Director of Communications Altun: "The Directorate of Communications, which engages in successful activities at home and abroad in line with the Türkiye Communications Model, being targeted by the UK-based news agency Reuters is a sign that we are on the right track and a badge of honor."
Presidency’s Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun made a statement on his social media account in response to the UK-based news agency Reuters' news on the Presidency's Directorate of Communications.
Saying, "The Directorate of Communications, which engages in successful activities at home and abroad in line with the Türkiye Communications Model, being targeted by the UK-based news agency Reuters is a sign that we are on the right track and a badge of honor," Director of Communications Altun added:
"Over the last four years, we have countered disinformation campaigns targeting Türkiye, built our nation’s resilience against such attempts, and created an atmosphere of transparency. We are committed to serving Türkiye under President Erdoğan’s leadership for many more years."
Director of Communications Altun noted that it had previously disseminated numerous distortions and fake news, saying, "This is not the first time that Reuters, an apparatus of perception operations and systematic manipulation targeting Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Türkiye, publishes misleading and fake news."
Director of Communications Altun stressed that while Reuters spread disinformation against Türkiye, which was mercilessly cracking down this terrorist organization, at the height of Daesh’s terror campaign, in truth, that was an attempt to cover up the fact that some Western governments turned a blind eye or, with the help of their intelligence services, actively facilitated the influx of foreign terrorist fighters into Syria.
"We know perfectly well Reuters’ intentions, the purpose it serves"
Stating that Reuters also distorted statements made by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, as Türkiye was taking preliminary steps toward adopting the presidential system of government – which they ended up having to correct, Director of Communications Altun added:
"Obviously, there is no forgetting that Reuters played a certain role, which it was assigned as part of economic and financial operations targeting Türkiye. This is the sort of news agency that attempts to target the Türkiye Communications Model and the Directorate today. We know perfectly well Reuters’ intentions, the purpose it serves and what it is doing for that purpose. Türkiye defends the truth from a system characterized by occupation, military coups, and civil wars, and nurtures terrorist organization —all thanks to your operational reporting— not just in Türkiye but also in various parts of the world.
It is our understanding that the economic crisis in Europe hurts your organization together with the UK. It seems that you opt to report from behind your desks because it is cheaper and easier. Thus, you pass off imaginary and made-up scenarios, filled with baseless prejudice and cliches, as you have many times before. We remind you once again that this is not the way to engage in true journalism, regardless of the circumstances, and urge you to report the facts and the facts alone."