The information portal "Kosovapost.net" published an article yesterday (November 15) claiming that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Serbia not to "play with fire."
The published news carries the title "Erdogan, Vucic 'don't play with fire'", which states that the Turkish president, in a speech in northeastern Turkey, broadcast live on television, "warned his Serbian counterpart, Aleksandar Vucic, not to play with fire".
However, despite research through digital search engines, hibrid.info has not been able to confirm this claim. Consequently, from this research, no credible and serious publication from official Turkish media sources has been found that bears any resemblance to this claim made by the medium "kosovapost.net".
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Parts of the article published on "Kosovapost.net":
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Serbia not to "play with fire," Kosova Post reports.
These statements from the Turkish president come after Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić met today with a close associate of Chechen leader Ramazan Kadyrov.
Erdogan made the comments in a speech in northeastern Turkey, broadcast live on television.
The author, based on what he refers to as a live television broadcast, claims that the Turkish president has warned the Serbian president not to play with fire. The article is based on a speech by Erdogan in what is said to be northeastern Turkey that was broadcast on television, but without mentioning the location or the name of the television channel.
On the official website of the President of Turkey, the above-mentioned claim does not appear among the speeches made. (here)
Furthermore, Hibrid.info has not found any credible official or public information that confirms the claim of this type of "warning" made by the President of Turkey to the President of Serbia.
This news, because it does not appear on official channels and in the main media there, is considered unverified.
Analyze:
The Albanian-language news portal "kosovapost.net" has published a story claiming that the president of Turkey has warned the president of Serbia, Vučić, telling him not to play with fire.
The article is based on a speech by Erdogan in, reportedly, northeastern Turkey, broadcast on television without mentioning the location or the name of the television channel.
Based on the research conducted, Hibrid.info has not found any credible official or public information that confirms the claim of this type of “warning” made by the President of Turkey to that of Serbia. Therefore, hibrid.info rates this article as “Unverified Content”.
Reasoning:
"Unverified" are classified as those media reports that do not provide sufficient information to confirm the claims made in the report, and which have not been able to confirm the same due to the lack or non-possession of reliable sources.