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Dear Readers,
The Çankaya University Journal of Arts and Sciences began in 2004 as the
journal of our university's Faculty of Arts and Sciences. By the end of
2009 it will have appeared in six volumes comprising twelve issues. In
the initial years, the journal aimed to serve the needs mainly of the
university, but in more recent years it has gained a wider readership,
and now occupies an important position among the journals published
nationally. While our assessment of the point reached thus far is very
positive, it is now our aim to go further: The journal has already
passed from the level of a university-wide to a nation-wide publication,
but we wish to see it gain an international readership, and be included
on databases.
Tübitak Ulakbilim wrote to us in January 2009 with the recommendation
that, for the purposes of the databases which are to include the journal,
and following the 28.01.2009 committee assessment regarding its
inclusion on the social studies database, the journal should be divided
into separate sections, for the arts and for the sciences.
Having studied
this suggestion carefully, the decision was taken that,starting in 2010,
the continuation of the present journal will be in three sections, each
providing more specific areas of expertise. The journal will be divided
by subject area as follows:
The journal will
continue to be published according to the same principles and aims. We
believe that in a short time it will be included on a number of
important international databases.
It is an honour
for us to be able to share with you, our readers, some details of the
steps we have taken and our plans to improve the service provided. We
are grateful for the interest you have shown in our journal, and look
forward to your further support.
With best regards,
Prof. Dr. Ziya Burhanettin GÜVENÇ
Owner of the journal and Rector of the University |
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