Unverified article republished
The information portal "Mejdani.com" yesterday (August 26) published an article claiming that the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, had a tense phone call with the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić.
This article also claims that Erdogan allegedly told Vučić that "there will be no tolerance if Kosovo is violated," but without confirming such a thing.
“Mejdani.com” refers to the information portal “Kosovapost.com”, which posted the news on August 2, referring to the information portal “Tesheshi.com”, which posted the article on the same day. (see here, and here)
Despite research through digital search engines, hibrid.info has not been able to confirm this claim raised. 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 aforementioned media. (see here)
Link to the article published by the medium "Mejdani.com":
Parts of the article published on "Mejdani.com":
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a tense phone conversation with his Serbian counterpart Vučić, reminding the latter that he must change his approach towards Kosovo, as he told him, "There will be no concessions or tolerance if Kosovo is violated," Kosova Post reports.
Further in this article, it is claimed that this information came from confidential sources, which say that the Turkish president's language was sharp, advising, but mostly warning Vučić, not to continue with threats or romanticizing Kosovo, making it clear to the Serbian president that; "There will be no concessions or tolerance if Kosovo is violated."
The author, based on what he refers to as credible sources, claims that the President of Turkey has warned the President of Serbia that it must change its approach towards Kosovo. The article is based on a credible source, without clarifying the institution or country (state/city) from which this source of information comes.
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.
There is no announcement from the Turkish Presidency (here) about any possible telephone conversation between the two presidents, the Turkish and Serbian.
Also, this news, because it does not appear on the official channels of the Republic of Turkey and in the main media there, is considered unverified.
Analyze:
The Albanian-language information portal "Mejdani.com" has published a news story claiming that the President of Turkey has warned the President of Serbia, Vučić, regarding the recent developments in northern Kosovo.
The claims of a telephone conversation between the President of Turkey, Erdogan, and the President of Serbia, Vučić, regarding the recent developments in northern Kosovo are not confirmed. Likewise, the claim of warning statements by President Erdogan to President Vučić, except in the media covered, does not appear on the official channels of the Republic of Turkey and the central media there.
After fact-checking based on the work methodology, 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.