India Rejects Erdogan's Kashmir Remarks at UNGA
Ministry of External Affairs states no external party has locus standi on the issue.
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'No locus standi': India rejects Turkey President Erdogan's remarks on Kashmir at UNGA
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What this story says
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the Kashmir issue during his address to the 81st United Nations General Assembly on September 29, 2026.
- India's Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal rejected Erdogan's remarks as "unwarranted references" to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Jaiswal stated that no external party has locus standi on the issue, as it pertains to India's territorial integrity and sovereignty.
- Erdogan had previously mentioned Kashmir at the UNGA on September 22, 2026, calling for dialogue to resolve South Asian disputes.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 12 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 19 of the 31 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
68/100
Craft
87/100
Hype
30/100
31 sources · methodology
Missing from the left
Only 2 of the 12 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
A reader who follows the left would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the issue of Kashmir during his address to the 81st United Nations General Assembly on September 29, 2026. In response, India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated that no external party has locus standi on the matter. Jaiswal described Erdogan's references to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir as "unwarranted" during a bi-weekly press briefing in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Jaiswal asserted that the issue of Jammu and Kashmir is a matter of India's territorial integrity and sovereignty. He added that any references to it by external parties are rejected. Erdogan had previously spoken about Kashmir at the UNGA on September 22, 2026, suggesting that disputes in South Asia, including Kashmir, should be addressed through dialogue within the framework of the UN Charter and relevant resolutions.
Coverage comparison
What the coverage left out
None of the reports printed below mention the date of Erdogan's previous address to the UN General Assembly in September 2025, only that he had spoken about Kashmir then. The full reports from Times of India and Hindustan Times state that Erdogan previously mentioned Kashmir at the UNGA on September 22, 2026. No left-rated outlet ran this story.
Coverage settled. We checked this 25 times and stopped on 4 Oct 2026, 21:15. The figures above are what it finished at.
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
2 rated outlets
- The Hindu and The Siasat Daily reported that India rejected references to Jammu and Kashmir made by Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the UN General Assembly. Both outlets stated India called these remarks "unwarranted".
- The reports noted India's assertion that no external party has standing on the Kashmir issue. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal was quoted by The Hindu.
- The Hindu's full report included that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India. The Siasat Daily's digest did not contain this detail.
Centre
1 rated outlet
- The Hindustan Times report led on India's rejection of Turkish President Erdogan's remarks, quoting MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal's assertion that the matter pertained to India's "sovereignty and territorial integrity" and that no external party had "locus standi" on the issue. The report also detailed Erdogan's previous statements on Kashmir at the UNGA in September 2025 and February 2025, noting India's consistent rejection of third-party mediation.
Right
9 rated outlets
- Reports from the right-rated outlets focused on India's rejection of Turkish President Erdogan's remarks and the assertion that no external party has locus standi on the Kashmir issue. Headlines from Times of India, Republic World, Latestly, India Today, Tribune India, ABP News, and aninews.in highlighted this stance. The Times of India report also mentioned Turkey's past actions, including forming a military alliance with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, and noted India's consistent stance against third-party mediation.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover India Rejects Erdogan's Kashmir Remarks at UNGA?
- Of the 12 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 17% are rated left, 8% are rated centre, 75% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 31. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is India Rejects Erdogan's Kashmir Remarks at UNGA left or right?
- The story itself is neither. What can be counted is who has covered it, and 75% of the 12 rated outlets on it are rated right — so far this is a story carried mostly by the right. Coverage of this one has settled, so that is unlikely to move much now.
- Is the coverage of India Rejects Erdogan's Kashmir Remarks at UNGA biased?
- India Rejects Erdogan's Kashmir Remarks at UNGA is one event reported by 31 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 India Rejects Erdogan's Kashmir Remarks at UNGA?
- 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 India Rejects Erdogan's Kashmir Remarks at UNGA?
- 31 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.
- What did Turkey's President Erdogan say about Kashmir?
- During his address to the 81st United Nations General Assembly on September 29, 2026, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the issue of Kashmir. He had previously spoken on September 22, 2026, suggesting that South Asian disputes, including Kashmir, should be resolved through dialogue within the UN framework.
- How did India respond to Erdogan's remarks?
- India's Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal rejected Erdogan's references to Jammu and Kashmir as "unwarranted." He stated that the issue concerns India's territorial integrity and sovereignty, and that no external party has any locus standi on the matter.
- Has Turkey raised the Kashmir issue before?
- Yes, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had previously mentioned Kashmir at the UN General Assembly on September 22, 2026. He also spoke about the issue in February 2025 during a visit to Pakistan, remarks which India had also rejected.
Read it at the source
31 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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9- 'No external party...': India slams Erdogan's Kashmir remarks at UNGA (opens rediff.com in a new tab)
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- 'No External Party Has Any Locus Standi': India Slams Turkish President Erdogan's Kashmir Remarks at UNGA (opens Republic World in a new tab)
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- India Rejects Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ‘Unwarranted References’ on Jammu and Kashmir | 📰 LatestLY (opens Latestly in a new tab)
- India rejects Erdogan's remarks on Kashmir, says no external party has locus standi (opens India Today in a new tab)
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- No external party has any locus standi: India slams Turkish President Erdogans Kashmir remarks at UNGA - The Tribune (opens Tribune India in a new tab)
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- ‘No External Party Has Locus Standi’: India Rejects Erdogan’s Kashmir Remarks At UNGA (opens ABP News in a new tab)
- "No external party has any locus standi": India slams Turkish President Erdogan's Kashmir remarks at UNGA (opens aninews.in in a new tab)
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- 'This Is a Matter of India's Territorial Integrity', India's Blunt Response to Erdogan's Statement on Kashmir at the UN (opens Unknown in a new tab)
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19- India Rejects Erdogan’s Kashmir Remarks at UN General Assembly (opens India West in a new tab)
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- 'No External Party Has Any Locus Standi': India Slams Turkish President Erdogan's Kashmir Remarks At UNGA (opens indiandefensenews.in in a new tab)
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- India Rejects Erdogan’s Kashmir Remarks at UNGA, Reaffirms No Role for Third Parties (opens Neo Politico in a new tab)
Neo Politico — is Neo Politico biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Erdogan raises Kashmir issue at UNGA; India rejects remarks (opens Free Press Kashmir in a new tab)
Free Press Kashmir — is Free Press Kashmir biased? Our profile of this outlet
- UNGA 2026: No Luck For Pakistan, India Summarily Rejects Erdogan’s Attempt to Politicise Kashmir Issue (opens dnpindia.in in a new tab)
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- India Gave a Direct Reply to Turkish President Erdogan, Saying - on the Kashmir issue... - India TV Hindi (opens India TV Hindi Hindi in a new tab)
India TV Hindi Hindi — is India TV Hindi Hindi biased? Our profile of this outlet
- India rejects Erdogan’s Kashmir remarks at UNGA, says no external role (opens The Kashmir Pulse in a new tab)
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- India Takes a Tough Stand on Erdoğan's Mention of Kashmir at the UN, Saying that External Interference Is Unacceptable and Offering Advice. (opens navbharatlive.com in a new tab)
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- India Rejects Erdogans Comments on Jammu and Kashmir (opens Udaipur News in a new tab)
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- India hits back at Erdogan over J&K remarks - OrissaPOST (opens Orissa POST in a new tab)
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- Raising Kashmir Issue at UN! India Gives Strong Reply to 'Shameless' Erdogan (opens Sangbad Pratidin in a new tab)
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- India rejects Erdogan’s Kashmir remarks, says no external party has locus standi (opens awazthevoice.in in a new tab)
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- Read India rejects Erdogan's 'unwarranted references' on J&K, says no external party has any locus standi on the issue - Gallinews India (opens gallinews.com in a new tab)
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- Ministry of External Affairs: India's Blunt Response to Turkiye's Comment, Randhir Said - Interference in Kashmir Is Not Acceptable; What Else Did He Say? (opens Amar Ujala in a new tab)
Amar Ujala — is Amar Ujala biased? Our profile of this outlet
- India Rejects Erdogan’s Remarks on J&K, Says No External Party Has Locus Standi (opens Yes Punjab in a new tab)
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- India rejects Erdogan's 'unwarranted references' on J&K, says no external party has any locus standi on the issue (opens The Hans India in a new tab)
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- India rejects Erdogan's 'unwarranted references' on J&K, says no external party has any locus standi on the issue (opens The Rahnuma Daily in a new tab)
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- India rejects Erdogan's 'unwarranted references' on J&K, says no external party has any locus standi on the issue (opens bhaskarlive.in in a new tab)
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- India rejects Erdogan’s ‘unwarranted references’ on J&K, says no external party has any locus standi on the issue (opens Social News XYZ in a new tab)
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