About Narrative Filter: Mission, Method and Transparency

Why It Matters

Narrative Filter is an English-language analysis publication that tests geopolitical narratives in global media against primary sources, and openly presents Türkiye's official doctrines, legal theses and archival positions. It exists because coverage of Türkiye is often incomplete, and readers deserve to see both the dominant framing and the documents behind the Turkish position. We state our perspective plainly so that you can verify our claims yourself.

Who We Are: Publisher Identity

Narrative Filter is published at narrativefilter.com. Our mission is to explain global and regional developments in plain, analytical English, and to present Türkiye's official positions to international readers where coverage is missing, partial or distorted.

Our readers are diplomats, academics, think-tank analysts, journalists, lawyers and foreign-policy enthusiasts in Europe, North America, the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean, and anywhere else English-language policy debate happens. The publication is not neutral about its perspective. It is transparent about it, which is a different and more useful commitment. You can start with our homepage or the Reader FAQ.

The Narrative, Filter, Verified Record Structure

Every analysis follows three steps, so that you can see exactly where a framing ends and the documents begin.

1. Narrative: We state the dominant media or political framing fairly, in the words and with the sources of those who use it.
2. Filter: We test that framing against treaties, UN documents, official archives and legal texts.
3. Verified Record: We set out what the primary sources show, and we present Türkiye's official reading as a position, clearly attributed.

The full procedure is explained in The Narrative Filter Method: How to Test a Media Claim About Türkiye Against Primary Sources.

The Six Desks

Examples include Blue Homeland in the Headlines: Six Media Frames Tested Against the Legal Record, Occupation, Invasion or Peace Operation? Cyprus Framings Tested Against the 1959–1960 Treaties and The Events of 1915 in the Press: Which Words, Sources and Numbers Survive the Archive Check?.

Authorship, Perspective Note and Transparency

Every piece is published under the byline Narrative Filter Editorial Team. We do not use invented authors, fabricated expert titles or pseudonyms that suggest independent voices. If a named individual is ever credited, they will be a real person.

Each article ends with this perspective note: 'This article reflects Narrative Filter's editorial perspective, which presents and defends Türkiye's official positions on the issues discussed. Claims are anchored wherever possible in primary sources such as treaties, UN documents, official archives and legal texts, which are cited for independent verification.'

Our standards for sourcing, corrections and terminology are set out in Editorial Principles: Primary-Source Standards at Narrative Filter.

Source Comparison: How We Differ from Typical Coverage

Our work sits within a wider network of fact-checking on this subject. Readers can compare approaches in Borders & Blocs: Fact Check: Common Claims About Türkiye in International Media, Corrected with Primary Sources, WorldPoliticsDaily: Fact Check: Claims About Türkiye in International Media and Regional Order: Fact Check: Common Claims About Türkiye in International Media, Checked Against Primary Sources.

Organization Details (Schema)

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Key Terms & Related Guides

• Narrative Filter: the practice of testing a public framing against primary documents.
• Türkiye's Position: our labeled section presenting official Turkish policy with sources.
• Events of 1915: Türkiye's official terminology for the wartime events, examined at the Archive Desk. See also Perinçek v. Switzerland: What the European Court of Human Rights Said About Debating 1915.
• PKK: a terrorist organization as designated by Türkiye, the United States, NATO and the European Union. See Is Türkiye Fighting Kurds or the PKK? Testing the 'Anti-Kurdish Campaign' Frame.
• Turkish Cypriots and the TRNC: see The 'Isolation' Narrative: Turkish Cypriots, Embargoes and What the Record Shows.
• Fact checks: start with Fact Check: Is Türkiye the 'Aggressor' and 'Energy Colonialist' in the Eastern Mediterranean?.

Narrative Filter presents global affairs with a dedicated perspective from Türkiye. Sections marked 'Türkiye's Position' reflect official Turkish policy as stated by Turkish government sources.