Nesir: Journal of Literary Studies is a biannual, double-blind peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal publishing original research articles and book reviews in literary studies in Turkish and English. Established in October 2021, the journal is published by the Association for Thought and Literary Studies (Düşünce ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Derneği). The journal is committed to fostering theoretically informed, historically grounded, and critically engaged scholarship in literary studies.
Journal Title and Abbreviations
Full title of the journal: Nesir: Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi
English title: Nesir: Journal of Literary Studies
Standard short title: Nesir
Citation abbreviation: Nesir
ISSN Information
Nesir is published exclusively in electronic format.
e-ISSN: 2822-468X
ISSN-L: 2757-9999
The print edition (ISSN 2757-9999) ceased publication in 2025.
DOI Registration
Prefix: 10.64957
All articles published in Nesir: Journal of Literary Studies are assigned DOIs via Crossref. DOI registrations are carried out under TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM DergiPark sponsorship. Example: https://doi.org/10.64957/nesir.xxxxxxx
Publication Frequency and Article Volume
Nesir is published twice a year, in April and October. The April issues are open to original research articles without thematic restrictions, in line with the journal’s aims and scope. The October issues are dedicated to dossier topics prepared around a specific conceptual or theoretical theme, while submissions unrelated to the dossier topic may also be considered.
Submissions are accepted during designated submission periods. For the April issue, the submission window runs from 15 December to 1 February; for the October issue, from 15 June to 1 August.
The journal aims to publish an average of 20–25 high-quality research articles annually and maintains a structured publication schedule designed to ensure timely and regular open access to published content.
Content Access
Nesir is a fully open-access journal. All published content is freely available on the journal’s website without requiring any subscription, user login, or registration process.
No IP authentication, username, or password is needed to access the content. All users can directly and unrestrictedly access the published materials.
Research articles submitted to Nesir: Journal of Literary Studies are evaluated through a double-blind peer review process by at least two independent reviewers who are experts in the relevant field.
The journal is committed to editorial independence, the management of conflicts of interest, and transparency in decision-making processes. All reviewers are expected to adhere to ethical responsibilities including impartiality, confidentiality, disclosure of any conflicts of interest, respect for intellectual property rights, and acknowledgment of others’ contributions. Timely and constructive completion of reviews is encouraged.
In this context, the journal adopts the “Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers” published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
The journal derives its name from a foundational concept that has enabled intellectual and formal transformations throughout the historical development of literature. In classical Arabic, Persian, and Turkish literatures, nesir (نثر) was often regarded as secondary; however, especially in the nineteenth century, it evolved into a form that carried the discursive diversity of literature and its multilayered relationship with the pursuit of truth, emerging through encounters between Western narrative forms and local literary traditions.
In this respect, prose became a space in which aesthetic experience, historical continuity, and intellectual expression were reconstituted. Accordingly, nesir represents a critical ground that explores the permeability and dialogue between literature and thought, poetry and construction, metaphor and truth, form and meaning, and literary language and public discourse.
In the contemporary literary landscape—reshaped by digitalization, speed, and the regime of information—nesir also embodies a forward-looking projection capable of responding to the fragmented, multilayered, and interdisciplinary nature of modern literary practices. By publishing works that sustain this orientation both theoretically and historically, the journal transforms the literary invitation implied in its name into its editorial policy.