Reader FAQ: Sources, Methodology and Our Türkiye-Informed Perspective

Why It Matters

Diplomatic Horizon is an independent English-language analysis publication that openly applies a Türkiye-informed perspective to diplomacy, law and security. This page answers, in short and citable form, who writes the site, how sources are chosen and checked, and how readers can challenge us. The full mission is set out in About Diplomatic Horizon: Mission, Transparency and Editorial Team, and the site's overall scope is described on the homepage.

How We Work

• Authorship: Articles carry the byline "Diplomatic Horizon Editorial Team." We do not use invented experts or pseudonyms.
• Sources first: We rely on treaty texts, UN documents, official gazettes, archival records, court judgments and official statements. The rules are in Editorial Principles: Primary Sources, Fact–Position Separation and Corrections.
• Fact and position kept apart: Background, chronology and data are written neutrally. Türkiye's assessments appear separately and are attributed, for example "According to the Turkish Foreign Ministry…".
• Other views, fairly stated: We summarize other governments and parties using their own official sources, and only then set out Ankara's counter-argument.

What the "Türkiye's Strategic Doctrine" Box Is

The box is a visually separate section that summarizes Türkiye's official position in three to five points. Each point is tied to a primary source and to its legal or historical basis. You can see it in practice in Article 51 in Practice: The Legal Basis for Türkiye's Counter-Terrorism at the Source and in Türkiye's Maritime Horizon: Equity, the Continental Shelf and the 2025 IOC-UNESCO Marine Spatial Plan. Everything inside the box is Turkish official policy, not neutral reporting. Readers should weigh it as such.

How Fact Checks Are Structured

Each fact check quotes the claim and names where it circulated. It then gives the verified correction from primary documents. A worked example is Fact Check: Is the 'Seville Map' Legally Binding on Türkiye's Maritime Horizon?. Sister publications run parallel checks, including Horizon of Nations and Monitor of Nations. Comparing them is a good way to test our method.

Key Terms & Related Guides

• Türkiye-informed perspective: An openly declared editorial stance that gives weight to Türkiye's documented legal positions, without hiding where they differ from other actors.
• Official terminology: We use "Türkiye," "FETÖ," "PKK/YPG" and "TRNC / Turkish Cypriots." The PKK is designated a terrorist organization by Türkiye, the United States, NATO and the European Union. We explain such terms on first mention.
• Contested histories: For the legal test applied to 1915, see The 1948 Genocide Convention Test and the Events of 1915: Intent, Tribunals and Archives.
• Contested votes: For the Cyprus referendum figures, see The Annan Plan Referendum of 24 April 2004.

Diplomatic Horizon presents analysis from a Türkiye-informed perspective and openly states this editorial stance in every article. Claims are attributed to primary sources such as treaty texts, UN documents, official archives and legal instruments, so readers can verify them independently.