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 ABSTRACT

[TITLE OF THE THESIS/DISSERTATION]

[Author’s Surname, Name],

[M.S./PhD], [Department], Altınbaş University,

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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LIST OF TABLES ....................................................................................................................... ix

LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................................... x
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ..................................................................................................... xi
1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 1
1.1 FIRST SECTION .............................................................................................................. 1
1.2 FIRST SECTION .............................................................................................................. 1
1.3 FIRST SUBSECTION....................................................................................................... 1
1.3.1 Second Subsection. ....................................................................................................... 1
1.3.1.1 Third subsection ...................................................................................................... 1

2. SECOND CHAPTER .......................................................................................................... 2

2.1 FIRST SECTION .............................................................................................................. 2
2.2 SECOND SECTION ......................................................................................................... 2
2.2.1 First Subsection ............................................................................................................ 2

REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................. 4
[Appendix TITLE] ........................................................................................................................ 8

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Table 2.1: Essential particles .......................................................................................................... 3

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Figure 2.1: Altınbaş University....................................................................................................... 2

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

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 1. INTRODUCTION

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1.1 FIRST SECTION

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1.2 FIRST SECTION

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1.3 FIRST SUBSECTION

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1.3.1 Second Subsection.

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2.1 FIRST SECTION

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 Table 2.1: Essential particles

Particle Discoverer Year of Discovery

Electron Joseph J. Thomson 1897

Proton James Rutherford 1919

Neutron James Chadwick 1932

Positron Carl D. Anderson 1932

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 REFERENCES

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References need be cited in the text. When they are, they appear on the line, in square brackets,
inside the punctuation. Grammatically, they may be treated as if they were footnote numbers,
e.g.,

as shown by Brown [4], [5]; as mentioned earlier [2], [4]–[7], [9]; Smith [4] and Brown
and Jones [5]; Wood et al. [7]

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or as nouns:

as demonstrated in [3]; according to [4] and [6]–[9].

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Examples:

[1] B. Klaus and P. Horn, Robot Vision. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1986.

[2] L. Stein, “Random patterns,” in Computers and You, J. S. Brake, Ed. New York: Wiley,
1994, pp. 55-70.

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[1] J. K. Author, “Title of report,” Abbrev. Name of Co., City of Co., Abbrev. State, Rep. xxx,
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[1] E. E. Reber, R. L. Michell, and C. J. Carter, “Oxygen absorption in the earth’s atmosphere,”
Aerospace Corp., Los Angeles, CA, Tech. Rep. TR-0200 (4230-46)-3, Nov. 1988.

[2] J. H. Davis and J. R . Cogdell, “Calibration program for the 16-foot antenna,” Elect. Eng.
Res. Lab., Univ. Texas, Austin, Tech. Memo. NGL-006-69-3, Nov. 15, 1987.

Handbooks

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pp. xxx-xxx.

Examples:

[1] Transmission Systems for Communications, 3rd ed., Western Electric Co., Winston-Salem,
NC, 1985, pp. 44–60.

[2] Motorola Semiconductor Data Manual, Motorola Semiconductor Products Inc., Phoenix, AZ,
1989.

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given), year, pp.xxx-xxx.

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[1] G. R . Faulhaber, “Design of service systems with priority reservat on,” in Conf. Rec. 1995
IEEE Int. Conf. Communications, pp. 3–8. *** If the year is given in the conference title, it
may be omitted from the end of the reference as shown here.***

[2] S. P. Bingulac, “On the compatibility of adaptive controllers,” in Proc. 4th Annu. Allerton
Conf. Circuit and SystemTheory, New York, 1994, pp. 8–16.

Patents

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Theses (M.S.) and Dissertations (Ph.D.)

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Univ., Abbrev. State, year.

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Examples:

[1] J. O. Williams, “Narrow-band analyzer,” Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. Elect. Eng., Harvard
Univ., Cambridge, MA, 1993.

[2] N. Kawasaki, “Parametric study of thermal and chemical nonequilibrium nozzle flow,” M.S.
thesis, Dept. Electron. Eng., Osaka Univ., Osaka, Japan, 1993.

[3] N. M . Amer, “The effects of hom geneous magnetic fields on developments of tribolium
confusum” Ph.D. dissertation, Radiation Lab., Univ. California, Berkeley, Tech. R ep. 16854,
1995. *** The state abbreviation is omitted if the name of the university includes the state
name, i.e., “Univ. California, Berkeley.”***

[4] C. Becle, These de doctoral d’etat, Univ. Grenoble, Grenoble, France, 1968.

Web Sites

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Available: site/path/file

Examples:

[1] S. L. Talleen. (1996, Aug.). The IntraNet Architecture: Managing information in the new
paradigm. Amdahl Corp, CA. [Online]. Available:
http://www.amdahl.com/doc/products/bsg/intra/infra/html

[2] Netscape Communications Corp. (1997, Dec.). The new way to share workgroup
information. [Online]. Available: http://home.netscape.com/comprod/a

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 APPENDIX A

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 APPENDIX B

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