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Erdogan and Pashinyan meet in New York for normalization talks

The leaders of Turkey and Armenia met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly to discuss bilateral relations and the Azerbaijan-Armenia peace process.

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Ankara welcomes reciprocal steps in the peace process between Azerbaijan and Armenia. /Photo: AA

What this story says

  • Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in New York.
  • The meeting occurred on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly.
  • Discussions focused on the normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia.
  • The Azerbaijan-Armenia peace process was also a topic of conversation.

Who covered it

Left 14%(1)Centre 29%(2)Right 57%(4)

Percentages are shares of the 7 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 17 of the 24 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

42/100

Craft

45/100

Hype

20/100

24 sources · methodology

Thin on the left so far

Only 1 of the 7 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met in New York. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly. Discussions between the two leaders centred on the process of normalising relations between Turkey and Armenia. The peace process between Azerbaijan and Armenia was also discussed.

Coverage comparison

What the coverage left out

None of the left-rated reports covered this story. The centre-rated report and the right-rated reports did not mention specific details about the location of the meeting beyond New York, such as the Turkish House, which was mentioned in several unrated reports. No reports mentioned any specific outcomes or next steps agreed upon during the meeting.

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 4 times, most recently on 23 Sept 2026, 22:15, and will add the sides that appear.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

1 rated outlet

We have not written our reading of the left coverage of this story. The left-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.

Centre

2 rated outlets

  • TRT World's report led with the meeting between President Erdogan and Prime Minister Pashinyan in New York amid a push for normalisation. The report stated that the Turkish president urged maintaining positive momentum in relations. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

Right

4 rated outlets

  • Four right-rated reports covered the meeting between President Erdogan and Prime Minister Pashinyan. Anadolu Ajansı noted that the two leaders held a closed-door meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Daily Sabah reported that the meeting occurred as Türkiye and Armenia continue efforts to advance normalisation. News-pravda.com described Pashinyan meeting with his 'Turkish ally'. Interfax.ru stated that Pashinyan and Erdogan discussed the normalisation of bilateral relations and the implementation of agreements.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Erdogan and Pashinyan meet in New York for normalization talks?
Of the 7 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 14% are rated left, 29% are rated centre, 57% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 24. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Erdogan and Pashinyan meet in New York for normalization talks left or right?
Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 7 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
Is the coverage of Erdogan and Pashinyan meet in New York for normalization talks biased?
Erdogan and Pashinyan meet in New York for normalization talks is one event reported by 24 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Erdogan and Pashinyan meet in New York for normalization talks?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Erdogan and Pashinyan meet in New York for normalization talks?
24 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
Who met in New York?
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met in New York. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
What did Pashinyan and Erdogan discuss?
The leaders discussed the normalization process between Turkey and Armenia. They also talked about the Azerbaijan-Armenia peace process. The aim was to build momentum toward normalizing relations between the two countries.
Which political sides covered this story?
The story was covered by one centre-rated outlet and four right-rated outlets. No left-rated outlets reported on the meeting between Prime Minister Pashinyan and President Erdogan.

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24 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.

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Right

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