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Claim: Antalya hosts only 55 Russian tourists

2 years 9 months ago

On 29 February 2016, Hurriyet Daily news, the oldest English-language daily in Turkey, published a news story about Russian tourist arrivals in Turkey and relayed the claim of Recep Yavuz, the head of the Antalya Urban Council Tourism Work Group

Claim: Turkish government misinforms people

2 years 9 months ago

On 17 February 2016 RIA Novosti, a Russian state-operated news agency, published an interview with Murat Karayilan one of the co-founders of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party), a militant group listed as a terrorist organization by Turke

Claim: Turkey purchasing DAESH-produced oil

2 years 10 months ago

On 7 February 2016, Iran’s state-owned English language broadcaster Press TV relayed allegations made by Russia’s Defense Ministry that Turkey is purchasing oil from the DAESH terrorist group at the end of an article about Turkey’s refug

Claim: Turkey violated international law by downing Russian plane

2 years 11 months ago

In her article published on 25 November 2015, Al Arabiya’s Maria Dubovikova claimed that Turkey violated international law by shooting down a Russian SU-24 aircraft on its border with Syria the day earlier.