Fake Turkish government advert urges Indian tourists to ignore boycott
The false announcement comes amid a real call to boycott among Indians to boycott Turkey, following tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad.
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The false announcement comes amid a real call to boycott among Indians to boycott Turkey, following tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad.
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00:00Fake Turkish government advert urges Indian tourists to ignore boycott.
00:07A sham announcement from the Turkish government is circulating online,
00:11urging Indian tourists to refrain from cancelling or postponing their trips
00:15amid New Delhi's hostilities with Pakistan.
00:18The announcement says that the vast majority of Turkish people
00:21are unaware of the conflict between India and Pakistan,
00:24that Indians are still warmly welcome,
00:26and that they'll still be safe throughout their stay in Turkey.
00:29It's been shared on social media against the backdrop of a Turkish boycott in India,
00:34which includes calls to boycott travel to Turkey
00:36and the severing of ties with Turkish businesses and universities
00:40after Ankara was quick to back Islamabad in the conflict.
00:43Various Indian media outlets even picked up the supposed government statement
00:47and reported on it as if it were authentic.
00:49It's also made its way to the Greek side of X,
00:52with some claiming that it shows the Turkish tourism industry is panicking
00:55and that holidaymakers should consider travelling instead to Greece,
00:59which they say is a more stalwart ally of India.
01:02However, several clues show that the announcement is fake,
01:05beginning with the fact that it's supposedly been shared by the Department of Tourism.
01:09No such department exists.
01:11Its real name is the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
01:14A subtle difference, but any official government announcement would get that right.
01:18If we take a look at the list of recent official press releases
01:21by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, we see that no such announcement exists.
01:26Additionally, the supposed announcement looks nothing like any of the authentic statements put out recently,
01:31and no reputable Turkish news organisation appears to have reported on it.
01:35Euroverify reached out to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism,
01:38but didn't receive a response as of the time of recording.
01:41Nevertheless, the Indian boycott against Turkey is very much real,
01:45following reports that Pakistan used Turkish drones against India.
01:49Indian travel sites say that cancellations have shot up over the past week,
01:53with some even discouraging travel to Turkey.