00:00FAKE TURKISH GOVERNMENT ADVERT URGES INDIAN TOURISTS TO IGNORE BOYCOTT
00:04A SHAM ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT IS CIRCULATING ONLINE
00:11URGING INDIAN TOURISTS TO REFRAIN FROM CANCELLING OR POSPONING THEIR TRIPS
00:15AMID NEW DELI'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 OUTLATES 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
00:56AND THAT HOLIDAY MAKERS SHOULD CONSIDER TRAVELING INSTEAD TO GREECE
00:59WHICH THEY SAY IS A MORE STOLWARD 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 BY THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND TOURISM
01:23WE 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 ORGANIZATION APPEARS TO HAVE REPORTED ON IT
01:35EUROVERIFY REACHED OUT TO THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND TOURISM BUT DIDN'T RECEIVE A RESPONSE AS OF THE TIME OF RECORDING
01:41NEVERTHELESS THE INDIAN BOYCOTT AGAINST TURKEY IS VERY MUCH REAL FOLLOWING REPORTS THAT
01:46PAKISTAN USED TURKISH DRONES AGAINST INDIA INDIAN TRAVEL SITES SAY THE CANCELLATIONS HAVE SHOT
01:52UP OVER THE PAST WEEK WITH SOME EVEN DISCOURAGING TRAVEL TO TURKEY
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