README.md

---
license: mit
task_categories:
- text-classification
language:
- tr
tags:
- fact-checking
- teyit
- dezenformasyon
- disinformation
- misinformation
- fake-news
- claim
- ifcn
pretty_name: FACTurk
size_categories:
- 10K<n<100K
---

# FACTurk: A New Dataset for Studying the Turkish Fact-checking Ecosystem

This repository includes the dataset and source codes presented in the paper titled *"FACTurk: Insights into the Turkish Fact-Checking Ecosystem via a New Dataset"* accepted for the *Computational Social Sciences Special Session* at [*the 34th Conference on Signal Processing and Communications Applications (SIU 2026)*](https://siu2026.pirireis.edu.tr/en/).

*FACTurk* contains 15,766 fact-checking reports published in 2009-2026 and collected from three IFCN-accredited (Teyit.org, Doğruluk Payı, and Doğrula) and three other (Malumatfuruş, Yalansavar, and Günün Yalanları) Turkish fact-checking organisations. More details are available on the GitHub [page](https://github.com/altuncu/FACTurk)

# Dataset Structure

FACTurk dataset is provided in CSV format, which contains the following columns:

| Field Name | Description |
| -----------|---------------- |
| Row ID | Primary Key |
| Report ID | ID given to each unique report |
| Claim ID (High conf.) | ID given to each unique claim (with 0.95 similarity threshold) |
| Claim ID (Low conf.) | ID given to each unique claim (with 0.88 similarity threshold) |
| Claim | Textual claim being fact-checked |
| Content | *(not published to prevent copyright infringement)* |
| Date published | Date of publication of the report in ISO 8601 format |
| Author | Author(s) of the fact-checking report |
| Organisation | Name of the fact-checking organisation publishing the report |
| Original verdict | Conclusion of the fact-check |
| Title | Heading of the report |
| URL | Online link to the report |
| Normalised rating | One of predefined ratings derived from original verdict |

## Contact

If you have any questions about the dataset and/or source codes, please reach out to the contributor via email: [Enes Altuncu](mailto:enes.altuncu@iuc.edu.tr)

## Citation

Please cite this work as follows if you use FACTurk or the provided source codes in your research:

````
@inproceedings{FACTurk2026,
  title={{FACTurk}: Insights into the Turkish Fact-Checking Ecosystem via a New Dataset},
  authors={Altuncu, Enes},
  year={2026},
  numpages={4},
  doi={},
  booktitle={34th Conference on Signal Processing and Communications Applications (SIU '26)},
  publisher={IEEE},
}
````