Turkish presidency releases Disinformation Bulletin for December 19th-25th
The Disinformation Bulletin for December 19-25, prepared by the Turkish Presidency’s Directorate of Communications, was released on Tuesday.
The bulletin included such headlines as “The surname of the perpetrator of the racist attack in Paris is Mehmet”, “Halk TV was sentenced for 'praising terrorism with mimics'“, “Four-fifths of direct investments in Türkiye consist of real estate investments.”
Concerning the news reports claiming that “the surname of the perpetrator of the racist attack in Paris is Mehmet”, the bulletin noted that French authorities identified the perpetrator as William M., a 69-year-old French national, and he was apprehended.
The bulletin reminded readers that, following the French authorities' statement, some social media accounts clouded the issue and claimed that William's surname was “Mehmet” and that he was of Turkish origin; the bulletin stated that the claim in question was false.
The bulletin stated that the claim made by RTÜK Member İlhan Taşçı and covered by some media outlets that “RTÜK sentenced Halk TV for 'praising terrorism with mimics'“ was false. The bulletin included the following statement: “According to the expert report, the sentence was imposed for Ayşenur Arslan's statements to justify the terrorist organization PKK's attack in Karkamış. The Supreme Council determined that the program portrayed terrorist organizations as powerful or righteous.”
The bulletin also noted that the claim about direct investment in Türkiye that was covered by some media outlets that “Real estate accounts for 80 per cent and capital inflow accounts for 20 per cent of direct investment; that is all about it.” was false. It was stated that Türkiye received USD 234.3 billion in direct investments, 27.1% of which were in real estate.
The bulletin included the following statement: “Net direct investment is calculated by subtracting direct investments made in Türkiye (capital inflows) from direct investments made by Türkiye in other countries (capital outflows). Net direct investment was USD 177.4 billion from 2006 to 2022, with real estate accounting for 35.6 per cent, or USD 63.4 billion.” (ILKHA)