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Kalemişi Journal of Turkic Arts is a peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal that publishes original research and review articles on the arts practised by the Turkic peoples from pre-Islamic times to the present. Published since 2013, it appears twice a year, in June and December, and accepts articles in Turkish and English. Articles undergo double-blind peer review; readers are never charged.
Owner and publisher: Sanat ve Dil Araştırmaları Enstitüsü · Publishing services: Artsürem Publishing · e-ISSN: 2148-046X
Announcements
Submissions open from 4 October to 4 December 2026
Kalemişi Journal of Turkic Arts welcomes submissions from 4 October to 4 December 2026. Our new publishing platform has shortened the review process: initial screening is completed within 3 days, and authors receive the first reviewer reports in about 4 weeks.
We kindly ask authors who submitted a manuscript through the previous system and are still awaiting its review to resubmit it through the new system.
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Kalemişi has moved to the Artsürem Journals Platform
Kalemişi has moved to the Artsürem Journals Platform. Because user accounts from the old system have not been transferred, authors and reviewers are kindly asked to register again.
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For authors
- Original research and review articles in Turkish and English on the arts of the Turkic peoples
- Double-blind peer review by at least two reviewers from different institutions
- Full open access; readers are never charged. Article processing charge: 3,000 TRY (Fees)
- A Crossref DOI for every article; CC BY 4.0 licence, copyright retained by the authors
- Two issues a year: June and December
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