February 20, 2026 – Turkey Headlines

Story gist: Fenerbahçe lost 0-3 to Nottingham Forest in a UEFA Europa League match. Head coach Domenico Tedesco spoke to media afterwards.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets absent, providing no coverage or perspective. Center outlets, like Fenerbahçe’s official site, frame story around coach Tedesco’s post-match comments, emphasizing team voice over result. Right-leaning Hürriyet leads with scoreline ‘Fenerbahçe 0-3 Nottingham Forest’ and match summary, stressing heavy defeat and match details.

Story gist: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with families of martyrs at an iftar dinner and delivered a message about a ‘process.’

Bias summary: Left-leaning Cumhuriyet frames the story with the neutral title highlighting Erdoğan’s ‘process’ message to martyr families, implying vagueness. Right-leaning Yeni Şafak emphasizes his strong pledge ‘We will save from this calamity forever,’ stressing resolve against threats. Center-leaning outlets absent, leaving moderate interpretations unrepresented.

Story gist: Turkey’s Ministry of National Education issued Ramadan instructions to all 81 provinces. In Bursa province, the list of 170 schools has been finalized.

Bias summary: Left-leaning soL Haber frames MEB’s instructions as a ‘war on secularism,’ alarmingly portraying them as targeting schools and state-protected children after prior efforts. Center outlets absent, omitting balanced factual coverage. Right-leaning MEB headline emphasizes Education Minister Tekin’s attendance at a school opening ceremony, ignoring Ramadan instructions and controversy to project positive governmental activity.

Story gist: Gaza residents observed the first iftar of Ramadan amid a reported massacre.

Bias summary: Only right-leaning Sabah covered the story, framing it with emotive terms like ‘katliam’ (massacre) and ‘buruk Ramazan sevinci’ (bittersweet Ramadan joy), emphasizing subdued Palestinian observance overshadowed by violence. Left- and center-leaning outlets omitted coverage, absenting alternative framings that might highlight context, Israeli perspectives, or broader conflict dynamics.