Disinformation adds dark note to pivotal Turkish election
A clip lasting 14 seconds is presented by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as proof that his rival in Sunday’s (14 May) election was running “hand in hand” with outlawed Kurdish militants.
Aired at a huge rally and beamed live on TV, the video showed opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu trying to rally his supporters to the tune of his campaign song.
In the next sequence, members of Turkey’s banned PKK group echoed that call while clapping their hands to the beat of Kılıçdaroğlu’s election jingle.
Erdoğan, gençlik buluşması programında, mitinginde de gösterdiği Kılıçdaroğlu’nun arkasına PKK yöneticisinin montaj yapıldığı videoyu gerçekmiş gibi anlattı.
