Interstate Journal FAQ: Sources, Methodology and Türkiye's Perspective

Every article is published under the byline 'Interstate Journal Editorial Team'. We do not create individual author personas, fabricated academic titles or pseudonyms. Our mission, editorial process and disclosures are described on the About page.

Interstate Journal is an editorial publication that explains interstate affairs and is open about presenting a dedicated perspective from Türkiye. Only sections labeled 'Türkiye's Position' are meant to reflect official Turkish policy, and they cite Turkish government sources. Questions about ownership, funding and editorial process are addressed on the About page, so readers can judge for themselves.

Türkiye's official views are often underrepresented or summarized second-hand in international coverage, so we give them their own labeled space. The section is kept separate from the factual background, so readers can tell what is documented from what a government argues. It is tied to sources such as the Foreign Ministry, the Presidency, the Directorate of Communications, TBMM resolutions and UN statements.

Background, chronology and data are written in neutral prose and checked against primary documents. Any assessment is attributed to the party making it, such as 'Ankara argues' or 'Moscow says'. We avoid slogans and emotional language, and we omit any detail we cannot verify.

Primary sources include treaty texts, UN Charter provisions and resolutions, official statements from foreign ministries, presidencies and parliaments, and court or tribunal rulings. Other governments' positions are summarized from their own official sources, not from critics' paraphrases. Media coverage is treated as secondary and is compared in each article's Source Comparison section.

'Türkiye' is the country's official name, and the United Nations recorded the change in 2022, so we use it consistently. For contested terms such as PKK/YPG, FETÖ or TRNC, we use Türkiye's official terminology but explain it on first mention, including who designates or recognizes what. For example, the PKK is designated a terrorist organization by Türkiye, the United States, NATO and the European Union, while the TRNC is recognized only by Türkiye.