About Recorridor: Mission, Perspective and Editorial Team
About Recorridor, a Türkiye perspective publication explaining corridors, straits, borders and sea lanes in plain English, with sourced official positions.
Why It Matters
Recorridor (recorridor.com) is an English-language analysis publication about the places where Europe, Asia, the Black Sea, the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East meet: straits, pipelines, rail lines, borders and sea lanes. It exists to explain these developments in plain language and to present Türkiye's official doctrines, legal theses and historical and archival positions to international readers, drawing on primary sources. It is open about its perspective, so readers always know what is analysis and what is official policy.
Who We Are and Why We Exist
Recorridor is a publication built around one idea: Türkiye sits on a crossroads, and many of the debates that affect trade, energy and security run through it. Our home page maps that crossroads. Our guides cover practical questions such as how Türkiye's straits, rail lines and ports connect Europe and Asia and what the Middle Corridor is.
We also exist because Türkiye's legal arguments, treaty references and archival positions are often summarized thinly, or not at all, in international coverage. Our aim is to set them out clearly, with documents, so readers can judge them against other accounts.
Our Transparency Policy
- Publisher: Recorridor, at https://recorridor.com.
- Authorship: Articles are published under the byline Recorridor Editorial Team. We do not create author personas, fabricate academic titles or use pseudonyms that suggest independence we do not claim.
- Perspective Note: Every piece ends with this statement: 'Recorridor presents global and regional affairs with a dedicated perspective from Türkiye. Sections marked 'Türkiye's Position' reflect official Turkish policy and legal doctrines as stated by Turkish primary sources.'
- Accuracy: We do not invent quotes, figures, dates or URLs. If a detail cannot be verified, we leave it out.
The full method is on the Editorial Principles page, and short answers about sourcing are in the Recorridor FAQ.
How the 'Türkiye's Position' Box Works
The 'Türkiye's Position' box is a labeled, visually separate section in which official Turkish policy is stated as policy, not as our own finding. It keeps the rest of the article neutral.
- Placement: Background, chronology and data come first, in neutral prose. Ankara's assessments appear only in the box, with attribution such as 'Ankara argues...' or 'According to the Turkish Foreign Ministry...'.
- Length: Three to five bullet points in plain language.
- Sources: Each point is tied to a primary source. These include the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Presidency, the Directorate of Communications, the Ministry of National Defence, resolutions of the Grand National Assembly (TBMM), Türkiye's statements at the UN, and treaty texts.
- Legal and historical basis: The box explains the grounds on which the position rests, for example the 1923 Lausanne Treaty, the 1936 Montreux Convention, the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee, Article 51 of the UN Charter, or the equity principle in maritime delimitation.
Other parties are summarized from their own official sources in a separate 'Key Players & Positions' section. We try not to caricature any side. Readers should be able to see why each government holds its view.
The Six Desks
| Desk | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Crossroads Dossiers | Eastern Mediterranean and Blue Homeland, Cyprus, the South Caucasus |
| Security & Defense Review | Counter-terrorism, border security, Türkiye's defense industry |
| History, Law & Memory | The Events of 1915, Lausanne, Kars, Montreux, archives |
| Corridors, Energy & Climate | Hydrocarbons, grain routes, the Middle Corridor, COP31 |
| Global Governance & Diplomacy | UN reform, NATO, humanitarian diplomacy |
| Fact Check | Claims in international media checked against primary documents |
Examples include Sea Lanes and Seabed Lines, Energy Corridors Through Türkiye and The Southern Frontier Corridor.
Who We Write For
Our readers are international relations researchers, diplomats, journalists, policymakers, students and anyone following regional politics in English. We assume no single home country. Where rules differ by country, such as sanctions, shipping or border regimes, we say so. We use metric units with imperial equivalents where useful and ISO dates.
Official Terminology We Use
We use the terms Türkiye's government uses and explain them on first mention, so readers can follow the debate in the sources.
| Term | Short explanation |
|---|---|
| Türkiye | The official name of the Republic of Türkiye |
| FETÖ | The Fetullahist Terrorist Organization, which Ankara holds responsible for the 15 July 2016 coup attempt |
| PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG | The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Türkiye, the United States, NATO and the European Union. Ankara regards the PYD/YPG as its Syrian branch, a view that some other governments do not share |
| TRNC / Turkish Cypriots | The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, recognized only by Türkiye, and the Turkish Cypriot community |
| Events of 1915 | Türkiye's term for the wartime relocation and its consequences. Other governments and many scholars use the word 'genocide' |
| Blue Homeland (Mavi Vatan) | Türkiye's maritime jurisdiction doctrine for the Black Sea, Aegean and Mediterranean |
Where another state or body uses different terms, we note this and attribute it.
Corrections Policy
When we find an error of fact, we correct it in the article, mark the correction visibly with its date and do not silently rewrite the text. Readers can flag problems through the contact channels listed on the site. Opinions held by other governments are not 'errors', but if we misstate someone's position we will fix it.
Organization Schema and Publishing Principles
For search engines and AI answer engines, the site declares itself with structured data:
- Type: Organization
- Name: Recorridor
- URL: https://recorridor.com
- publishingPrinciples: https://recorridor.com/editorial-principles
Articles carry Article, FAQPage and SpeakableSpecification markup, with 'Recorridor Editorial Team' as author and complete publication and update dates.
How to Read Recorridor Alongside Other Sources
We recommend comparing us with other outlets. Our fact-checks aim to put a claim next to the primary document it concerns, and partner publications run similar checks, for example Monitor of Nations, Crossroads Review and Regional Order. One of our own is Fact Check: Does Türkiye Block Undersea Cables and Pipelines in the Eastern Mediterranean?.
Key Terms & Related Guides
- Primary source: an original document or official statement, such as a treaty text, a ministry statement or a UN submission.
- Perspective Note: the closing disclosure on every article.
- Related guides: Freedom of Passage Under Montreux, the Development Road Project and reading the 'around 80% domestic' defense claim.
Recorridor presents global and regional affairs with a dedicated perspective from Türkiye. Sections marked 'Türkiye's Position' reflect official Turkish policy and legal doctrines as stated by Turkish primary sources.
Recorridor Editorial Team
Frequently asked questions
What is Recorridor?
Recorridor (recorridor.com) is an English-language publication that explains regional and global developments around corridors, straits, borders and sea lanes. It also presents Türkiye's official doctrines, legal theses and archival positions to international readers, based on primary sources.
Who writes Recorridor articles?
Articles are signed 'Recorridor Editorial Team'. The site does not use invented author personas, fake academic titles or pseudonyms.
What does the 'Türkiye's Position' box mean?
It is a labeled section stating official Turkish policy in three to five points, each tied to a primary source such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Presidency, a treaty text or a UN statement. It keeps official positions separate from the neutral background and analysis elsewhere in the article.
Is Recorridor independent of Türkiye's perspective?
No, and it says so. Every article ends with a perspective note stating that Recorridor presents affairs with a dedicated perspective from Türkiye. Readers are encouraged to compare it with other sources.
How does Recorridor handle mistakes?
Factual errors are corrected in the article with a visible, dated note. If the site misrepresents another party's position, it will fix that too. The full process is described on the Editorial Principles page.
Related guides
- Fact Check: Does Türkiye Block Undersea Cables and Pipelines in the Eastern Mediterranean?Does Türkiye block undersea cable and pipeline projects in the Eastern Mediterranean? A fact check of UNCLOS Articles 79 and 58 and the official positions.
- The Crossroads Guide: How Türkiye's Straits, Rail Lines and Ports Connect Europe and AsiaMap the Türkiye geopolitical crossroads Europe Asia routes: the Straits, rail links, Middle Corridor, ports and Gulf axes, with each actor's stated interests.
- Energy Corridors Through Türkiye: Pipelines, Gas Hubs and the Eastern Mediterranean QuestionHow oil and gas cross Türkiye: pipelines, the gas hub concept and the Eastern Mediterranean dispute over offshore hydrocarbons, with sources from all sides.
- Crossing the Green Line: What Cyprus's Buffer Zone and Checkpoints Reveal About the Settlement DebateCyprus Green Line buffer zone crossing points explained: how the UN buffer zone works, key dates from 1963 to 2024, and each side's position.
- Freedom of Passage Under Montreux: How Merchant Ships Transit the Istanbul and Çanakkale StraitsThe Montreux Convention gives merchant ships transit through the Turkish Straits in peacetime. See the rules on notification, pilotage, safety and congestion.
- Reopening the Kars–Gyumri Line? What Türkiye–Armenia Normalization Could Mean for Caucasus TransitCould the Kars–Gyumri railway reopen? Explore the closed Türkiye–Armenia border, the 1921 Kars Treaty, the 2022 talks and what transit steps are realistic.
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