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Claim: Turkey not serious about settlement with Kurds

8 years 9 months ago

The Guardian newspaper published an editorial titled “The Guardian view on Turkey’s Kurdish policies: compounding the region’s troubles” on 18 February 2016.

Claim: President Erdogan pursues constitutional change to extend presidential powers

8 years 9 months ago

The Economist published a news article on 20 February 2016 in which it was claimed that Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is “single-mindedly pursuing a constitutional change that would extend the powers of his presidency”.

Claim: Military operations in southeastern Turkey “anti-Kurdish”

8 years 9 months ago

Russian news portal Sputnik claimed that the Turkish government has an “an ambitious anti-Kurdish initiative” and has been implementing “

Claim: Military coups keep Turkey on track

8 years 9 months ago

On 4 February 2016, Robert Ellis wrote an article in The Independent newspaper in which he claimed that military coups between 1960 and 1980 kept Turkey’s democratic development on track.

Claim: Turkey’s battle with PKK guise for political system shift

8 years 9 months ago

On 2 February 2016, Al-Monitor’s Kadri Gursel published an article about the ongoing conflict between the Turkish Armed Forces and the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) terrorist group in which he claimed that “the battle is not being waged

Claim: Erdogan in "republican tradition of denial"

8 years 10 months ago

On 18 January 2016, an article penned by columnist Stefan Ihrig was published in the Huffington Post.

Claim: Ceasefire with PKK breaks down after Suruc attack

8 years 11 months ago

On 21 December 2015, Al Jazeera reported that the ceasefire between Turkish forces and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)

Claim: Reuters reporter taken into custody in Turkey

8 years 11 months ago

Cihan News Agency (CHA) claimed that Reuters Correspondent Faruk Yuce was taken into custody in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir while he was recording scenes from a rally organized by the Democratic Regions Party (DBP).