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Turkish Migration Conference 2015 Short Manuscript Submission
Template for the Conference Proceedings*
Ibrahim SIRKECI† and Sinan ZEYNELOGLU‡
The affiliations, full postal address, and email addresses of all authors must be entered
in a footnote.
Abstract
Authors submitting their full papers to the Turkish Migration Conference 2015 are kind required to adhere to
these guidelines fully. This is to ensure a standard formatted book of proceedings can be produced on a timely
manner. The abstract of the paper must be maximum 300 words long. Longer abstracts will NOT be included
in the proceedings book.
Keywords: Migration, conference, proceedings, template, short paper. 3
to 5 key words
Below the title, use the word “Abstract” as the title, in 12-point Times New Roman,
boldface type and centered. The abstract (in block format) begins on the line following
the “Abstract” heading. The abstract is to be in fully justified italicized text and
abstract is to be in 10-point Times New Roman and single-space typed. The abstract is
limited to minimum 150 and maximum 300 words and summarizes core idea of the
paper. Leave one blank line after the abstract, and enter the keywords. At least 3 key
words separated with comma, ordered alphabetically and written by lower cases. 10point Times New Roman and single-space typed. Leave two blank lines after the
keywords, the beginning of the main text.
INTRODUCTION
Please note that the submitted manuscript does not exceed 7 pages including all tables,
figures, references and appendixes (including the title page). Manuscripts should be prepared
by Word 6.0 or higher versions. Please type your main text in 12-point Times New Roman
and single-spaced with leaving a space of 2.5 cm on page edges. Be sure your text is fully
justified. The body of the paper begins with Introduction. Manuscripts should include a
literature review adequately referenced to support the arguments and methodology of the
study.
Use first Level of Heading for main headings (such as Method, Results, Discussion,
References) and First Level of Heading should be in Times New Roman 12-point, uppercase
letters, flush left, boldface, with one blank line before, and one blank line after. Use second
Level of Heading for subheadings which should be in Times New Roman 12-point, flush
left, boldface, title-style capitalization/capitalize first letter of each word with one blank line
before, and one blank line after. Please use third Level of Headings for Sub-subheadings and
*
Acknowledgements must be inserted as a footnote to the title of the paper.
Ibrahim Sirkeci is Professor of Transnational Studies and Marketing and Director of Regent’s Centre for
Transnational Studies, Faculty of Business and Management, Regent’s University London, Inner Circle,
Regent’s Park, London, NW1 4NS, United Kingdom. E-mail: sirkecii@regents.ac.uk.
‡
Sinan Zeyneloglu is Assistant Professor in Geography Department, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, 32103,
Turkey and Visiting Research Fellow at Regent’s Centre for Transnational Studies, Faculty of Business and
Management, Regent’s University London, Inner Circle, Regent’s Park, London, NW1 4NS, United Kingdom.
E-mail: sinanz@gantep.edu.tr.
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it should be in Times New Roman 12-point, flush left, italicized, boldface, title-style
capitalization/capitalize first letter of each word with one blank line before, and one blank
line after.
MANUSCRIPT FORMATTING
Submitted manuscripts should be organized by following formatting:
First Page
Title page should start with “title of the manuscript”.
Title of the Manuscript
Avoid using abbreviations in the title. Title of manuscript must be concise, informative and
centered on the page. Title should be written in Times New Roman 14-point, boldface type.
Leave two blank lines after the title.
Author(s)
Indicate author(s) name centered on the line following the title and insert footnotes to
indicate designation, affiliation, and addresses of authors.
Abstract
Below the title, use the word “Abstract” as the title, in 12-point Times New Roman, boldface
type and centered. The abstract (in block format) begins on the line following the “Abstract”
heading. The abstract is to be in fully justified italicized text and abstract is to be in 10-point
Times New Roman and single-space typed. The abstract is limited to minimum 150 and
maximum 300 words and summarizes core idea of the paper. Leave one blank line after the
abstract, the beginning of the keywords.
Keywords
At least 3 key words separated with comma, ordered alphabetically and written by lower
cases. 10-point Times New Roman and single-space typed. Leave two blank lines after the
keywords, the beginning of the main text.
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements must be inserted as a footnote as shown above.
MAIN TEXT
The body of the paper begins with Introduction. Type your main text in 12-point Times New
Roman, single-spaced. Be sure your text is fully justified. Manuscripts should include a
thorough literature review and adequate reference citations to support the arguments and
methodology of the research study.
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FIRST LEVEL OF HEADING
Please use first Level of Heading for main headings (such as Method, Results, Discussion,
References)and First Level of Heading should be in Times New Roman 12-point, uppercase
letters, flush left, boldface, with one blank line before, and one blank line after.
Second Level of Heading
Please use second Level of Heading for subheadings which should be in Times New Roman
12-point, flush left, boldface, title-style capitalization/capitalize first letter of each word with
one blank line before, and one blank line after.
Long Quotations: Text or Research Material
Please italicize long quotations borrowed from other resources or from your own field
research. Please leave a blank line after such long quotations. Please insert in parenthesis at
the end of the quote either the citation of the source or the reference number from the
research material (e.g. interviews).
Third Level of Headings
Please use third Level of Headings for Sub-subheadings and it should be in Times New
Roman 12-point, flush left, italicized, boldface, title-style capitalization/capitalize first letter
of each word with one blank line before, and one blank line after.
TABLES
Tables should be designated as 'Tables' and numbered sequentially by Arabic numerals.
Tables should be captioned above the table and type the table title flush left. Times New
Roman 12-point. Please insert the data source citation italicized as seen below.
Table 1. Income discrepancy rates
Denmark
Georgia
2003
100 %
35.5 %
2008
6.3 %
67.8 %
2013
43.5 %
39.4 %
Source: Denmark Statistics (2013).
FIGURES
Figures should be designated as 'Figure' and numbered sequentially by Arabic numerals.
Figures should be captioned below the figure and be centered. Times New Roman 12-point.
Please insert the data source citation italicized as seen below.
Figure 1. Immigration rate in Turkey
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Source: Turkstat (2012).
CITATIONS
Full citations of anything borrowed from published or unpublished material must be
provided appropriately in the text and in the list of references. The full source of citation
should be given in the list of references. For citations of references in the text, author
name(s) and year have been used and placed in parentheses, e.g., (Sirkeci, Cohen, & Yazgan,
2012). Where appropriate, page numbers must be included, e.g., (Cohen & Sirkeci, 2011,
p.75).
REFERENCES
All sources included in the References section must be cited in the body of the paper (and
also all sources cited in the paper must be in the References section). References should be
listed alphabetically by using the APA style. Authors must be listed in the same order as
specified in the source, using surnames and initials. Indicate the year of publication in
parentheses following the authors’ names. The source of reference including the title of the
work (article, book chapter, book, etc.), journal title / book title, volume, pages etc. must
follow the year of publication. Please italicize the titles of books and periodicals. When
available please indicate the electronic retrieval information such as DOI numbers or URLs.
Journal Article
Stillwell, J., Hussain, S., & Norman, P. (2008). The internal migration propensities and net
migration patterns of ethnic groups in Britain. Migration Letters, 5(2), 135-150.
Journal Article Retrieved Online
Aldridge, D. (1991). Spirituality, healing and medicine. British Journal of General Practice,
41, 425-427. Received from http://www.rcgp.org.uk/publications/bjgp.aspx available on:
01.04.2011
Reference to a journal supplement:
Martin, P. L. (2013). Editorial: Migration and competitiveness: Japan and the United States.
Migration Letters, 10(Suppl. 1), 115-124.
Reference to an article in a periodical or newspaper:
Kunek, A.D. (2008, July 25). Analysis of mobility and conflict. Guardian, p. 1.
Reference to a special issue (when the special issue itself has a title):
Glaser, R., & Bond, L. (Eds.). (1981). Testing: Concepts and research [Special issue].
American Psychologist, 36 (10).
References to an article in a language other than English:
Sirkeci, I. (2012). Transnasyonal mobilite ve çatışma [Transnational mobility and conflict].
Migration Letters, 9(4), 353-363 (in Turkish).
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Books: monographs:
Cohen, J. H., & Sirkeci, İ. (2011). Cultures of migration. U of Texas Press.
Edited books:
Brown, O. G. (Ed.). (2007). Unleashing suppressed voices on college campuses: Diversity
issues in higher education. New York: Peter Lang.
Sirkeci, I., Cohen, J. H., & Ratha, D. (Eds.). (2012). Migration and remittances during the
global financial crisis and beyond. World Bank Publications.
Book Chapter in an Edited Book
Akkoyunlu, S. (2011). Economic crisis and remittances to Turkey. Sirkeci, I. Cohen, J. and
Ratha, D.(eds.) Remittance Practices and Migration during the Global Financial Crisis and
Beyond. Washington, DC: The World Bank. pp. 411-425.
Thesis
Cowan, L. Y. (2006). An examination of policies and programs used to increase ethnic and
racial diversity among faculty at research universities. Unpublished doctoral dissertation,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Electronic References
Hofmann, O. (2007). Young population drives Turkey’s mobile market. Received from
http://www.euromonitor.com/Young_population_drives_Turkeys_mobile_market available
on: 20.04.2011.
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