Fact-Checking Türkiye

Fact-Checking Türkiye monitors the factual accuracy of various news and statements about Turkey.

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The YPG/PKK continues its smear campaign against Turkey’s #OperationPeaceSpring in Syria. Here are some examples on how the terror group uses fake images for propaganda:

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⚠️So-called #CatastrophedeSmyrne

🇫🇷French AFP (@AFP) defines the Turkish War of Independence as a massacre!

❌FALSE: "The massacre of hundreds of thousands of Greeks expelled from Türkiye."

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https://t.co/9D1YeVrLuk

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❌False claims by 🇫🇷French President Macron who tries to get rid of his colonial past by accusing 🇹🇷Türkiye!

🚫Macron’s extremely unfortunate remarks on Türkiye are excessively partisan and misleading.

🎬Source: @trtworld

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❌False: Turkish pop star #Gülşen was arrested over a joke about Turkish religious schools.

✅FACT: She was arrested not because of her comments, jokes or quips about the schools, but only for insulting and defaming graduates from the schools, which have more than 610k students.

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❌False Claim: 🇹🇷Türkiye received a 25% discount in grain prices from 🇺🇦Ukraine!

✅UN: “We did much research, as much research as possible, and we can tell you that there was no discount built into the Black Sea Grain Initiative agreement that was signed in #Istanbul.”

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@NBCInvestigates @ckubeNBC ❌NBC Investigations (@NBCInvestigates) intentionally twisting the news!

✅So-called commander is a member of YPG/PKK/SDF and PKK is listed as a terror organization by the European Union and the United States!

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❌NBC Investigations (@NBCInvestigates) intentionally twisting the news!

✅So-called commander is a member of YPG/PKK/SDF and PKK is listed as a terror organization by the European Union and the United States!

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❌The New York Times article is excessively partisan, biased and misleading.

📌The US is supporting Türkiye's enemy PKK/YPG and Turkish President Erdogan only endeavours to discover a solution to prevent terrorism.
https://t.co/V14zzfaOhn

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@Reuters ❌Reuters’s news report has several factual mistakes!

✅Turkish Army has never caused civilian deaths.

✅Türkiye is against all kinds of attacks targeting civilians.

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❌Reuters’s news report has several factual mistakes!

✅Turkish Army has never caused civilian deaths.

✅Türkiye is against all kinds of attacks targeting civilians.

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❌FALSE CLAIM by THE TIMES (@thetimes)

✅FACT: Türkiye, which has hosted the largest number of refugees in the world for 8 years, cannot bear any more burden upon the request of third countries.

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❌🇬🇷Greece's baseless allegations of 'constant aggressive behaviour' on the part of 🇹🇷Türkiye.

✅HERE ARE THE FACTS!

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❌False: Türkiye was complicit in the genocide against Yazidis and didn't prevent the killings in Syria and Iraq.

✅Fact: Turkey has opened its doors and become a safe haven for millions of Syrians and Yazidis, as well as providing protection to the people of the region.

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❌False statement from 🇩🇪German Foreign Ministry: Aggressive rhetoric and 🇹🇷#Türkiye's violation of 🇬🇷#Greek airspace cause concern.

✅Fact: Türkiye does not violate anyone's rights and laws, but neither does it allow the violation of its own rights and laws!

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❌Türkiye rejected "biased and unrealistic assessments" from the 🇪🇺European Parliament with a "shallow and visionless approach" in its 2021 report on the country.

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https://t.co/Q3ke0S4gAc

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⚠️Greece maintains its “unlawful stance” that it can expand its territorial waters in the Aegean Sea beyond six nautical miles, which is against the vital interest of Türkiye.

❌It is unacceptable that Germany participates in a smear campaign conducted by Greece against Türkiye.

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📢The Turkish Foreign Ministry strongly condemned and rejected #Germany’s “baseless” statements against Türkiye.

❌Greece is the only country in the world which claims more airspace than its territorial waters.

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⚠️As a matter of fact, 🇬🇷Greece is arming the islands close to Türkiye, a move which is in contradiction with the 1923 Lausanne and 1947 Paris peace treaties.

🇹🇷Türkiye expects 🇩🇪Germany to invite Greece to act in accordance with international agreements.

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4⃣So far, Sweden has failed to justify their support for the #YPG.

❌They have resorted to weak reasoning that the YPG is a ‘different’ entity that has no relations with the #PKK.

✅The links between the YPG and the PKK are well established and even accepted by US officials.

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1⃣Although the Sweden Government listed #PKK as a terrorist organisation, as @AnnLinde underlined, 🇸🇪Sweden continues to harbour, support and finance the PKK's Syrian branch #YPG.

⚠️Sweden has contributed at least $376 million to the YPG/PKK and hosted official representatives.

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3⃣The #PKK terror group uses AT4 rockets, produced by #Sweden, in attacks on the Turkish army!

⚠️The rockets have been extensively used by the PKK (not only by #YPG) in its numerous attacks on Turkish forces, both within and beyond the country’s borders.