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4 unusual facts about Media censorship and disinformation during 2013 protests in Turkey


Media censorship and disinformation during 2013 protests in Turkey

Yeni Şafak newspaper claimed that Zello application, which was used by protestors to communicate during the protests was served to them by a source in Houston and protestors were taking orders from that source.

November 20: Pro-AKP Takvim newspaper, which made a fake interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour, claimed that seven Turkish Jewish citizens who did their military service in Israel were agents of Mossad and they were the leaders of Gezi protests.

A previous attempt to smuggle protest support into other television shows included Kenan Doğulu taking off his top on a Turkish TV show ("Elidor Miss Turkey", Star TV, 31 May) to reveal an "Occupy Gezi" T-shirt.

Takvim newspaper devoted its front page to a fake "interview" with CNN's Christiane Amanpour, in which Amanpour supposedly confesses that CNN's coverage of the protests was motivated by "the express interest of destabilizing Turkey for international business interests".



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