Open Access Policy

Anatolian Journal of Archaeology and Ancient History (AJAR) provides open access to its content for continuous and free use, with the aim of increasing the global exchange of knowledge and generating beneficial results for humanity. In this context, all articles published in the journal are accessible via the website.
All content of the journal is freely accessible to individuals and institutions. All users can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, and link to the full texts of articles published in the journal without permission from the authors or the journal management.
AJAR has adopted an open access policy upon publication. Open access increases the global exchange of information, yielding beneficial results for humanity. AJAR also supports the Budapest Open Access Initiative, adopted on September 12, 2012.
In this context, the open access policies adopted by the editorial board of the AJAR can be found at http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai-10-translations/turkish-translation.
All articles published in the AJAR are licensed under the “Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.” This license grants the right to reproduce, share, and distribute all published articles, data sets, graphics, and supplements in data mining applications, search engines, websites, blogs, and all other platforms, provided that the source is acknowledged. Open access is an approach that facilitates interdisciplinary communication and encourages collaboration between different disciplines. AJAR adds value to its field by offering greater access to its articles and a more transparent review process.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).

Under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license, you are free to:
• Share: Copy and redistribute the work in any medium or format.
However, you must comply with the following conditions:
• Attribution: You must provide appropriate credit, give a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so appropriately, but this does not imply that the license holder endorses you or your use.
• Non-Commercial: You may not use this material for commercial purposes.
• No Derivatives: If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.
• No additional restrictions: You may not apply legal conditions or technological measures that would legally restrict the use of the permissions granted by the license.
AJAR recommends that libraries include the journal content in their library catalog records as part of its open access policy.
The publisher of the AJAR commits to not requiring any subscription or fee from any library or reader for access to published electronic articles.