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Pages examining claims published on news sites and in newspapers by going back to their source.

The "He Defended the Abuse at the Ensar Foundation" Claim

The headline gave the impression that the abuse was being defended; in the full speech the words were "the person who committed that crime must be given the necessary punishment". The newspaper later changed the headline.

Distorted

The "They Held a Secret Tarawih Prayer in the Mosque" Claim

At that time both the mosque and its courtyard were closed, and no one went inside. There is no prayer performed in secret in an enclosed place; there is a prayer that was prevented in the street.

Unfounded

The "He Used the Friday Prayer Objection as a Political Tool" Claim

The objection is jurisprudential from the outset: an obligatory prayer that can be performed with precautions in place is not given up. The measures he proposed are the same as those applied when the mosques opened on 29 May 2020.

Distorted

The "He Brought the People Out onto the Streets and Disturbed Public Order" Claim

People gathered not for the tarawih prayer, but for their friends who had been beaten and taken into custody. During the wait, which lasted until nine in the morning, not a single disturbance occurred.

Unfounded

The Claim That He Opposed the Coronavirus Measures

He said "I am not against the measures, but I am against their being exaggerated"; on masks, distance and hand-washing he said he would follow the experts. His objection was not to the measure but to a distinction that distance could not explain.

Distorted

The "Alparslan Kuytul Organised the Incident" Claim

At the time of the incident he was at an iftar meal at another end of Adana; he did not know of the decision of those who went to the park, and came to the scene only after he heard of the detentions.

Unfounded

The "They Attacked the Police" Claim

Those taken into custody obtained reports from forensic medicine and from the hospital, and the footage shows people handcuffed behind the back being struck. On the other side there is no such record.

Unfounded

The "He Did Not Take the Epidemic Seriously and Spread a Conspiracy Theory" Claim

It is true that he found the measures exaggerated, and we are not hiding it. But he never denied the existence of the virus, called no one to abandon precautions, and made no claim to expertise.

Partly true

The "They Prayed with Zero Distance Between Them" Claim

In the report's own footage there is about one and a half metres between the rows. What is more, the prayer shown on the screen is not the tarawih but the dawn prayer performed the following morning.

Unfounded

The Claim That He Said "Taking Precautions Is a Betrayal of Islam"

The sentence the reports placed in quotation marks does not appear in his talks. In the same address he says that he will comply with the distance rule, and he advises exchanging Eid greetings without contact.

Distorted

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