Somewhat true. Of course, this is a headline and it is a little exaggerated, however as I said, somewhat true. But I would like to correct something as a Turkish. These places were also called "kiraathane". -hane is "house". Kahvehane means coffee house, kiraathane means kiraat house. The word "kiraat" means "to read".

Therefore people were not only doing conspiracy, they were "learning" at the same time.