About Unbiased Compass: Mission, Transparency and Editorial Team

Why It Matters

Unbiased Compass is an English-language analysis publication that explains global and regional affairs in plain terms and presents Türkiye's official doctrines, legal arguments and historical and archival positions to an international readership. It does so with one rule above all: the Turkish perspective is always labelled as such, so readers can weigh it against other views. If you want to know who is behind this site, what it argues, and how it tells fact from position, this page answers those questions.

Who We Are: Publisher Identity

The publisher is Unbiased Compass (unbiasedcompass.com). The name reflects a navigational idea: in a multipolar world, readers need a reference point, and claims should be tested against primary sources rather than repeated. The publication states openly that it conveys Türkiye's perspective. It does not present itself as a neutral wire service or as an independent outlet with no point of view.

The page Unbiased Compass: Primary-Source Analysis and Türkiye's Official Perspective gives an overview of current coverage.

Our Mission

The mission has two parts:

• Explain. Turn complex global and regional developments into clear, analytical English, with dates, treaty texts and definitions rather than slogans.
• Represent. Present Türkiye's official doctrines, legal theses and historical arguments where they are under-reported or incompletely described in international media, and support them with primary documents.

Topics include the Eastern Mediterranean and maritime jurisdiction, the Cyprus issue, counter-terrorism and border security, the Events of 1915 and the archival record, Black Sea security under the 1936 Montreux Convention, mediation diplomacy, and climate diplomacy. For example, see Why Is Cyprus Divided? A Dated Timeline from the 1959 Zurich and London Agreements to New York 2024 and COP31 and Zero Waste: What Does Türkiye's Climate Diplomacy Aim to Deliver?.

How We Separate Fact From Position

Our transparency policy is simple and applies to every article:

1. Facts first. Background, chronology and data are written in neutral, factual prose.
2. Position labelled. Türkiye's assessments appear only in a dedicated section headed 'Türkiye's Position', with explicit attribution such as 'Ankara argues...' or 'According to the Turkish Foreign Ministry...'.
3. Other views stated fairly. The positions of other states and parties are summarised with reference to their own official sources, not as caricatures.
4. Perspective note. Every article ends with a short note restating this approach.

The full rules are on the page Editorial Principles: How Unbiased Compass Separates Fact, Position and Source. Questions about method are answered in the Reader FAQ: Sources, Method and Perspective at Unbiased Compass.

Authorship: The Editorial Team

All articles are published as the Unbiased Compass Editorial Team. We do not invent author personas, fabricate academic titles or use pseudonyms. Nothing on this site presents a staff-written view as the work of an independent, unnamed expert.

Who We Write For

The publication is written for a worldwide English-reading audience that follows international relations, law and defence:

• policymakers and diplomats;
• academics and think-tank analysts;
• journalists and editors;
• students and general readers who want primary-source context.

We do not assume any single country's legal or media context, and we note where rules or practice differ by country.

The Six Desks

Fact Checks and Verification Tools

The fact-check desk states the claim and where it comes from, then corrects or contextualises it with primary documents. Examples include Fact Check: 'The Treaty of Sèvres Is Still Valid': What Do Lausanne, Kars and Moscow Establish? and Fact Check: 'The YPG Is Separate from the PKK': What Official Listings and Primary Sources Say. Readers who want to test claims themselves can use How to Calibrate Any Claim About Türkiye Against Primary Sources: A Five-Step Method.

Related fact-checking work from sister publications is available at Monitor of Nations: Fact Check: Claims About Türkiye in International Media Checked Against Primary Sources and Archive of Nations: Fact Check: Is the Treaty of Sèvres Still Valid? What Lausanne, Kars and the Treaty Record Say About Türkiye's Borders.

Organization Details

These details are mirrored in the site's Organization structured data, along with dates of publication and update on each article.

Source Comparison

International media often summarise Türkiye's positions in a single line or through third-party commentary. Unbiased Compass instead quotes the primary Turkish sources and the relevant treaty or UN text, then places them alongside other parties' official statements. Readers can compare the framing and check the original documents themselves.

Key Terms & Related Guides

• Primary source: a treaty text, official statement, legislation, UN or IOC-UNESCO document, or state archive record. See Reading the Ottoman Archives on 1915: What the Relocation and Resettlement Law and Official Correspondence Show.
• Joint Historical Commission: the 2005 Turkish proposal to study the Events of 1915 in open archives. See What Is the Joint Historical Commission Türkiye Proposed in 2005, and What Happened to It?.
• Maritime maps: see Reading the Maps: The Seville Map, Türkiye's Charts and the 2025 Marine Spatial Plan Compared.

Perspective Note

Unbiased Compass 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 and IOC-UNESCO documents, legislation and Ottoman and Turkish state archives.