter of the name of the author(s). (Date of publication / Date of access). Title. Access address: Internet address, (Date of access).
Bebbington, J. and Song, E. (2004). The adoption of IFRS in the EU and New Zealand. Access address: http://www.europe.canterbury.ac.nz/, (14.07.2008).
Medikal Turizm Derneği. (2021). COVID-19’un Medikal turizm Üzerindeki Etkileri. Access address: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33901355/, (13.06.2021).
NOTE: In cases not mentioned here regarding the spelling rules, the points adopted in scientific articles should be taken into consideration.