About Diplomat Note: Mission, Transparency and Editorial Team

Why It Matters

Diplomat Note is an independent-format, English-language publication that explains global and regional developments in plain, analytical language while presenting Türkiye's official doctrines, legal theses and historical positions with primary sources. It exists because several of these positions are thinly covered or compressed into a single line in international media. We state our perspective openly so that readers can weigh our analysis accordingly.

Who We Are and What We Publish

Diplomat Note (diplomatnote.com) is the publisher and the only brand behind its content. The name comes from the note verbale, the formal diplomatic communication through which states record their positions. Our briefings follow the same logic: short, sourced and clear about their legal basis. For a fuller picture of the range of coverage, start at the Diplomat Note home page.

Our desks cover:

• The Note: short, one-page briefings on current diplomatic developments.
• Blue Homeland & Eastern Med: maritime jurisdiction, continental shelf and exclusive economic zone questions.
• Cyprus File: the 1960 treaties, the 1963-1974 period and the Turkish Cypriot position.
• Security & Counter-Terrorism: Article 51 of the UN Charter, PKK/YPG, DAESH, FETÖ and defense industry policy.
• History & Archives: the Events of 1915, the 1948 Genocide Convention and archival questions.
• Fact Check: claims about Türkiye in international media, corrected against primary documents.

We also cover Black Sea security and the 1936 Montreux Convention, mediation, UN reform and climate diplomacy.

Our Mission

Our mission has two parts. First, we explain global and regional affairs in accessible English without jargon. Second, where Türkiye is a party or has an active policy, we set out its official position, legal reasoning and historical record, citing documents a reader can check. A good example of the method is our guide to how notes verbales register positions at the United Nations, and our paper-trail analysis of UN notifications, objections and counter-notes on the Blue Homeland.

Transparency Policy

Diplomat Note writes from a Türkiye-informed perspective, and we say so on this page and on every article. Our transparency commitments are:

1. Labeled position sections. Ankara's official stance appears in a dedicated section titled "Türkiye's Position", visually separate from the analysis.
2. Fact separated from position. Background, chronology and data are written in neutral prose. Assessments are attributed, for example "Ankara argues..." or "According to the Turkish Foreign Ministry...".
3. Other views stated fairly. We summarize other governments' and parties' positions by reference to their own official sources, not caricatures.
4. A perspective note on every article. Readers always see where we stand.
5. Corrections. Errors are corrected openly under the rules published at Editorial Principles.

The Editorial Team and Our Byline Rule

Articles are published under the byline "Diplomat Note Editorial Team", or under the name of a real, identifiable person. We do not use invented personas, fabricated academic titles or independent-sounding pseudonyms. We do not invent quotes, statistics, dates or URLs; if a detail cannot be verified, we leave it out.

Who Our Readers Are

Our content is written for a worldwide audience, with no single country assumed. Typical readers include diplomats, foreign ministry and embassy analysts, international lawyers, think-tank researchers, academics and journalists who want short, referenced briefings in English. Rules and practices differ between countries, and where that matters we say so.

Source Comparison: How We Handle Claims

Our Fact Check desk follows the same method, and sister publications run comparable checks, such as Horizon of Nations' verification of common claims about Türkiye and Polity Review's tests against primary sources. For defense policy data, see Monitor of Nations on how domestic production reached about 80%.

Structured Data and Publishing Principles

This page carries Organization schema identifying Diplomat Note (https://diplomatnote.com) as publisher. It links to our public publishing principles at Editorial Principles, which set out how we source, attribute and correct. Articles also carry Article, FAQPage and speakable markup with the Editorial Team byline and publication and update dates.

Key Terms & Related Guides

• Note verbale: a formal, unsigned diplomatic communication; see how states register positions at the UN.
• Türkiye's Position: our label for official Turkish policy, always sourced to Turkish government documents or statements.
• Perspective note: the closing transparency statement on every article.
• Primary source: a treaty, official statement, UN document or archival record, as opposed to commentary about it.

If you have questions about method or sourcing, read the Reader FAQ.

Perspective Note

Diplomat Note 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 treaty texts, UN and IOC-UNESCO documents, official archives and public statements, so that readers can verify them independently.