On 25 May 2016, Maajid Nawaz penned an article for the Daily Beast in which he wrote that in 2011, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan “changed the system, clearing the way for him to become the country’s first directly elected president in 2013.”1
On 20 May 2016, Ceylan Yeginsu in the NYT published an article in which it was claimed that the AK Party (Justice and Development Party) compelled lifting deputies' immunity which would lead to the ouster of Kurdish deputies.1 She wrote:
On 11 May 2016, Huffington Post released an article written by Christopher Atamian in which it was claimed that “The Erdogan government is an enemy to democracy and freedom around the world: it has most recently supported DAECH/ISIS with money and arms, raided the offices of the country’s leading newspaper Hurriyet and continued to prosecute opposition journalists.”
David Lepeska wrote an opinion piece for the Boston Globe website on 15 May 2016. Lepeska’s article includes a false translation of a statement by Turkish president and lacks crucial background information about the rise of imam hatip schools whose curriculum differs from other schools in its religion classes.1
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 his official position by “regularly chairing cabinet meetings.”
On 3 May 2016, Mark Lowen from the BBC reported on a visa liberalisation deal between the EU and Turkey in a news package.1 After explaining the details of the deal, Lowen presented the Turkish government as increasingly authoritarian through examples from the media. Lowen said:
العربية
English
