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Claim: Turkey kills refugees crossing its Syrian border

8 years 5 months ago By editor1

On 13 June 2016, Greek daily newspaper Tribune claimed Turkey killed two refugees along its border with Syria.

LGBTI in Turkey: A Short Summary

8 years 5 months ago By Fact Checking Turkey

Several news outlets claim LGBTI rights are in jeopardy in Turkey on the eve of the 2016 gay pride parade. Indeed, the march this year has been banned by authorities due to safety concerns.

Claim: Erdogan’s struggle for one-man rule causes tourism recession

8 years 5 months ago By editor1

On 31 May 2016, Nando Sommerfeldt and Holger Zschapitz had an article published in German daily Die Welt in which they claimed that Turkey’s tourism sector is in decline due to the "authoritarian zeals" of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip

Art, intellectuals and Erdogan

8 years 5 months ago By editor1

On 13 June 2016, senior research fellow at the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs, Francis Ghilès, had a letter published in the Financial Times about Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his stance on art and intellectual

Claim: HDP members jailed for supporting Kurdish rights

8 years 5 months ago By Fact Checking Turkey

On 8 June 2016, Simon Tisdall published an article in The Guardian in which he claimed that some members of Turkey’s Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) were jailed for advocating Kurdish rights.

Mistake: AK Party Erdogan’s governing party

8 years 5 months ago By Fact Checking Turkey

Ceylan Yeginsu had an article published in the New York Times on 7 June 2016 about a bomb blast that took place in Istanbul on the same day.

Claim: Persecution carried out against Christians in Turkey

8 years 5 months ago By editor1

On 2 June 2016, the German daily newspaper der Tagesspiegel quoted the statement of Cem Ozdemir, a German politician of Turkish origin in the Bundestag, a constitutional and legislative body at the federal level in Germany.

Misleading: Turkey’s president lifts lawmakers’ immunity

8 years 5 months ago By Fact Checking Turkey

The Associated Press published a news story on 7 June 2016 about the approval of the amendment to the Turkish constitution to strip lawmakers of their immunity.