Emphasising how Reuters seemed to be shifting away from the facts, Altun noted: "Reuters seems to shift away from the facts and instead employ a biased perspective about what has happened to ‘modern secular traditions’ in Türkiye during President Erdoğan's rule. These statements would only make sense on a propaganda leaflet. This is not journalism.

A media outlet should ask their journalists on the ground about the facts before deciding what has happened and using it as a guideline for news. Better for Reuters to juxtapose these sentences with their commitment to the principles of journalism: ‘independence, integrity, and freedom from bias.’” (ILKHA)