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Turkey's campaign of disinformation and fake news in the Aegean

Taking a page out of the Russian disinformation playbook, Turkey has stepped up its efforts to spin a new narrative in the Aegean, pushing fake news stories that attempt to portray Athens as the one provoking Ankara. Most recently we saw this with its unfounded allegations - which were denied by the top Greek officials - that the Greek S-300 missile system locked on to Turkish jets, or that Greek jets allegedly harassed Turkish ones on a NATO mission. Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini’s diplomatic and defense editor, joins Thanos Davelis to break down Turkey’s strategy of disinformation and fake news in the Aegean.

You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here: 

Greece denies reports that its S-300s locked on Turkish F-16s

Athens dismisses Erdogan 1922 war comments

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