Common Questions

What is Anadolu Agency?

Turkey's state-run news agency, founded in 1920, covering Middle East and Central Asia diplomacy.Source: event

Is Anadolu Agency state-owned?

Yes, it is Turkey's official state-run wire service.Source: event

Why does Anadolu Agency appear in Iran war coverage?

It has relayed sourcing from Pakistani officials on prospective US-Iran Doha talks and from Russian sources on Ukraine diplomacy.Source: event

Background

Anadolu Agency is Turkey's state-run news agency, founded in 1920 and one of the country's principal wire services, publishing across the Middle East, Central Asia and Europe.

It has relayed diplomatic sourcing across several Lowdown topics rather than confining itself to one story: Pakistani government sources on prospective US-Iran talks in Doha , and Russian confirmation of Istanbul as the venue for a stalled US-Russia-Ukraine trilateral. Its state ownership means Turkish government positioning can inform, without necessarily determining, what it reports on regional diplomacy.

How the World Sees Them

Kuwait

repeated heinous Iranian aggressions

Leave our region if you want to be safe.

Russia

Iran's ability to disrupt the Strait of Hormuz is equivalent to possession of a nuclear weapon

United States

a day of very good meetings

Iran

on the wrong side of history

International Atomic Energy Agency

not observed or confirmed any direct attack

Iran / Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf

the era of bullying and extortion is over, we don't fold