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Follow the power map. Preserve the evidence.

DictatorsNetwork is a working public memory and accountability project. It tracks dictators, regime machinery, and the collaborators who provide money, propaganda, legal cover, technology, logistics, or sanctions-evasion support.

Every record is published with sources, dates, relationships, and legal status. No claim is published without evidence; private-life data, harassment, and doxxing are outside the project.

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Purpose: Build an archiveable, reviewable, and correctable public record against impunity.

Open Scope

PHASE 1

Turkey Starting scope

Political decision-makers, courts, media, capital networks, and security structures.
Azerbaijan Starting scope

Regime-linked actors, asset networks, lobbying channels, and repression mechanisms.
Turkmenistan Starting scope

State companies, security structures, international intermediaries, and asset channels.

Evidence Statuses

CLARITY

Reported - stated by credible sources
Alleged - claimed, not established in court
Sanctioned - listed by an official authority
Convicted - confirmed by a court decision

Featured hub

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Leader profile used as a context node for source-linked records around Turkey-era power, procurement, media, security, and international facilitation networks.

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Editorial rule

Claims stay attributed

The index distinguishes public-interest allegations, official findings, sanctions, and convictions. No dossier entry is treated as proven without a matching source status.

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Help wanted

Source queue is open

Court files, sanctions notices, archived reporting, corporate records, and public procurement material can be converted into structured records.

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Turkey desk · Featured context hub

Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the enabling network around authoritarian power.

The Erdogan node is treated as a map anchor, not as a shortcut for unsourced accusations. Each future entry should show who acted, what role is alleged or established, when it happened, which source supports it, and whether the status is reported, alleged, sanctioned, or convicted.

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NODE Context hub

COUNTRY Turkey

RULE No source, no claim

Erdogan Network Map

WORKING LANES

Political command layer

Context

Presidency, AKP leadership, appointed ministers, advisors, and public officials. Roles must be dated and connected to public records.

Security and judiciary apparatus

Research

Police, intelligence, prosecutors, courts, prison administration, and emergency-rule mechanisms named in sourced cases or official records.

Capital and procurement circle

Research

Public tenders, public banks, construction consortia, holding companies, and intermediaries appearing in records or credible reporting.

Media and propaganda ecosystem

Research

State media, aligned broadcasters, newspapers, advertising channels, PR contractors, and online influence operations documented by sources.

International facilitators

Research

Lobbyists, law firms, financial intermediaries, diaspora organizations, and sanctions-evasion related entities when supported by records.

Erdogan Research Queue

SOURCE FIRST

Chronology of executive-power expansion and emergency-rule decisions.
Source-linked map of public procurement, construction, and public-bank relationships.
Timeline of press-freedom cases, media ownership changes, and propaganda channels.
Case index for torture, enforced disappearance, prison abuse, and protest-policing allegations.
International lobbying, reputation management, and sanctions-evasion reporting queue.
Right-of-reply log for individuals and organizations named in future dossiers.

Activity Feed

NOW

Queued

Build Erdogan-era network lanes with source requirements before publishing claims.

Drafting

Convert the starter Erdogan page into a context hub with roles, timelines, and source-linked claims.

Needed

Collect archived source URLs for court records, sanctions notices, procurement files, and investigative reporting.

Policy

Exclude private personal data and harassment-focused details from every dossier.

What We Document

DOSSIER FIELD

People and organizations

Regime leaders, public officials, oligarchs, companies, foundations, media outlets, intermediaries, and affiliated institutions.

Crime and abuse allegations

Corruption, torture, enforced disappearance, censorship, election manipulation, sanctions evasion, and other public-interest allegations.

Money and relationship networks

Asset transfers, tenders, partnerships, lobbying contacts, propaganda channels, technology supply, and logistics support.

Source-linked timelines

Each allegation is tracked with date, source, parties, legal status, and a visible update note where needed.

Publication Method

NO SOURCE, NO CLAIM

The project separates known facts from unproven allegations. Entries are written with attribution: "According to..." or "the indictment states..." Definitive language is used only when supported by official records, sanctions decisions, or court judgments.

Collect sources

Prepare court records, official sanctions lists, audit reports, archived reporting, or primary documents.

Classify the claim

Write the entry under a clear status: reported, alleged, sanctioned, or convicted.

Map the network

Connect people, organizations, countries, money flows, roles, and timelines inside the same dossier.

Publish and correct

Published records are updated with new sources; disputes and corrections remain visible.

Call for Contributions

PUBLIC MEMORY

A useful contribution is more than a name. The record serves the public interest when sources, dates, context, relationships, and legal status are prepared together.

Research contributions

Prepare source lists, event timelines, related entities, and concise claim summaries.

Witness or survivor information

Do not share private addresses, phone numbers, family details, or identity documents without consent; anonymize when safety is at risk.

Data and technical support

Help with archiving, source verification, relationship mapping, data cleanup, and safer publication workflows.

Open Tasks

NOW

Turn the Erdogan profile into a context hub with dated network lanes.
Create profile stubs for public officials, companies, media actors, and intermediaries only after sources are ready.
Match sanctions lists, court decisions, and procurement records with archived source URLs.
Complete source, date, role, and legal-status fields for each allegation.
Prepare a publishable format for right-of-reply and correction requests.

Safety: Sensitive material is reviewed for personal data, source safety, and legal risk before publication.

Corrections and Right of Reply

ACCOUNTABILITY

If a record is inaccurate, incomplete, or missing context, a correction request should include a clear explanation and source material. Corrections, retractions, and responses from the person or representative concerned are published with dates.

Private personal data and harassment-focused information are not published.
Claims without sources do not enter profile dossiers.
Meaningful post-publication changes remain visible with short notes.
Official decisions, sanctions lists, and court records are treated as priority sources.