User:Kiwee 09/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
History of the Republic of Turkey

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article to briefly have an overview of the history of Turkey. This article was for me an oportunity to refresh my knowledge on the topic and learn some new informations. I specifically chose this article to see if there was any gap in the explanation of the concept of 'Ottomanism'. Additionally, I wanted to see if there was any possible link between the page that I want to edit and this one.

Regarding the size of the article and how detailled each section is, my expectation were high on the type of informations delivered. By the title, and before reading the entire, I expected a very large cover of the history with the main parts much more detailled.

Evaluate the article

 * Leading section

The leading section does not respect the criterion defined in the Help Box. No presentation of the main sections was expressed. The paragraph appeared as too concise to give the reader a certain overview of the topic. It rather explains informations that can be classified in the "Background" section.


 * Content

Overall, the article gave a good overview of the topic. The chronology add a very interesting path to the reader and help understand the major historical points. However, several change could be make. The Backgrounfd section could be further detailed with an emphasis in the period from its creation to 1839. The 'Chronology of Major Kemalist Reforms' could have been detailed in a paragraph form rather than a simple bullet point form. The choice of this form could be seen by the reader as a way to simplify certain points that are major in the history of the creation of the Republic following the dismantle process of the Ottoman Empire. The following sections are well-balanced and the content proposed is relevant. The emphasis on the Kurdish population relation with Turkey constitute an additional and necessary point regarding the political history of the country.

In general, the article is not up-to-date since it ends with an information from July 2022. It is important to mention several informations such as earthquakes that occured since February 2023 or more recently, the 2023 Turkish general elections.


 * Tone and balance

The tone of this article follows the neutral tone necessary in the conceptualization rules. The emphasis on the Kurdish population relation with Turkey constitute an additional and necessary point regarding the political history of the country.


 * Sources and referencing

Most of the sources are up-to-date which is here from 2000 onwards. The main facts are backed up by secondary sources which create a very broad and rich bibliography. Adding to this bibliography, the 'Further reading' section help the reader to open its vision on turkish politics and understand the debate around the status of Turkey as a Republic. Sources provided seems to cover the litterature around the topic and notably the variety of providers (academic paper, news articles, books). However, a certain part of the sources provided is not tied with a link (from 10. to 19. for example).


 * Organization and writing quality

The article is concised and goes in a brief overview of the history. The sections really separate the informations in the relevant period, following a chronological order. However, some sentences could appear as too long and can be reduce in order to create shorter paragraphs.


 * Images and Media

All images repect the copyright policy of Wikipedia (either considered as part of Public Domain or under a Creative Common 3 regulation that allow a free use if credit is given to the original author. In that case, this picture was reviewed by Wikipedia in 2017). However, the quality of the images don't provide a good illustration of the historical events. Additional pictures (if relevant) could have been attached to certain major topic such as the Constitution or pictures of the referundum.


 * Talk-Page discussion

This article is part of several Wikiprojects all C-class rated: WikiProject Turkey, WikiProject History, and WikiProject European history). A summary of this article can be found in the article Turkey. Most of the on-going conversations are following the relevance of this article and most particularly its nomination. An archive was created to References previous discussion. Additionally, conversations around the lack of references and the use of unrelevant sources were mentionned in the Talk-page discussion of the article.