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State / loyalist estimate · not a score

Anadolu Agency

🇹🇷TR · state agency · state-controlled · aa.com.tr
Spectrum
Left Centre-left Centre Centre-right Right State / loyalist
An estimate, not a score.
Founded1920-04-06 no source on file — the date is not confirmed by us
HeadquartersEti Mahallesi, GMK Bulvarı No:132, Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey no source on file
FundingThe Treasury and Finance Ministry of the Republic of Turkey holds 47.75% of AA's shares; the remainder is held by the agency's own legal entity and private individuals. The agency operates under Law No. 57 (Anadolu Ajansı Malları ve Personeli Hakkında Kanun). Wikidata classifies its legal form as 'state media' / 'state-owned enterprise'.
ReachOver 3,000 staff of 124 nationalities (Turkish Wikipedia) / approx. 3,800 employees (English Wikipedia); publishes roughly 2,000 news items daily; 41 foreign bureaus; content in 13 languages.
Identity Wikipedia
Bias we have measured in their reporting
Actor named
Names five governments as the ones that suspended flights, and ties it to US sanctions — in 1 article
Asserted vs expected
the agenda is given as an expectation, not an outcome — in 1 article
Assertion vs attribution
Credits the continuing investigation to the FDA by name — in 1 article
Attributed or stated
the adviser's judgement on rates is stated as sight, not as a claim he made — in 1 article
From 6606 articles we hold, with the quote behind every tag.
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting: 1 false3 misleading5 disputed16 unverified8 true
A verdict is on the sentence we checked, not on the outlet. An outlet that files a lot is checked a lot.

Ownership

HolderTypeStakeControlInstrumentSinceSource
Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Treasury and Finance state body 47.75% yesequity — link

Percentages appear only where a source states them. "Not disclosed" means nobody published a number, not that we did not look.

Editorial control

Board Member
Member of Anadolu Agency's board of directors.
Board Member
Member of Anadolu Agency's board of directors.
Board Member
Member of Anadolu Agency's board of directors.
Digital News Director
Digital News Director at Anadolu Agency.
Vice President & COO
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Anadolu Agency.
President & CEO
President, Chief Executive Officer and chair of Anadolu Agency's board of directors.
Vice President, Editor-In-Chief
Vice President and Editor-in-Chief overseeing Anadolu Agency's news output.
Board Member
Member of Anadolu Agency's board of directors.

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