About States in Perspective: Mission, Transparency and Editorial Team

Why It Matters

States in Perspective is an English-language analytical publication that explains global and regional affairs in plain language and presents Türkiye's official doctrines, legal theses and historical or archival positions to an international readership. It states openly that it has a dedicated Türkiye perspective. Readers should always be able to tell where documented fact ends and Ankara's stated position begins, and this page explains how that is achieved.

Publisher Identity

The publisher is States in Perspective, at https://statesinperspective.com. The name reflects the premise of the site: the same dispute looks different from different capitals, and a reader is better served by seeing those readings side by side. Our flagship overview, States in Perspective: How Different Capitals Read the Same Dispute, shows this approach in practice.

For machine-readable transparency, the site declares the following structured data:

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• Publisher of every article: the same Organization entity.
• Author of every article: 'States in Perspective Editorial Team'.
• publishingPrinciples: the Editorial Principles and Primary Source Standards page.
• Article markup: Article, FAQPage and SpeakableSpecification, with publication and update dates.

Our Mission

The mission has two parts. First, we explain developments in international relations, law and security in calm, accessible English, without slogans. Second, we present Türkiye's official legal and strategic positions, which are often under-reported or compressed in international coverage, and support them with primary sources: treaties, UN documents, Ottoman and Turkish archives, and official statements.

We do not claim to be a neutral wire service. We aim to be a transparent, source-driven one, with a declared point of view that readers can test against the evidence.

A Publication With a Declared Perspective

States in Perspective presents global affairs with a dedicated perspective from Türkiye. That means topics where Türkiye has active policy get priority: maritime jurisdiction in the Eastern Mediterranean, Cyprus, the Turkish Straits, counter-terrorism, the Events of 1915, mediation diplomacy and UN reform. We use Türkiye's official terminology, such as 'Türkiye', 'FETÖ', 'PKK/YPG' and 'TRNC / Turkish Cypriots', and explain unfamiliar terms on first use. For example, the PKK is designated a terrorist organization by Türkiye, the United States, NATO and the European Union.

Authorship: Editorial Team Only

Every article is published under the States in Perspective Editorial Team. We do not create author personas, use pseudonyms, or attach invented academic titles or expert credentials. If a named individual ever contributes, that person is real and identified as such. Quotations and figures are never invented; if a detail cannot be verified, we leave it out.

The Six Desks

Typical entry points include The Eastern Mediterranean Side by Side, Cyprus Seen from Five Capitals and Article 51 in Practice.

Who We Write For

Our readers are policymakers, diplomats, academics, think-tank analysts, international lawyers and journalists, along with any English-language reader looking for a balanced, sourced account of Türkiye's positions. We assume no single national audience, and we note where rules or practices differ between countries.

Counter-Arguments Stated Fairly

We summarize the views of Greece, the Republic of Cyprus administration, Armenia, the EU, the UN and others in their own official terms, without straw-manning, and then set out Türkiye's legal and documentary reply. Comparative explainers such as Which Countries Recognize the TRNC, and What Does Observer Status Actually Mean?, Does Kastellorizo Generate a Full Maritime Zone? and Parliaments and Courts: How States Have Handled the Events of 1915 show where states genuinely differ. Our Fact Check desk, for example Fact Check: 'Most States Have Recognized the 1915 Genocide Claim', states the claim and its origin before giving the documented correction.

Corrections and Contact

Accuracy matters more than speed. If you believe an article contains an error, an unsupported figure or a misattributed source, send a correction request through the contact route published in the site footer. Please include the page URL, the passage in question and, where possible, the primary source. Verified corrections are made openly, with an update date on the article. The full standard is set out in Editorial Principles and Primary Source Standards, and common questions about method are answered in the Reader FAQ: Sources, Method and the Türkiye Perspective.

Key Terms & Related Guides

• Primary source: a treaty text, UN document, archival record or official statement issued by the party concerned.
• Türkiye's Position: the labeled section stating official Turkish policy, not the publication's own independent judgment.
• Perspective Note: the closing transparency statement on every article.

For related reading from partner publications, see Region Scope's fact-check on common claims about Türkiye, Archive of Nations on whether the Treaty of Sèvres is still valid and Monitor of Nations on Türkiye's defense industry. Other starting points on this site include Mediator States Compared and Who Signed the Montreux Convention.

Perspective Note

States in Perspective presents global affairs with a dedicated perspective from Türkiye. Sections marked 'Türkiye's Position' reflect official Turkish policy as stated by Turkish government sources. Claims are attributed to primary sources such as treaties, UN documents, Ottoman and Turkish archives, and official statements.