Uluslararası İlişkiler, while supporting innovation in scholarly publishing, prioritizes academic integrity, human agency, intellectual property rights, and data security. The use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Claude, and others) and the related ethical rules for their usage are rapidly evolving and have not yet stabilized. As a result, the Editorial Board of the Uluslararası İlişkiler recommends that its authors, editors, and reviewers err on the side of caution. It is the current policy of the Uluslararası İlişkiler that GAI tools should be used in a limited, responsible, and transparent manner. The journal reserves the right to change its GAI policy at any time, even without prior public notice, to keep pace with the rapidly evolving nature of GAI.

For Authors Authors may use GAI tools only in limited, responsible, transparent, and fully supervised ways. Acceptable uses include minor language editing, grammar correction, and improvements to readability. Authors may utilize GAI tools to aid in organizing literature or generating preliminary ideas during the early stages of manuscript preparation, as well as for coding or data visualization—provided that all such uses are conducted under direct human oversight and that the outputs are carefully reviewed and verified before inclusion. The use of GAI tools should not replace the author’s intellectual contribution to the argument, theory, or findings. Thus, GAI tools must not be used to analyze any portion of the manuscript’s argument, theory, or findings. The use of GAI must not compromise the protection of intellectual property rights, introduce bias or discriminatory language, or result in misattribution of authorship. Human agency and oversight must be maintained throughout the research and writing process, and all sections that reflect theoretical reasoning, analytical interpretation, or empirical assessment must result from the authors’ own intellectual contributions. GAI tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors. Authors must take full responsibility for the accuracy and originality of the content produced, and ensure that no personal data or confidential information is shared with such systems. In the case of book reviews, the use of GAI tools is strictly limited to minor grammar and language improvements. Any application of GAI beyond such linguistic adjustments is prohibited. The journal reserves the right to consider GAI involvement beyond acceptable scholarly assistance as an ethical violation and to desk-reject such submissions.

Disclosure: Any use of GAI tools must be explicitly disclosed in the Disclosure section of the manuscript. Authors are required to specify the name and version of the tool, its purpose, and the extent of human oversight. A model disclosure might read: “This article made limited use of generative AI (OpenAI’s ChatGPT, 13 Feb. Version, Date of usage, chat.openai.com/chat) for language polishing. The theoretical and analytical sections were written entirely by the authors.”

For Reviewers and Editors Reviewers and editors must not upload manuscripts, review reports, or correspondence to AI tools. They may use AI only to correct grammar in their own comments. Confidentiality and intellectual property must be strictly protected.-

Ethical Compliance Uluslararası İlişkiler reserves the right to verify declared GAI use through appropriate detection or audit means, applied at the editors’ discretion. The journal’s editorial team may investigate cases where undeclared or improper GAI involvement is suspected and take corrective action in accordance with international publishing-ethics standards.