Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
It was alleged that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that northern Kosovo should belong to Serbia.
Ky claim was published in the form of a TikTok post from the account "pograddeccii". The caption of this post states that Erdogan made this statement for the Serbian television B92.
The truth?
After research conducted by hibrid.info, no statement was found by the Turkish president regarding the issue of northern Kosovo, during his one-day visit to Serbia on October 11.
The photo in this post is also taken from the October 11 meeting between the Turkish and Serbian presidents, Aleksandar Vučić. (see here)
Hibrid.info has researched the website of the Serbian media outlet "B92", and the results do not show such a statement made by Erdogan, as claimed by the aforementioned TikTok account. (see here)
The news in this Serbian media outlet regarding Erdogan's visit to Serbia was mainly about the defense industry and cooperation between these two countries.
Hibrid.info has addressed the content published on TikTok with the reasoning that, as of the writing of this article, it has managed to accumulate over 600 thousand views and over 35 comments. (see here)
Analyze:
The claim that Erdogan has declared that northern Kosovo should belong to Serbia is false.
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, no such statement made by the Turkish president has been found and published.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this content 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.