It is alleged that Turkey will donate ten Apache combat helicopters to the Kosovo Security Forces.
The alleged information was published via an image yesterday (May 22) on TikTok by the account "kosovounit".
Hibrid.info has addressed and verified the same claim earlier (see here).
From the verified facts, hibrid.info has not found any information published in credible media that claims that Turkey has 10 "Apache" combat helicopters for the KSF.
Link to the image published by the "kosovounit" account on TikTok:
https://www.tiktok.com/@kosovounit/photo/7371881730233453830
The image published on TikTok was taken from a publication dated October 11, 2023, from a Facebook page called "World News" (see here).
Hibrid.info, through the automated program InVID, has found that the combat helicopter featured in this account's post is called "AH-64E Apache Guardian (see here).
Other research regarding this type of combat helicopter shows that it is manufactured by the American company "Boeing".
Information found on the company's website, "Boeing.com," lists the countries that operate this type of combat helicopter. Turkey is not among the countries listed (see here).
Boeing delivered the first AH-64A Apache to the U.S. Army in January 1984. Since then, the U.S. Army and other nations have received more than 2700 AH-64 Apache attack helicopters. Boeing's global customers for the Apache include Egypt, Greece, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, the Netherlands, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.
Analyze:
The claim that Turkey will donate ten Apache combat helicopters to the Kosovo Security Force is not true.
Hibrid.info has found that Turkey does not possess this type of helicopter.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this claim as "Fake News".
Reasoning:
The "Fake News" rating is given to media reports that are entirely the product of a medium that itself contains factually incorrect claims or information.
Content that is considered fake news can be reliably determined to have been created and distributed with the intent to misinform the public, i.e., to present a claim that is completely false as fact.