July 2017

Claim: Turkey connives flow of DAESH across its southern border

2017-07-26 12:33 BST
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DAESH
English

On 20 July 2017, Buzzfeed published an article written by John Hudson and Nancy A. Youssef in which they voiced the claim that “tens of thousands of ISIS fighters used Turkey as a way station in their journey to Syria, amid allegations that the Turkish government was not doing all it could to stanch the flow.”

However, Turkey's fight against DAESH is factually evident.

Claim: Turkish president calls detained journalists “terrorists”

2017-07-25 01:50 BST
Posted in:
Domestic Politics
English

On 24 July 2017, The New York Times published an article in which it was claimed that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the self-proclaimed journalists in prison “terrorists.”

According to the article, “In a recent interview Mr. Erdogan said only two journalists have been detained and all the other detainees were terrorists.”

But the reporting was inaccurate based on two reasons.

What goes missing in Vice News interview about Turkish NBA player?

2017-07-06 09:59 BST
Posted in:
Social Issues
English

On 29 June 2017, Vice News released an interview in which Enes Kanter, a Turkish-born NBA player, was presented as “a new and unlikely voice of dissent” in Turkey. His passport annulment by Turkish authorities was also shown as an example of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s crackdown on dissidents.

Claim: Figures linked to Turkey’s ruling AK Party get lenient treatment in post-coup probes

2017-07-01 11:39 BST
Posted in:
Failed Coup
English

On 22 June 2017, Al-Monitor published an article written by Sibel Hurtas in which it was claimed that some figures linked to Turkey’s ruling AK Party were treated in a lenient way in investigations surrounding last year’s attempted coup when compared to the others from different societal groups.

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