Cumhuriyet media bias and reliability
Media Bias/Fact Check places Cumhuriyet as leaning left. We have seen it on 383 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Cumhuriyet biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check places Cumhuriyet as leaning left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Cumhuriyet left or right?
Media Bias/Fact Check places Cumhuriyet as leaning left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Cumhuriyet reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Cumhuriyet are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Cumhuriyet has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Cumhuriyet’s own report linked underneath.
President Donald Trump attended a Halloween party at his Mar-a-Lago estate on Saturday, arriving dressed as himself. He told reporters that his costume preparation took only ten minutes, while other guests spent significantly longer.
Cumhuriyet reported it asWith One Election Just Around the corner... US President Trump Makes a Statement on Iran. (opens Cumhuriyet in a new tab)
Donald Trump stated he would become 'Mr. Veto' if Democrats gain a majority in Congress, indicating he would reject legislation before eventually making deals. The comments were made in an interview with the New York Post.
Cumhuriyet reported it asTrump Said 'Our Country Could Be Destroyed': 'If I Lose everything...' (opens Cumhuriyet in a new tab)
US President Donald Trump spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Washington evaluated potential renewed military action against Iran. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated diplomatic talks with Iran have continued without interruption.
Cumhuriyet reported it asNetanyahu Pressures Trump on Iran: Allegations of an Attack Following the Midterm Elections. (opens Cumhuriyet in a new tab)
Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson has claimed the Trump administration could launch a nuclear strike on Iran within days. He alleged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pressuring President Trump to attack an underground facility known as 'Pickax Mountain'. Carlson did not provide evidence for his claims.
Cumhuriyet reported it asNetanyahu Pressures Trump on Iran: Allegations of an Attack Following the Midterm Elections. (opens Cumhuriyet in a new tab)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta will visit South Korea separately this week for summits with President Lee Jae Myung. Discussions will cover bilateral cooperation in areas including trade, investment, defense, and nuclear power.
Cumhuriyet reported it asPresident Erdoğan Will Visit South Korea. (opens Cumhuriyet in a new tab)
Donald Trump reportedly became angry upon learning his former lawyer, Alina Habba Mildon, secured a $50 million contract with a Venezuelan billionaire family. He suggested she donate a portion of the money to his future presidential library.
Cumhuriyet reported it asThe $50 Million Contract Has Shaken Washington: Trump Harshly Criticized His Former Lawyer, Alina Habba Mildon. (opens Cumhuriyet in a new tab)
Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declared the UK's Royal Navy and Royal Air Force as terrorist organisations and MI6 as a hostile group. The decision is a response to what Iran describes as hostile actions by the British government.
Cumhuriyet reported it asIran Makes a Move Against Britain: It Declares the Royal Navy and Air Force as 'Terrorist Organizations'. (opens Cumhuriyet in a new tab)
North Korea's defense research institutes have tested a cluster bomb warhead intended for tactical ballistic missiles. State media reported the weapon can destroy an area of up to 13 hectares, and Pyongyang plans to equip military units with various types by the end of 2026.
Cumhuriyet reported it asNorth Korea Conducts New Weapons Test: Tests Cluster Bomb Warhead. (opens Cumhuriyet in a new tab)
A nearly two-pound meteorite discovered in Mali in 2022 has been identified as a 4.1-billion-year-old piece of Mars. Named Teghaza 001, it offers new insights into the Red Planet's early history and water cycle.
Cumhuriyet reported it asThe Discovered Martian Meteorite Has Been Determined to Be More than 4.1 Billion Years Old. (opens Cumhuriyet in a new tab)
President Donald Trump's rally in Salina, Kansas, scheduled for Saturday has been cancelled. The Kansas Republican Party confirmed the cancellation five days before the November 3, 2026, Election Day.
Cumhuriyet reported it asTrump Insults Reuters Reporter: 'You're Sick, You Look Awful' (opens Cumhuriyet in a new tab)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Istanbul. Discussions focused on bilateral relations, the ongoing war in Ukraine, and security in the Black Sea region. A joint press conference was anticipated following their meeting.
Cumhuriyet reported it asA Critical Summit Took Place in Dolmabahçe: Erdoğan and Zelenskyy Met. (opens Cumhuriyet in a new tab)
Iran's army has warned that any new US attack would spread the conflict to a wider geographical area. The warning comes amid diplomatic efforts to avert further hostilities and as both the US and Israel hold crucial elections.
Cumhuriyet reported it asIran Issues Stern Warning to US and Israel: Khamenei Orders 'Unlimited Retaliation'. (opens Cumhuriyet in a new tab)
The United States cancelled a planned group photo at the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Atlanta due to deep rifts among member nations. Several European diplomats objected to standing alongside Russia's top diplomat, Sergey Lavrov, leading to the cancellation.
Cumhuriyet reported it asTensions over Russia at the G20 Summit: Traditional Photo Session Cancelled. (opens Cumhuriyet in a new tab)
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is investigating a potential security issue on its platform. Stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle have frozen billions of dollars in assets connected to the incident, while Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao stated user funds remain safe.
Cumhuriyet reported it asBinance Faces a $6.3 Billion Cyberattack: Was North Korea Behind the Attacks? (opens Cumhuriyet in a new tab)
Patrick Stewart, the British actor famous for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in 'Star Trek' and Professor Charles Xavier in 'X-Men', has died at the age of 86. His death was announced by his family.
Cumhuriyet reported it asPatrick Stewart, Star of 'Star Trek' and 'X-Men', Has Died at the Age of 86. (opens Cumhuriyet in a new tab)
Scientists have identified an icy object, named 2026 ED138, orbiting the sun beyond Pluto. The object's size is estimated between 600 and 1,500 kilometres in diameter. Classification as a dwarf planet depends on further study.
Cumhuriyet reported it asDiscovered Beyond Pluto: Is There a New Planet in the Solar System? (opens Cumhuriyet in a new tab)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump held a telephone conversation on 28 October 2026. They discussed regional tensions, the Ukraine war, and bilateral ties, with Turkey reiterating its support for diplomatic solutions.
Cumhuriyet reported it asErdogan and Trump Spoke by Phone (opens Cumhuriyet in a new tab)
President Donald Trump announced that Audi will invest $4.2 billion in its first U.S. factory in Georgia. The plant, planned for Middle Georgia Megasite, is expected to create 4,500 jobs and begin production in the early 2030s.
Cumhuriyet reported it asAudi Invests $4 Billion in US: Trump Announces at Rally (opens Cumhuriyet in a new tab)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta will visit South Korea separately this week for summits with President Lee Jae Myung. Discussions will cover bilateral cooperation in areas including trade, investment, defense, and nuclear power.
Cumhuriyet reported it asMustafa Balbay Wrote: Central Asian Countries! (opens Cumhuriyet in a new tab)
A localized ceasefire in Oleshky, Ukraine, brokered by First Lady Melania Trump, began on Tuesday to facilitate humanitarian aid. This comes as President Zelenskyy reported a significant overnight barrage of Russian missiles and drones.
Cumhuriyet reported it asMelania Trump Announced: A Regional Ceasefire Has Begun Between Russia and Ukraine. (opens Cumhuriyet in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
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How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
High factuality
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Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for Cumhuriyet.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Official site
- cumhuriyet.com.tr
- Seen publishing on
- cumhuriyet.com.tr
- Access
- Free to read
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 383
- Reports listed
- 409
- We could read
- 93
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
316 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 93 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 198 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Cumhuriyet ran the story anyway.
Across the 382 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Cumhuriyet’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 28 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 3 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 3 November 2026. Ratings pulled 4 October 2026.
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