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The Answer He Gave to the Question "Was the AK Parti a Project?"

In his interview of 10 December 2019 he answered this question with "There is no choice but to say yes"; he set out his reasoning through the examples of Erbakan, Morsi and İncirlik in 2003.

Kuytul's assessment of the downing of the Russian plane

The full text of the talk that was put into circulation in cropped form: the possibility of retaliation, 5.7 billion dollars of exports, dependence on natural gas, NATO's position in December 2015 and the rules of engagement.

The claim about the remark "go ahead and shoot down Russia's plane"

The sentence was uttered before the plane crisis and did not mean "you cannot shoot it down"; in Kuytul's own explanation what is being discussed is not capability but the consequences of shooting it down.

Out of context

The "Pro-Russian" Claim

Three or four seconds were cut out of a long answer; the sentence "we would all fight against Russia together" comes immediately after the point of the cut.

Distorted

The Answer He Gave to the Question "Was the AK Parti a Project?"

Kuytul's assessment of the downing of the Russian plane

The claim about the remark "go ahead and shoot down Russia's plane"

The "Pro-Russian" Claim

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