Türkiye’s communications director on Monday condemned Reuters for reporting baseless allegations about President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan‘s son, crying foul on the news company spreading disinformation.
Fahrettin Altun known as the allegations in opposition to Bilal Erdoğan baseless, saying that the news company was not even in a position to independently verify whether or not President Erdoğan and his son Bilal had been conscious of or had involvement in in a Swedish agency’s alleged kickback scheme.
“This disinformation product, which blatantly contradicts itself with the following sentences and practically confesses its lack of relevance to the truth, even at the minimal level of adherence to basic journalistic criteria, is the kind that will be taught in journalism lessons,” stated Altun.
Altun quoted the next from the article to show his level: “Ultimately, no kickbacks had been paid, in keeping with the grievance submitted to authorities by a person and reviewed by Reuters. In reality, Dignita Systems AB, the Swedish firm, abruptly deserted the venture late final 12 months, in keeping with two folks acquainted with the matter and firm communications seen by Reuters.
“Reuters was unable to confirm independently whether President Erdoğan and his son Bilal were aware of, or had involvement in Dignita’s alleged kickback scheme,” Altun quoted Reuters as saying, including his remark that the story was “an imaginary scenario.”
Altun additionally emphasised that the article raised questions because it was revealed on the eve of a NATO leaders’ summit in Lithuania within the coming weeks.
“We would like to emphasize very clearly that this tendentious news, directed by Türkiye-opposed lobbies and public authorities to exert pressure on Türkiye, will never harm Türkiye’s principled stance,” he stated.
“We condemn Reuters for serving this false news, which once again proves how important our fight against disinformation is, to the whole world,” Altun added.
The Communications Directorate underneath Altun has made a high-profile push in opposition to disinformation, together with a devoted unit of the directorate and a daily “disinformation bulletin.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr
