June 2016

Turkey on 1915 Events

2016-06-10 07:50 BST
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Domestic Politics
English

On 3 June 2016, Agos published an article on both Turkey and Germany’s approaches to the killing of Armenians in Anatolia in 1915 with the title “A common incident for Turkish prime minister, but inglorious for Germany”. In the article, Germany is presented as a country that regrets its attitude during the Armenian killings whereas Turkey considers the incident as ordinary without any regret. While doing this, Agos uses only a certain part of Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim’s speech.

The relevant parts read as follows:

Claim: Turkish president says “childless women are deficient”

2016-06-08 08:33 BST
Posted in:
Women
English
On 6 June 2016, the Guardian published a news story about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s remarks in speech he delivered at the opening ceremony of the new headquarters of the Women and Democracy Association (KADEM).1 The title of the article claims  Erdogan said, “childless women are deficient, incomplete.”
 

Mistranslation: Turkish president says economic independence detrimental to women

2016-06-07 08:35 BST
Posted in:
Domestic Politics
English

On 1 June 2016, Al Jazeera’s video broadcasting platform AJ+ released a clip mocking Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for his statements on family planning, mistranslating some of them.

In the video, the subtitles read: “In my opinion, the idea that women should have economic independence is the most detrimental thing for them.”

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