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Four factual mistakes in New York Times article

7 years 1 month ago

Dani Rodrik had an opinion article published in the New York Times on 3 November 2017 about the recent imprisonment of Turkish businessman and

Claim: Huge repression in Turkey

8 years 6 days ago

On 14 December 2016, the Irish Times published an editorial entitled ‘

Claim: Tolerance evaporated in Turkey

8 years 5 months ago

On 13 July 2016, columnist for the German Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) Karen Kruger claimed in an article that Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made the country less tolerant to differences in society.

Alcohol restrictions in Turkey: an overview

8 years 6 months ago

On 19 June 2016, the Reuters News Agency published an article regarding Turkey’s advertising and sale policies on alcohol . Reuters wrote:

Claim: Erdogan’s struggle for one-man rule causes tourism recession

8 years 6 months ago

On 31 May 2016, Nando Sommerfeldt and Holger Zschapitz had an article published in German daily Die Welt in which they claimed that Turkey’s tourism sector is in decline due to the "authoritarian zeals" of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip

Boston Globe makes factual mistakes

8 years 7 months ago

David Lepeska wrote an opinion piece for the Boston Globe website on 15 May 2016.

Claim: People cannot laugh at politicians in Turkey

8 years 7 months ago

On 5 May 2016, Turkish writer Elif Shafak had an article published in The Guardian which titled “In Turkey we

Claim: Erdogan violates constitution

8 years 7 months ago

On 2 May 2016, Reuters released a news story in which it was claimed that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan acts in contrast to the constitutional requirements of