Training fact-checkers to fight “Fake News”: Workshop Series of Doğruluk Payı
According to a survey by the market research company Ipsos, four out of five Turkish citizens have encountered Fake News at least once. Interestingly, the majority mostly blames the print media for the spread of Fake News and has a relatively high trust in the social media. This is surprising because most Fake News actually originate in the social networks.Since 2014, the organization Doğruluk Payı is fighting Fake News via fact-checking. The focus lies on Turkish news on the economy, politics and social issues. So far, the group has done more than 1.400 fact checks and reached well over four million people in all parts of Turkey.