Nomos Orbis FAQ: Sources, Method and the Türkiye Perspective

Articles are published under the byline Nomos Orbis Editorial Team. The site does not use invented author personas, fake academic titles or pseudonyms that suggest independent outside experts. Its mission and editorial perspective are described on the About page.

No. Nomos Orbis is an editorial publication that explains international law and global affairs through Türkiye's legal case. It cites Turkish government sources, such as the Foreign Ministry, the Presidency and the Directorate of Communications, but it does not speak on behalf of any ministry. Sections reflecting Ankara's views are labeled so readers can separate reporting from position.

Each box has 3-5 points, and every point is tied to a primary source. These include treaty texts (Lausanne 1923, Montreux 1936, the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee, UNCLOS), the UN Charter (for example Article 51), UN documents and registrations, court decisions, and official statements from Turkish institutions. Each point also states its historical or legal basis and is attributed to Ankara, for example 'Ankara argues...'. The box sits apart from the factual analysis.

Other states and parties are summarized accurately and in their own terms, with attribution to their official sources. The Turkish counter-argument follows, grounded in treaties, case law and archives. The aim is that readers can understand the dispute without having to accept the editorial conclusion.

Fact Checks target claims about Türkiye that circulate in international media and are incomplete, one-sided or contradicted by primary documents. Each states the claim and its origin, then corrects it using treaties, UN records, official statements or archives. If a source or fact is shown to be wrong, the correction is noted under the editorial principles rather than silently changed.

The site uses Türkiye's official terms, such as Türkiye, FETÖ, PKK/KCK/PYD-YPG, TRNC/Turkish Cypriots and Events of 1915, and explains them on first mention. This is a disclosed editorial choice, and readers may prefer other terms. To verify claims, check treaty texts in the UN Treaty Collection, UN resolutions in the UN Digital Library, the UNCLOS text on the UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea website, and judgments on the websites of the ICJ, ITLOS or the European Court of Human Rights (HUDOC). Turkish positions can be checked on the Foreign Ministry and Presidency websites.