Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
Through a video, it is being claimed that the military vehicles shown in the video were given to Kosovo as a gift by the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, after the latter's meeting with the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti.
The video was published on June 2 on TikTok by the account named "mesentery".
What is the truth?
After verifying the facts, hibrid.info has managed to confirm that the video footage showing military vehicles has been circulating on the internet since May 17th and was published by an Arabic-language account.
Also, in the last meeting between Kurti and Erdogan held on May 31 in Turkey, it was not reported that Turkey had donated military equipment to Kosovo.
Link to the video material published on TikTok by the "mezatarum" account:
After researching through the automated program "InVID", hibrid.info has managed to find the same video material with the military vehicles. published on May 17th on TikTok. (see here)
The Turkish news agency "Anadolu Agency" in its Albanian language service reported that at the Erdogan-Kurti meeting, the Turkish president stated that Turkey will continue to support Kosovo in every field, especially in the fight against terrorism, and that the beginning of easing tensions between Kosovo and Serbia is welcome. (see here)
While the press release issued by the Government of Kosovo states that this meeting discussed bilateral relations, inter-institutional relations, regional developments and new opportunities for cooperation in the economic and trade fields, as well as those of security and defense. (see here)
So, in no case was it mentioned that any agreement for the supply of military vehicles was concretized in this meeting, as claimed in the video material published on TikTok by the "mazatarum" account.
Analyze:
Through an old video published by an Arabic-language account on TikTok, it was falsely claimed that the military vehicles shown in it were donated to Kosovo by Turkey.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this claim as "Fake News".
Reasoning:
The “Fake News” rating is given to informational content that is entirely fabricated or that contains factually incorrect claims or information. Content that is rated as fake news can be defined as having been created and distributed with the intent to misinform the public, i.e., to present a claim that is completely false as fact.