New York Times published an article on 18 August 2018 written by Peter S. Goodman titled “The West Hoped for Democracy in Turkey. Erdogan Had Other Ideas". In the article, the author voiced his opinions on Turkey’s last 15 years under the rule of Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party.
Turkey’s currency lira hit a record low in the last 18 years on 10 August 2018 with 1 US dollar equal to 6.8 Turkish liras. Since then, the lira has started to recover and gain back its value against the dollar.
The Order of St. Andrews, an Orthodox Christian society located in New York, the US, falsely accused the government of Turkey of “confiscating thousands of properties of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Turkey and called Turkish government to “put an end to this practice” in a statement published on 4 August 2018.
On 5 August 2018, the New York Times published an article written by Ben Hubbard about the political situation of Syria, particularly the Manbij and Raqqa regions. The article alleges that the military patrols of the American soldiers in the outskirts of Manbij is conducted to repel a possible attack by the Turkish military against the city of Manbij.
On 6 August 2018, Foreign Policy published an article written by Selim Sazak and titled Turkey’s Opposition Lost to Erdogan, Then It Lost Its Mind, about the situation of Turkey’s opposition parties after the last elections in June. However, the article contains several factual mistakes.
Claim: 'Parliament reduced to formality' in the new presidential system
On 31 August 2018, Newsweek published an article titled Turkey’s Erdogan wants to crush Kurds and recreate the Ottoman World written by Jonathan Wachtel and Albert Wachtel. However, the article contains several factual mistakes about Turkey.
On 31 July 2018, New York Times published an article written by Carlotta Gall on the Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) former co-chair Selahattin Demirtas, who was arrested on terror charges in November 2016.
On 29 July 2018, the Washington Post published an article written by Henri J. Barkey and Eric Edelman. The article pointed out to the US State Department’s three Turkish employees who are currently detained: Metin Topuz, Nazmi Mete Canturk and Hamza Ulucay. Topuz and Ulucay are currently in prison while Canturk was put in house arrest.
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