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.
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