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With this article, it is aimed to remove and/or to correct wrong or incomplete traditions in academic manuscripts written in Turkish. Some academic writing mistakes in Turkish context were mentioned. Academic Writing Rules in Turkish (AWRiT) and Academic Writing Style Guide and Patterns (AWSGP) were investigated. Their differences were explored, too. It can be understood that Turkish has proved that it is a sufficient and mature language and has the capacity to meet demands coming from scientific developments, discoveries, and philosophical thought. In this regard, academic writing rules for Turkish language were revealed. These rules include some Turkish language issues that should be prioritised for academic writing. There seem to be some other preferred linguistic options which should indeed be reduced in amount of usage. While reminding some grammetical procedures that have been neglected for so long in Turkish scientific writing, showing importance of those neglected ones was also carried out. Correct use of some of the tenses were drawn attention on. Extensive use of –miştir and –mektedir tags that exist for some specific tense issues in Turkish have been producing problems declining the language quality of academic articles. A new way of forming new compound words in Turkish was suggested. This new method suggests putting a descriptive word or an adjective in front of another one but in a standart form. Language of articles written related to Educational Leadership and Management in Turkish was particularly a concern point. Kokturk Style was introduced as a new type of AWSGP in line with styles of New Hart’s (Oxford), and APA, etc. Additionally, the reasons to prepare such a new guide for academic writing were explained.

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