| name | alterlab-tr-academic-style |
| description | Formats manuscripts for Turkish journals: TR Dizin submission rules (TR Dizin mandates a set abstract word limit, two referees from different institutions, Latin script for non-Latin-alphabet articles, and only suggests a second-language abstract; bilingual oz/abstract ~200-250 words and 3-5 keywords are common journal house conventions to confirm against the journal's yazim kurallari) and the Turkish adaptation of APA-7 (ve ark./vd. for multi-author cites, ampersand only in the reference list, s. for page, Cev. for translator, t.y. for no date, aktaran for as-cited-in, Turkish capitalization). Use when writing for a Turkish/Turkce journal, preparing a TR Dizin submission, needing Turkce APA 7 in-text or reference formatting, or formatting a bilingual oz. For English-language citation styles prefer alterlab-citation-mgmt or alterlab-venue-templates; for live TR Dizin index status use alterlab-trdizin. Part of the AlterLab Academic Skills suite. |
| license | MIT |
| allowed-tools | Read Write Edit Bash(python:*) |
| compatibility | No API key or network required — applies the official TR Dizin evaluation criteria (and flags journal house conventions separately) plus the Turkish APA-7 adaptation offline; the linter in scripts/ runs on stdlib only |
| metadata | {"skill-author":"AlterLab","version":"1.0.0","last_updated":"2026-06-06","depends_on":"alterlab-trdizin (live index-status check), alterlab-citation-mgmt + alterlab-venue-templates (English citation styles)"} |
Turkish APA-7 and TR Dizin Style
Applies Turkish academic-writing conventions to a manuscript: the TR Dizin
(TUBITAK ULAKBIM's national citation index — Türkiye'nin ulusal atıf dizini)
manuscript-formatting rules, and the Türkçe APA 7 (the Turkish-language
adaptation of APA 7th edition) for in-text citations and the reference list.
This is the style/formatting skill for the Turkish track — it does not check
whether a journal is actually indexed (that is alterlab-trdizin), and it is
distinct from the English citation skills.
It exists because the suite's other writing skills (alterlab-citation-mgmt,
alterlab-venue-templates, alterlab-paper-writer) target English-language
APA/IEEE/Vancouver output. Turkish journals impose their own bilingual
öz (abstract) requirements and a citation dialect with Turkish
abbreviations (ve ark., vd., s., Çev., t.y., aktaran) that those
skills do not produce.
When to Use This Skill
Use this skill when the request is about writing/formatting a Turkish
manuscript or its citations:
- "Bu makaleyi TR Dizin formatına göre düzenle" — format a manuscript to TR Dizin rules.
- "Türkçe APA 7'ye göre kaynakça/atıf düzelt" — fix references / in-text cites to Turkish APA 7.
- Writing a bilingual öz + abstract pair (Turkish öz and Latin-script English abstract).
- Deciding whether to write ve ark. or vd., where the & ampersand is allowed, how to write s./ss., Çev., t.y., or aktaran.
- Checking a Turkish journal manuscript against TR Dizin's structural requirements before submission.
Does NOT Trigger
Route adjacent requests to the correct sibling skill:
| The user wants… | Route to |
|---|
| English-language APA/Vancouver/IEEE citations or a reference manager workflow | alterlab-citation-mgmt |
| A journal- or publisher-specific submission template (English venues) | alterlab-venue-templates |
| Whether a journal is currently indexed in TR Dizin (live status) | |
