The Disinformation Bulletin, dated October 20, 2023, prepared by the Center for Countering Disinformation of our Directorate with the theme "Palestine Exclusive", was released. In the bulletin titled "Palestine", which describes unrealistic posts and manipulation attempts regarding Israel's attacks on Palestine, posts about the shooting of the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in the Al-Zeytoun District of Gaza were included. The bulletin stated that the claim that "“Hamas, not Israel, carried out the attack", which was raised on some social media accounts, is not true and added: ''The al-Zaytoun neighbourhood in the north of Gaza is an area where hundreds of civilians have been...
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The Presidency's Director of Communications, Fahrettin Altun, sent a video message to the "Siraj al-din Urmawi Symposium" organised under the auspices of our Presidency and with the support of Hacı Bayram Veli University and Konya Metropolitan Municipality. Prior to the symposium, a prayer service was held at Musalla Cemetery, where Siraj al-din Urmawi, who is regarded as the founder of Turkish-Islamic thought in the 13th century, is buried. Then, the message of the Presidency's Director of Communications, Fahrettin Altun, was delivered at the symposium at the Mevlana Cultural Centre. In his message, Altun stated that he believes that this event...
The video shared by Israel on its official state account on social media with the caption "For those of you still questioning what happened last night at the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza, we have receipts" contains manipulation. The Hamas rocket trail is clearly visible in the dark. These trails facilitate the determination of the rockets' launch site and trajectory. The hospital is attacked immediately following a flare in the upper left corner that has nothing to do with rockets fired from Gaza. Based on the video shared by Israel's official state account, it was determined that the location indicated...
On the 20th anniversary of Alija Izetbegović's passing, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan commemorated the first President of Bosnia and Herzegovina by sharing a social media post. In the post, President Erdoğan said, "I commemorate Alija Izetbegović on the anniversary of his passing, the first President of the friendly and brotherly country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with longing and compassion, who held Bosnia and the entire Islamic world near to his heart, who was a wise leader with his nobility, courage, and stance, and an exceptional person of heart." President Erdoğan also included a photograph of Izetbegović...
In the post shared on his social media account, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that the Extraordinary Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held in Jeddah concretely demonstrated the determination of the Islamic world in the face of Israel's increasing oppression, its solidarity with the Palestinian people and its support for the Palestinian cause. In his post, President Erdoğan evaluated the meeting in Jeddah, the attacks on Gaza and the steps taken by Türkiye to resolve the crisis with its assistance. "I appreciate the Extraordinary Meeting of the Executive Committee of...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been conducting telephone diplomacy with world leaders in an effort to end the Israel-Palestine conflict and establish peace in the region. During the previous day's telephone conversation between President Erdoğan and President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran, the two leaders discussed the Israel-Palestine conflict, the mounting tension in the region and the steps that should be taken for the resolution. During the call, President Erdoğan emphasised that the immediate termination of the conflicts is important in the name of regional and global peace and that Türkiye exerts intensive efforts in order for...
Presidency's Director of Communications, Fahrettin Altun, shared a post on his social media account regarding Israel's hospital strike in Gaza. Director of Communications Altun stated that the justified outrage sparked by Israel's latest massacre in Gaza was shared by Türkiye, along with the rest of the world. Director of Communications Altun noted: "It is of the utmost importance that our citizens express their opinions about Israel within the framework of democratic rights and liberties and that they assist our security forces in their efforts to maintain public order. Our duty today is to be the voice...
The claim shared by some social media accounts that "Documents from Al Jazeera's live broadcast show that rockets were fired at Israel and one of the rockets failed and landed on a hospital" is false. The news article cited as the basis for the allegation mentions Israel's bombardment of Gaza. The news article has no relevance to the claims. Immediately after Israel's bombing of the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in GazaHananya Naftali, the former digital media officer of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shared a post announcing that "the Israeli Air Force has hit a hospital in Gaza". It was...
The al-Zaytoun neighbourhood in the north of Gaza is an area where hundreds of civilians have been killed in days of intense Israeli bombardment. Examining the footage of the bombing of al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza's al-Zaytoun neighbourhood, it becomes obvious that the ammunition that had the effect of destroying the area was not the type that Hamas had previously employed. The claim that "Hamas, not Israel, carried out the attack" on the hospital is false. It was found that the images shared by Israeli propaganda accounts claiming that a "Hamas missile hit the hospital" were from 2022. In a recent...