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Logically→ There is no ‘Turkish Bride, Foreign Groom’ project supported by the Turkish Ministry of the Interior
The Dispatch→ Sweden’s Stalled NATO Bid, Explained
Turkey and Hungary resist mounting pressure to approve Sweden’s membership in the alliance. Continue reading Sweden’s Stalled NATO Bid, Explained »
Logically→ Old video from Turkey shared to claim New Zealand has a new Islamic anthem
Logically→ No, this video does not show Erdoğan’s election victory being celebrated at Al-Aqsa mosque
The Dispatch→ Recep Tayipp Erdoğan Notches Another Victory
Turkey’s longest-serving leader cements his nationalist rule. Continue reading Recep Tayipp Erdoğan Notches Another Victory »
The Dispatch→ Erdoğan’s Impending Victory and Turkey’s Future Course
The country is likely to stay on its increasingly authoritarian trajectory and remain an unreliable NATO ally. Continue reading Erdoğan’s Impending Victory and Turkey’s Future Course »
Logically→ Erdoğan did not say ‘I will not bow to Sinan Oğan’s wishes’
The Dispatch→ A Day of Dashed Hopes
Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wave flags in Ankara, Turkey on May 15, 2023. (Photo by ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images)Turkey’s presidential election goes to a runoff after neither President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan nor his challen
The Dispatch→ Turkey’s Existential Election
Posters of Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the presidential candidate of the Main Opposition alliance, at Taksim Square in May 2023 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Images)Ahead of Sunday’s vote, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan lashes out agai
Logically→ No, Turkish President Erdogan has not been hospitalized in a very serious condition
The Dispatch→ Our Best Stuff on the Classified Document Scandal, the Turkish Election, and the Whigs
A photo illustration shows the Discord logo reflected in an image of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Photo by Stefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images)A little history with your news and politics roundup. Continue reading Our Best Stuff on the Classified Doc
The Dispatch→ Erdoğan Faces an Electoral Abyss
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara, on March 29. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP) (Photo by ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images)A soft-spoken civil servant is challenging the Turkish leader's 20-year rule.Co
Logically→ Turkey supported Pakistan at the UNHRC and said India is guilty of human rights violations in Kashmir.
Logically→ Videos show the aftermath of the Tajikistan earthquake.
Videos from Turkey of rescue efforts and of the destruction caused by the earthquake early February have been wrongly linked to Tajikistan.
Logically→ The video depicts a fracture in the earth’s crust caused by recent earthquakes in Turkey.
This old video shows the Loess Plateau in China's Pinglu County and is unrelated to the recent earthquake that hit Turkey in February 2023.
Logically→ The video shows a child trying to console her baby brother in the aftermath of the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria.
The video is not from the February 6 earthquake and has been available online since November 2022.
The Dispatch→ Assad’s Earthquake Opportunism
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visits Aleppo, on February 10. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)The regime in Damascus tries to shed its pariah status while simultaneously stalling relief work. The post Assad’s Earthquake Opportunism appeared first
The Dispatch→ Picking Through Turkey’s Rubble
People watch as construction crews clear destroyed buildings in central Kahramanmaraş. Turkey. (Photo by Charlotte Lawson)A rocky earthquake recovery will have political consequences for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.The post Picking Through
Logically→ The 1915 Çanakkale Bridge, built by a Chinese firm, withstood the February 6 earthquake in Turkey.
The 1915 Çanakkale bridge was constructed by two South Korean firms and is more than 1,200 km from the earthquake's epicenter.
Logically→ The video shows a cat rescued from the rubble caused by the Turkey earthquake in February 2023.
A November 2022 video of people in Turkey flocking to rescue animals from a shelter where they were mistreated has been linked to the earthquakes.
Logically→ A light was seen in Turkish skies moments before the massive earthquake struck.
A satellite launch clip from 2022 in Kazakhstan has been falsely attributed to be from Turkey moments before the earthquake in February 2023.
Poynter→ Fact-checkers in the Middle East speak out after the Turkey-Syria earthquake
As the official death toll from Monday’s earthquake in Turkey and Syria surpasses 22,000, fact-checking organizations that operate out of the region described the chaotic state of information, the effects […] The post Fact-checkers in the Middl
Logically→ This is an image of a rescue dog in Turkey after it saved 10 lives following the February 6 earthquake.
An old image of a rescue dog from 2014 is misrepresented to show that it is from the recent rescue operations from Turkey in 2023.
Logically→ This video shows cars on an overpass taken during the February 2023 earthquakes in Turkey.
A video captured during Japan's 2011 earthquake and tsunami has been misattributed to the recent earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria.
The Dispatch→ Death Toll Still Rising in Turkey, Syria
Families of victims stand as rescue officials search among the rubble of collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras, on February 9, 2023. (Photo by Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images.) Plus: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declares a state of emergency and rescue teams head t
Logically→ NATO or the U.S. used HAARP to cause the earthquake in Turkey on February 6.
There is no evidence that either NATO or the U.S. caused the earthquake in Turkey, and there are scientific, natural explanations for the disaster.
Logically→ Footage shows a building collapsing next to a busy road during an earthquake in Turkey.
This video shows what appears to be a controlled demolition in Saudi Arabia.
Logically→ These videos show buildings collapsing in Turkey and Syria during the earthquake on February 6.
Outdated videos of buildings collapsing have been shared falsely, claiming to show visuals from the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
Logically→ These videos show the tsunami caused by the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on February 6.
No tsunami occurred in either region on February 6. Videos of tsunamis from Durban in 2017 and Japan in 2011 have been misattributed.
The Dispatch→ Last Call in Brussels
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during a press conference at the June 2022 NATO summit in Madrid. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Why should NATO continue to let Turkey hold it hostage?The post Last Call in Brussels appeared f
The Dispatch→ The Turkish Roadblock to an Expanded NATO
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the parliament last October. (Photo by ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images)Sweden and Finland still want to join the alliance, but Turkey stands squarely in the way.The post The Turkish Roadblock to an Expa
Logically→ This video shows far-right leader Rasmus Paludan burning a copy of the Holy Quran in Sweden.
The viral video is from Denmark, where in 2021, a member of the political party Stram Kurs attempted to set a copy of the Quran on fire.
The Dispatch→ Turkish Demands Over Kurdish Refugees Are Threatening Sweden’s NATO Accession
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.(Photo. by Cem Tekkesinoglu/dia image/Getty Images.)It’s time for the U.S. and other NATO nations to put pressure on Erdoğan.The post Turkish Demands Over Kurdish Refugees Are Threatening Sweden’s NATO Acces
The Dispatch→ Erdogan’s Coming U-Turn on Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech at the Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara, on December 21, 2022. (Photo by Adem Altan/AFP/Getty Images.)Why the Turkish president will likely drop his hopes of toppling Assad.The post Erdo
The Dispatch→ The Islamic World’s Uyghur Silence
Muslim-majority nations turn their backs on China’s Uyghurs while decrying Islamophobia in the West.The post The Islamic World’s Uyghur Silence appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ Turkey on the Brink
Next year’s presidential election could reshape how Ankara sees its place in the world.The post Turkey on the Brink appeared first on The Dispatch.
The Dispatch→ The U.S.-Turkey Relationship Just Got More Complicated
A terrorist attack in Istanbul renews tensions between longtime allies.The post The U.S.-Turkey Relationship Just Got More Complicated appeared first on The Dispatch.
Poynter→ Turkish ‘disinformation law’ will make it a crime to spread ‘fake news’
Factually is a newsletter about fact-checking and misinformation from Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network. Sign up here to receive it in your email every other Thursday. A “disinformation law” that, if passed, would impose up [̷
Truth or Fiction?→ Did RuPaul Say Evidence of the Armenian Genocide ‘Just Isn’t There’?
A brand-new Twitter account manufactured cheap online clout in April 2021 by posting a false “report” painting television host RuPaul as a political commentator. The account, “Breaking Celebrity News,” generated angry responses