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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 purchasing DAESH-produced oil

8 years 9 months ago

On 7 February 2016, Iran’s state-owned English language broadcaster Press TV relayed allegations made by Russia’s Defense Ministry that Turkey is purchasing oil from the DAESH terrorist group at the end of an article about Turkey’s refug

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: Erdogan wants to get rid of Syrian refugees

8 years 10 months ago

On 13 January 2016, French newspaper Le Figaro published an interview of Dorothée Schmid, the Turkey correspondent for the French Institute of International Relations, about Turkey’s policy on Syria.

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).