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THREAD: Top slanders and lies by western media against #AKP Government of #Turkey started after 2009 Erdogans one minute speach. (Before Davos 2009 Erdogan was rarely present in western Media):
1. Turkey supports ISIS?! Acutally Turkey was one of the first countries to bomb ISIS in January 2014 when ISIS attacked turkish backed FSA Rebells in Syria. ISIS wasnt western media famous at that time. Nor did the western media care when ISIS overtook mayor FSA positions.
ISIS actually called for all its followers to kill Erdogan on their official webside and started attacks against Turkish Personal inside Turkey since March 2014 https://www.crisisgroup.org/timeline-isis-attacks-turkey-and-corresponding-court-cases
Turkey also even supported Kurds in north #Iraq against ISIS with Weapons and training of Peshmerga Forces, confirm by the Leader of Kurds in North Iraq Barzani himself. https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/barzani-says-turkey-sent-arms-to-krg-pyd-members-treated-in-turkey--72924
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Chief of Staff Fuad Hussein also confirmed the Weapons and training Kurds in North Iraq got from Turkey to fight #ISIS https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-sends-arms-to-iraqi-kurds-arbil-official-74784
Who still dosnt belive it, here is the then minister-president of Turkey Davutoglu visiting the training of Peshmerga Forces by TSK
Even euronews reported in 2016 how TSK forces are supporting Kurds in North Iraq in their fight against ISIS
Turkey also before 2014 backed Syrian Rebells against ISIS elements inside Syria with weapons and artillery fire specialy around the city of Azaz. http://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/turkey-expands-campaign-against-isis-and-pkk
EU Parlament itself confirmed that it has no evidence that Turkey ever supported ISIS, the question was debated in the EU Parlament after Can DĂĽndars report on turkish intelligence smuggling Weapons to Syrian Rebells. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-8-2015-009186-ASW_EN.html
2. Turkey bought oil from ISIS?! A slander which was popular in Russia after the 2015 incident, and which was promoted by PKK Media, later picked up by western media and which is still belivied by many until today.
Russia even said that they can proof that Turkey buys oil from ISIS, only later to refuse to proof it. https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/671894857485422592
Later Kurds in North Iraq confirmed that its their oil which is Turkey buying and not ISIS. (Russia claimed kurdish oil tankers as ISIS) https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/4684-kurds-deny-russian-proof-of-turkish-is-oil-smuggling-turkey-alleges-russian-links-to-is-oil
Turkey even worked hard to stop illegal ISIS oil smuggling and trade https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-turkey-syria-islamic-state-oil-trade/27405175.html
3. Turkey is doing a genocide against THE KURDS!? Another popular claim made by the PKK for dacades and picked up by western media (after 2009) who still refuses to separate a whole ethnic group from the PKK/PYD.
The claims of genocide against "Kurds" where made popular after the Sige of Sur in 2016 and UN reports on that fighting which actually never had any investigations inside Turkey on that matter.
Reality is that even kurdish media itself reported that Turkey planed to rebuild the city (which is done by now) and offered the citizens even housing elsewhere in Turkey if they rejected the rebuilding plan. https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/turkey/11062016
Turkey later invested heavy to rebuild historical kurdish buildings destroyed by the PKK. Which is ironic because most of these historical buildings where a mirror of kurdish islamic culture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=6K_394j3kLw&feature=emb_logo
The most ridiculous claim is that Turkey is doing a genocide of Kurds in Syria. While in reality Istanbul alone has more Kurds then whole of Syria, with a population of up to 4 million inside the city. This is the largest Kurdish population in the world. https://www.institutkurde.org/en/info/the-kurdish-population-1232551004
The ruling #AKP party of President #Erdogan was founded by Turks and Kurds. Kurdish founding members of the AKP are Hasan CĂĽneyd Zapsu (advisor to Erdogan), Ali Ihsan Arslan (MP of AKP and advisor to Erdogan), Abdulkadir Aksu (former Interior Minister and AKP MP)
Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat ( MP), other non founding members with notable positions inside the AKP are Mehmet Metiner (advisor to Erdogan and MP of AKP), Mehmet Mehdi Eker (deputy chairman of AKP, 13 years minister of food), Bekir Bozdag (minister of justice, deputy PM of AKP)
Mehmet Simsek (deputy chairman, deputy prime minister of AKP), Muhsin Kizilkaya (advisor to Erdogan, MP), Huseyin Celik (advisor to Erdogan, minister of education). 40% of all #AKP Members of Parlament are Kurds, with that AKP has the most Kurds inside the turkish parlament.
