January 2018

5 frequently voiced false claims about Turkey's Afrin Operation

2018-01-25 10:23 GMT
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Turkey launched Operation Olive Branch on 20 January 2018 in Syria’s northwestern Afrin region to clear terrorist organizations including the People’s Protection Units (YPG), which is the armed wing of the PYD. YPG currently holds an uninterrupted 400-km (250-mile) stretch of the Syrian-Turkish border. 
 

Claim: Normalization process between Armenia and Turkey was broken because of Turkey's preconditions

2018-01-18 06:41 GMT
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On 16 January 2018, an article written by Benyamin Poghosyan and titling “The Current State and Prospects of Armenia-Turkey Relations” was published in Stratfor. The article includes a factual mistake regarding the fate of the normalization process between Turkey and Armenia which was initiated in 2009. The normalization process was including the restoration of diplomatic relations and bilateral trade between two neighbors.

Does the new decree grant impunity for political violence in Turkey ?

2018-01-09 11:06 GMT
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On 24 December 2017, a new legislative decree was published in the Official Gazette with regards to several issues under the state of emergency and its article 121 was misinterpreted in several media outlets. For example, an article published on BBC on 1 February 2018 refers to the relevant legislative degree, and alleges that "a new law in Turkey has sparked concern that pro-government vi

Claim: Turkey gets no achievement in any sport disciplines during the era of AK Party

2018-01-07 12:22 GMT
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On 3 January 2018, Al-Monitor published an article written by Zulfikar Dogan in which it was claimed that during the era of Turkey’s ruling AK Party, the nation has “never managed to repeat” the international sport achievements that had been obtained before 2002 - the time when the AK Party came to power - “not only in soccer and basketball but in other disciplines as well.”  

However, Turkey has won many sporting competitions since 2002.