Turkey’s Media and the Rise of Misinformation

Liam vonderWiede

Turkey’s Information Battle: Politics, Media Control, and Misinformation

Timeframe: 01/01/2017 – 11/10/2025

Türkiye · Cyber Defence-Protection & Cooperation · Issue I

Key Insights

• How has Turkey’s politics shaped its information ecosystem? The AKP and President Erdoğan control the media and manipulate narratives. Turkish media is regulated, polarised, and press freedom is limited.

Definition

Disinformation: False information spread to manipulate public opinion

Turkey’s government controls media to shape public opinion and suppress dissent

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