Uluslararası Suçlar Ve Tarih / International Crimes And History (UST / ICH) is an annual bilingual (English and Turkish) peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the study of inter-communal, inter-ethnic, inter-religious, and international conflicts, crimes, and conflict resolution practices in the past and the present.

The UST / ICH is a platform for the scholarly investigation of conflicts, crimes, and conflict resolution practices that have occurred in the Balkans, the Caucasus, the Eurasia region, and the Middle East.

The UST / ICH is a forum for hypothetical and analytic genuine studies, the Journal provides genuine Cases Before International Courts, reports, compilations, brief assertions, translations, and letter-to-the-editor-style writings, as well as notes that examine current events under the name agenda.

The primary objective of the UST/ICH is to provide an academic foundation for both scientific research on published issues and the creation of new opportunities by facilitating the exchange of relevant perspectives.

In addition, to be able to contribute to the domestic and international literature of the social sciences through the synergy of writers with diverse perspectives.

UST/ICH wants to appeal to national and international public opinion, generate new ideas, have a structure that can be used as a reference at every stage by employees and practitioners of the decision-making mechanism, and become widespread.

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EDITOR: Ambassador (R) Alev Kılıç [Center For Eurasian Studies (AVİM)]

ASSISTANT EDITOR: Drs Gülperi Güngör  [Ankara University] , Asst. Prof. Dr. Onur Uraz [Hacettepe University]

MANAGING EDITOR: Dr. Teoman Ertugrul Tulun, M.A. [Center For Eurasian Studies (AVİM)]

EDITORIAL BOARD

Prof. Dr. Ayşegül Aydıngün [Middle East Technical University]

Prof. Dr. Hasan Ünal [Maltepe University]

Prof. Dr. Sadi Çaycı [Başkent University]

Prof. Dr. Muharrem Özen [Ankara Universitesi]

Prof. Dr. Mustafa Türkeş [ Middle East Technical University]

Prof.  Dr. Birgül Ayman Güler [Ankara Üniversitesi] 

Ambassador (R), Dr. Bilal Şimşir [Türk Kültürünü Araştırma Enstitüsü]

Prof. Dr. Durmuş Tezcan [İstanbul Kültür University]

Prof. Dr. Ömer Turan [ Middle East Technical University]

Ambassador (R), Oğuz Demiralp [ Ankara Policy Center (APM)]

Ambassador (R), Dr. Rafet Akgünay [Ankara Policy Center (APM)]

Prof. Dr. Gül Akyılmaz [Hacı Bayramveli University] 

ADVISORY BOARD

Law

Assoc. Prof. Dr.  Hakkı Hakan Erkiner [Marmara University]

Asst. Prof. Dr. Üyesi Deniz Acaray [Police Academy]

Prof. Dr. İlyas Doğan [ Hacı Bayramveli University]]

History

Assoc. Prof. Dr.  Mevüt Yüksel [Erzurum Atatürk University]

Prof. Dr. Bünyamin Kocaoğlu [National Defence University]

Assoc. Prof. Dr.  Dr. Esra Özsüer [İstanbul University]

Prof. Dr. Damla Demirözü [İstanbul University]

Assoc. Prof. Dr.  Ramazan Erhan Güllü [İstanbul University] 

Doç. Dr. Nilüfer Erdem [İstanbul University]]

International Relations

Prof. Dr. Birgül Demirtaş [Turkish-German University]

Prof. Dr. Oktay Fırat Tanrısever [Middle East Technical University]

​Prof. Dr. Çınar Özen [Ankara University]

Assoc. Prof.  Anar Somuncuoğlu [Hacettepe University]

Prof. Dr. Ali Asker [Karabük University]

Prof. Dr. Can Ünver [İstinye University]

Prof. Dr. Barış Özdal [Uludağ University]

PAST MANAGING EDITORS

Sevin Elekdağ (2006-2011)

Aslan Yavuz Şir (2012 -2014)

Dr. Turgut Kerem Tuncel (2015 -2019)

PAST ASSISTANT EDITOR

Musa Gürbüz (2006)

Erhan Türbedar (2008 - 2010)

Yrd. Doç. Dr. Deniz ALTINBAŞ (2011)

INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND HISTORY

Annual International Peer-Reviewed Journal
ISSN: 1306-9136  eISSN: 2791-9005

EDITOR: Ambassador (R) Alev Kılıç [Center For Eurasian Studies (AVİM)]

ASSISTANT EDITOR:  Drs Gülperi Güngör  [Ankara University] , Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Onur Uraz [Hacettepe University]

MANAGING EDITOR: Dr. Teoman Ertugrul Tulun, M.A. [Center For Eurasian Studies (AVİM)]

LICENSEE: AVRASYA BİR VAKFI (1993)

This publication is edited by Center for Eurasian Studies on behalf of Avrasya Bir Vakfı, and published by Terazi publishing.

EDITORIAL BOARD

Prof. Dr. Ayşegül Aydıngün [Middle East Technical University]

Prof. Dr. Hasan Ünal [Maltepe University]

Prof. Dr. Sadi Çaycı [Başkent University]

Prof. Dr. Muharrem Özen [Ankara University]

Prof. Dr. Mustafa Türkeş [ Middle East Technical University]

Prof.  Dr. Birgül Ayman Güler [Ankara University] 

Ambassador (R), Dr. Bilal Şimşir [Türk Kültürünü Araştırma Enstitüsü]

Prof. Dr. Durmuş Tezcan [İstanbul Kültür University]

Prof. Dr. Ömer Turan [ Middle East Technical University]

Ambassador (R), Oğuz Demiralp [ Ankara Policy Center (APM)]

Ambassador (R), Dr. Rafet Akgünay [Ankara Policy Center (APM)]

Prof. Dr. Gül Akyılmaz [Hacı Bayramveli University] 

PUBLISHER: Drs Hazel Çağan Elbir [Atılım University]

PUBLICATION OFFICE
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PUBLICATION TYPE: Periodical
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SUBSCRIPTION OFFICE
Hülya ÖNALP
Terazi Yayıncılık Bas. Dağ. Dan. Eğt. Org. Mat. Kırt. Ltd. Şti.
Süleyman Nazif Sokak No. 12/B Daire 4 06550 Çankaya/ANKARA

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Before beginning the online submission process please read the Information for Authors and make sure you have the followings available:

 Cover letter to the editor

• The category of the manuscript
• Confirming that “the paper is not under consideration for publication in another journal”.
• Including disclosure of any commercial or financial involvement.
• Confirming that the statistical design of the research article is reviewed.
• Confirming that last control for fluent English was done.
• Confirming that journal policies detailed in Information for Authors have been reviewed.
• Confirming that the references cited in the text and listed in the references section are in line with Chicago 17 – Citation Guide .
• Copyright Agreement Form
• Permission of previous published material if used in the present manuscript

 

Title page

• The category of the manuscript
• The title of the manuscript both in Turkish and in English
• All authors’ names and affiliations (institution, faculty/department, city, country), e-mail addresses
• Corresponding author’s email address, full postal address, telephone and fax number
• ORCIDs of all authors.

 

Main Manuscript Document

The title of the manuscript both in Turkish and in English
Abstracts (180-300 words) both in Turkish and in English
Key words: 3 to 5 words both in Turkish and in English
Main article sections
Acknowledgement (if exits)
References
All tables, illustrations (figures) (including title, description, footnotes)

Manuscript Submission

DergiPark manuscript submission site of the journal is: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/journal/2328/submission/step/manuscript/new
The manuscript must be submitted through the account of the corresponding author. The account of authors other than the corresponding author or someone else who is not included as an author in the work must not be used for submission. All correspondence regarding the submission is made with the corresponding author through e-mail via the DergiPark system.

While uploading Main Document, make sure that the main document has no information that clarify the author’s identity. Due to double-blind peer review, Main Document must not include Title Page, the name of author or any other detail that can disclose the author's identity. 

Files you need to upload individually

• Copyright Agreement Form
• Permissions obtained for previously published material if used in the present manuscript
• Title page
• Main Manuscript Document
• The title of the manuscript both in Turkish and in English
• Abstracts (150-300 words) both in Turkish and in English
• Key words: 3 to 5 words both in Turkish and in English
• Main article sections
• Acknowledgement (if exists)
• References
• All tables, illustrations (figures) (including title, description, footnotes)

Manuscripts submitted to International Crimes and History (ICH) should follow Templates below :

For REASEARCH ARTICLE guidelines please click here.

For REPORT guidelines please click here. 

For CASES BEFORE INTERNATIONAL COURTS guidelines please click here.

For BOOK REVIEW guidelines please click here.

Evaluation of the Formal Conformity by the Editorial Unit: Each article transmitted through the dergipark system of our journal is firstly given a code and evaluated by the Editorial Unit within the framework of the Editorial Principles of our journal (article, abstract and the number of keywords, bibliography rules, etc.). At this stage, our Editorial Department only tries to ensure the formal conformity of the article to the Publication Principles, does not make any evaluation regarding the content.

Editorial Board Evaluation and Determination of Referees: Each article, whose formal suitability is evaluated by the Editorial Unit, is sent to the members of the Editorial Board by "anonymizing" by hiding the expressions that will reveal the identity of the author. The Editorial Board, consisting of the Editor, Assistant Editors and academicians from different universities and disciplines, meets two times a year as online or face to face meetings. At the meeting, the articles are handled according to the principle of "Blind Editorial Board". Three types of decisions are made about the articles discussed in the Editorial Board: "sending to referees", "rearrangement" or "rejection".

Peer Review: Articles are pre-reviewed by the editorial board and articles that meet the publication criteria are sent to two different referees. In case of disagreement between two referees, the opinion of a third referee is sought. In line with the reports from the referees, it is decided to print the article, to request correction from the author within the framework of the reports or to reject it. The Editorial Board decides whether the submitted articles will be published after the positive evaluation of at least two referees and in which issue the journal will be published. In accordance with the principle of "Blind Refereeing", communication between the referees and the author is carried out through our Dergipark system through the Editorial Unit. It is expected that all articles will complete the refereeing process and be published within 60 days at the latest.

At the last stage, the contribution of the articles to science and the field is evaluated by the editorial board in line with the "publishable" report of at least two referees, and it is decided whether they will be included in the publication order or not.

The following are the stages of the publication process :

1. The average time during which the preliminary assessment of manuscripts is conducted carried out by the editorial team : 10 days.

2. The average time during which the manuscripts double blind review is conducted : 40 days.

3.  After going through the review process, if required, the authors are given the opportunity to improve. After the corrections have been made by the authors, the editorial team will re-examine the improvements made by the author with the input provided by the reviewers. This is done until the authors make improvements in accordance with the input provided by the reviewers. 

4. The average time in which the article is published: 10 days (Online First Publication)

5. Each Article is Psychically published in September.

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Remark: The journal intends to announce a general list of reviewers in its Webpage. Under Data Protection legislation, please let us know if you prefer us to resist any application to disclose yours, as a reviewer's, name (just send a brief statement "not to disclose" by e-mail: submissions@ustich.org

List of Reviewers

List of reviewers, who have reviewed for International Crimes and History (ICH) (ISSN: 1306-9136  eISSN: 2791-9005) :

Year

2021

Year

2022

Remark: The journal intends to announce a general list of reviewers in its Webpage. Under Data Protection legislation, please let us know if you prefer us to resist any application to disclose yours, as a reviewer's, name (just send a brief statement "not to disclose" by e-mail: submissions@ustich.org

Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers

The fact that all manuscripts are reviewed through "Blind Review" has a direct influence on the publication quality. This process ensures confidentiality by objective and independent review. The review process at International Crimes and History (ICH) is carried out on the principle of double blind review. Reviewers do not contact the authors directly, and the reviews and comments are conveyed through the journal management system. In this process, the reviewer views on the evaluation forms and full texts are assigned to the author(s) by the editor. Therefore, the reviewers doing review work for ICH are supposed to bear the following ethical responsibilities.

PRELIMINARY REVIEW FORM

REVIEW FORM

Please click here to access the International Crimes And History (ICH) Journal, declaration form stating that the study does not require ETHICAL CONSENT FORM.

 

ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors) recommendations and COPE’s (Committee on Publication Ethics) International Standards for Editors and Authors will be used in the evaluation of the scientific articles sent to the Uluslararası Suçlar ve Tarih (UST)/International Crimes(ICH) journal.

 

Ethical Tasks and Responsibilities of Authors and Co-authors

1. Studies that require ethics committee decisions;

1.1.1. For research conducted in all scientific fields and for the clinical and experimental cases below on people and animals which require ethics committee decisions;

1.1.2. All kinds of research that are conducted with qualitative or quantitative approaches which require gathering data from participants using questionnaires, interviews, focus group work, observation, experiments, discussion/negotiation techniques

1.1.3. Use of humans and animals (including material/data) for experimental or other scientific purposes,

1.2.1. Clinical studies conducted on humans,

1.2.2. Research conducted on animals,

1.2.3. Retrospective studies in conformity with the law on the protection of personal data, ethics committee approval must be acquired separately, this approval must be indicated in the article and documented.

1.3. Information regarding permission/authorization (committee name, date and issue no/number) must be included in the article’s “Method” section and additionally in the first/last page.

1.4. During the article upload, the Ethics Committee Approval file must also be uploaded to the system in addition to the article file.

1.5. Moreover, in case reports, information that the informed voluntary confirmation/consent form was signed must be included in the article.

2. It must be indicated in the article whether or not obtaining legal/exclusive permission is required. If the study contains a practice conducted in an institution, it must be clearly indicated on which date and which decision or issue number the permission was obtained from the relevant institution.

3. For the use of scales, questionnaires, photographs belonging to others, it is necessary that permission is obtained from the owners and that this is indicated in the article through providing the relevant references.

4. It must be stated that intellectual property rights regulations are complied with for the ideas and works of art used in the article.

5. All of the contributing resources of the study must be stated in the acknowledgement section of the article.

6. The authors of the articles submitted to the journal must certify that their articles are original and use citation methods for the citations made in their articles in accordance with ethical principles.

7. All authors are responsible for all sections of the article.

8. Authors must clearly state any kind of conflict of interest or overlap of interest in their articles. In cases where there is no conflict of interest or overlap of interest regarding the subject of the articles, this statement must nevertheless be present in the article. The most common types of conflict of interest are: financial support, education or other funding types, personal or institutional relations and memberships.

9. The articles submitted must not have been previously submitted to any other journal. They may be submitted to another journal for evaluation when the process is complete in a journal and the relevant article is rejected. Simultaneously submitting the same article to more than one journal constitutes unethical publishing behaviour. Moreover, the authors’ article must not been previously published elsewhere.

10. When an author encounters an important error or misstatement or inaccuracy in his/her published work, s/he is responsible for immediately informing the journal editor or publisher of this case and cooperating with the editor in order to withdraw or correct the article.

11. Researchers who have made significant contribution to the concept, design, performance, data collection and/or analyses in a study, researchers who have participated in the preparation of the articles or in their critical revision, and researchers who have approved of the final state of the articles and approved of their submission must be included into the study as responsible authors. Apart from this, authors who have made other contributions (for instance technical support, facilitators in writing and editing, general contributions etc.) must not be included to the authors list. However, the contributions by these people must be stated in the acknowledgement section.

12. In the case of a need for processes such as adding an author, changing the author order, removing an author for an article for which the evaluation process has started, an application may be made to the journal board with the approval of all of the authors. The journal board will the application and inform the author responsible of the decision.

 

Ethical Tasks and Responsibilities of the Editor

1. The editor must come to a decision on the article according to the its original value, the objectives of the journal, and ethical rules.

2. The editor should only put articles wih high original value and which adhere to the journal objectives and ethical rules into the evaluation process.

3. So long as there is no significant reason, the editor and field editors must pay regard to the positive views of the reviewer/referee.

4. The requests and views from the authors must be replied to through feedback.

5. Referees must be selected in accordance with the article’s subject.

6. Attention must be paid to preventing conflict of interest and self-interest relationships between the referees and the authors.

7. The editor is responsible for guiding the referees during the article evaluation process and providing the requested information.

8. The editor is responsible for hiding the credentials of the author and referee based on the blind review practice.

9. The necessary warnings must be made and measures must be taken so that the referees evaluate the article in a timely, objective, and scientific manner.

10. Effort must be made to increase the number of referees.

11. The editor must pay regard to the opinions and recommendations of the advisory committee regarding the articles.

12. The editor’s decisions regarding the article must be independent from the journal owner and the publisher.

13. The editors is responsible for paying regard to the journal publication guidelines, journal objectives and international standards regarding the articles of the journal that will be published.

14. The editor is responsible for not conveying the personal information of the article authors to third parties outside of the authors’ consent.

15. The editor is responsible for the protection of human and animal rights in the case of studies being conducted on humans and animals present in the contents of the article. The editor is responsible for declining an article in the case of an ethics committee approval not being sent for studies in which an ethics committee report is required.

16. The editor is responsible for protecting the intellectual property rights of all of the articles that were submiteed to and published by the journal.

17. The editor is responsible for providing clear and illuminating responses to the complaints from Referees, authors, and readers.

18. The editor is responsible for taking precautions against conflict of interest and self-interest relationships that may occur between authors, Referees and third parties in order for the completion of the evaluation processes in an objective and autonomous manner.

19. The editor is responsible for the consideration of the feedback from readers, researchers, and implementers regarding the published studies and making the necessary responses and applying the necessary procedures.

 

Ethical Responsibilities of the Referees

1. Referees are responsible for not evaluating the article in the case of conflict of interest and self-interest relationships.

2. Referees are responsible for the evaluation of the article by paying attention to the guidelines of confidentiality and objectivity.

3. Referees cannot use the study delivered to them for any purpose until the evaluation process is complete and the study is sent for publication.

4. While evaluating the article, referees are responsible for not allowing the authors’ gender, nationality, religious beliefs, or political views to influence the evaluation.

5. Referees must use polite and constructive language while reviewing the article. Comments and statements containing insults, slander, and enmity must be avoided.

6. Referees are responsible for reviewing the article in a timely manner and in accordance with the ethical rules.

 

TR Index 2021 Criteria

Under the ethical rules title, the aspects below are also abided.

• Ethics committee approvals must be separately acquired for research conducted in all scientific fields including social sciences and for clinical and experimental studies on humans and animals which require an ethics committee decision, this approval must be indicated in the article and documented.

• Under this title, under separate titles for Referees, authors and editors, information must be provided regarding the ethical rules.

• A statement of accordance with the Research and Publication Ethics must be included in the articles.

• Ethical principles must be stated in the journal and/or the website under separate titles while refering to national and international standards. For instance; in scientific articles submitted to journals, ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors) recommendations and COPE’s (Committee on Publication Ethics) International Standards for Editors and Authors must be paid attention to.

• In studies that require ethics committee permission/authorization, information regarding the permission (committee name, date and issue number) must be included in the method section and additionally in the first/last page. In case reports, information that the informed voluntary confirmation/consent form was signed must be included in the article.

• The copyright regulations for the ideas and works of art used must be abided.

• At the end of the article; the Researchers’ statement of Contribution Ratio, Statement of Support and Appreciation if available, Conflict Statement must be included.

Note : Retrospective ethics committee permission is not required for articles that have used research data from before 2020, prepared from post graduate/doctorate studies (must be indicated in the article), applied for publication in the journal the previous year, were approved but not yet published. Please indicate in the declaration form that your study constitutes this case.

SUBSCRIPTION OFFICE

Hülya ÖNALP
Terazi Yayıncılık Bas. Dağ. Dan. Eğt. Org. Mat. Kırt. Ltd. Şti.
Süleyman Nazif Sokak No. 12/B Daire 4 06550 Çankaya/ANKARA

Tel: +90 312 438 50 23

Faks: + 90 312 438 50 26

e-mail: honalp@avim.org.tr

 

Annual Sunbscription Fee

Turkey: 17 TL

International: 10 USD

 

Subscription fees should be sent to the below bank  account:
Terazi Yayıncılık, Garanti Bankası-Çankaya/ANKARA Şubesi 181/6296007
Posta Çeki Hesabı: Ankara/Çankaya/Merkez 5859221
IBAN No: TR960006200018100006296007

Authors publishing with the journal retain the copyright to their work licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ ) and grant the Publisher non-exclusive commercial right to publish the work. CC BY-NC 4.0 license permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

The manuscripts submitted to Education and Science for publication should be original studies that were not published before or not submitted to anywhere else for publication.

Authors who submit their studies to International Crimes and History (ICH) should acknowledge that they have to transfer the copyright of their studies to ICH. The editorial board of the journal is authorized to publish the study.

Those authors who will submit their studies to ICH have to fill in the "Copyright Transfer Form". Wet signature is required. The signed form should be scanned and uploaded to the Dergipark system via file upload option. 

ETHICAL CONSENT FORM

COPYRIGHT TRANSFER FORM

TITLE PAGE FORM

Online First List :

DOI	ARTICLE TYPE	AUTHOR	TITLE	ACCEPTANCE DATE

About OnlineFirst:
 
What is OnlineFirst?
 
The OnlineFirst is the section where the ready-to-print articles of the International Crimes and History journal are published online prior to the printing stage. When an article is published in an OnlineFirst format, it is published with a DOI (Digital Object Identifiers) number, while volume and issue information are not added.
 
When the article is printed in the issue determined by the editorial board, it is removed from the OnlineFirst page and loaded to the website, within the published issue. A study that has passed its peer review process favourably is published as a preview in approximately 30 days.
 
How To Make A Reference To An Article Published In OnlineFirst Format?
An example of an article that is published in OnlineFirst form, displayed in accordance with the Chicago 17 - Citation Guide:
Uraz, Onur. “Uluslararası Adalet Divanı’nın Gambiya-Myanmar Davasında Soykırım Suçunun Tespiti Bakımından Karşılaşacağı Dört Temel Hukuki Soruna Dair Bir Değerlendirme /An Evaluation of the Four Main Legal Problems that the International Court of  Justice Will Likely Face in Assessing the Crime of Genocide in Gambia – Myanmar Case.” Uluslararası Suçlar ve Tarih Dergisi / International Crimes and History Journal, Advance online  publication. DOI: 10.25204/ust.422608
 
What Are The Functions And Utility of OnlineFirst?
Articles that are published in OnlineFirst form, as they do not require waiting for the issue that will be published, unlike the traditional method, reach the readers and researchers quicker. That is to say, the articles that have completed the peer review process and typesetting through the OnlineFirst become accessible while the processes of the other articles continue. Thus, readers and researchers can access the latest work and research quicker, while the authors are able to present their findings quicker. This provides more opportunity for the journal and study to be referenced and downloaded.
 
Editing OnlineFirst Articles
Articles published in the OnlineFirst are the same as their printed version. The only differences are the given issue, volume and page numbers. Hence, there must be no changes made to the article that is published in OnlineFirst format. A change can be made only in the case of a clear mistake between the printed and OnlineFirst version, constituting a case of erratum (misprint)

Citation Databases :

 TR Dizin Accepted: 01/01/2012

 ICI Journals Master List Accepted: 24/10/2022

Multidisciplinary Databases:

 Academic Search Premier Accepted: 03/01/2011

Specialized Databases

 Index Islamicus Accepted: 24/07/2009

         The Belt and Road Initiative Reference Source Accepted: 08/01/2010 

Analysis And Identity Databases:

 MIAR : University of Barcelona Accepted: 23/12/2022

Bibliographic Databases:

 

International Crimes and History (ICH)

Managing Editor

Dr. Teoman Ertuğrul Tulun

Tel: +90 312 4385023

Faks: +90 312 438 50 26

email: editor@ustich.org