About Regional Order Review: Mission, Transparency and Editorial Team

Who We Are

Regional Order Review (regionalorder.com) is an independent-format English-language publication that analyzes regional and global affairs through the lens of "regional order". It argues that lasting order is built on law and the shared responsibility of the states of a region, not on blocs imposed from outside. It also gives international readers Türkiye's official doctrines, legal theses and archival evidence, drawn from primary sources. For a short overview of the site, start at the home page.

Our Mission

Our mission is to explain complex regional questions in plain, analytical English and to present Türkiye's perspective openly. Many topics that matter to Türkiye are, in our view, underrepresented or incompletely reported in international coverage. They include maritime jurisdiction in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Cyprus issue, counter-terrorism, the Turkish Straits and the Events of 1915.

We do this in three ways:

• Plain language. We define unfamiliar terms on first use. For example, we note that the PKK is designated a terrorist organization by Türkiye, the United States, NATO and the European Union.
• Primary documents. We rely on treaty texts, UN documents, official statements and archival records wherever possible, rather than on commentary about them.
• Legal framing. We ground analysis in instruments such as the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne, the 1936 Montreux Convention, the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee, Article 51 of the UN Charter and the 1948 Genocide Convention.

Our Transparency Policy

Transparency is the condition on which our perspective is offered. Readers should always know who is speaking and on what basis.

Authorship

Every piece is published under the byline "Regional Order Review Editorial Team". We do not create fictional authors, pseudonyms, invented expert titles or fake academic credentials. We do not present ourselves as an independent outsider where we are advancing a stated perspective.

The Perspective Note

Every article ends with a perspective note. It states that the piece presents global affairs with a dedicated perspective from Türkiye, and that sections marked "Türkiye's Position" reflect official Turkish policy as stated by Turkish government sources.

Source independence

We do not present other sites from the same publisher as independent outside sources. If a claim is attributed to a third party, we cite that party's own official or primary material.

How We Separate Fact from Position

Background, chronology and data are written in neutral, factual prose. Türkiye's assessments appear only in the dedicated section, with attribution. We also summarize the views of other states and parties accurately, citing their own official sources, and then set out Türkiye's counter-argument with legal and documentary evidence. A strong case does not need a distorted version of the opposing one.

Our standards also include:

• no invented quotes, figures or dates; if a detail is uncertain, we leave it out;
• a calm, explanatory tone without slogans or insults;
• official terminology, including "Türkiye", "FETÖ", "PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG" and "TRNC / Turkish Cypriots".

The full rules are published on the Editorial Principles page. Common questions about sourcing are answered in our FAQ.

Who We Write For

We write for a worldwide audience: policymakers, diplomats, think-tank researchers, academics and journalists. We also write for anyone following regional security, the law of the sea or defense industry developments. We do not assume any single country's legal culture, and we note where rules or practices differ between jurisdictions.

Our Six Desks

The Fact Check desk states a claim and its origin, then corrects or contextualizes it using official statements, treaties and archival documents. One example is whether the PYD/YPG is separate from the PKK. Its work on the history of 1915 is built on the archives, legal criteria and normalization process.

Structured Data and Publishing Principles

This site declares itself in machine-readable form. The About page carries Organization schema identifying the publisher as Regional Order Review (https://regionalorder.com). It links to our publishing principles at /editorial-principles. Articles use Article, FAQPage and SpeakableSpecification markup, with the author shown as the Editorial Team and with publication and update dates.

Key Terms & Related Guides

• Regional order: a framework of rules and shared responsibility among a region's own states, as opposed to arrangements imposed from outside.
• Perspective note: the closing disclosure on every article stating its editorial viewpoint.
• Primary source: a treaty, UN document, official statement or archival record, as opposed to commentary about it.
• Editorial Team byline: our only authorship label; we use no personas.

To see the approach in practice, read Türkiye's defense industry and its roughly 80% domestic production rate or What Is the Seville Map?. For UN reform, read The World Is Bigger Than Five.

Perspective Note

Regional Order Review presents global affairs with a dedicated perspective from Türkiye. Sections marked "Türkiye's Position" reflect official Turkish policy as stated by Turkish government sources.