social media slander

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Pages addressing slanders produced and spread on social media and the responses to them.

Was the file filled with evidence, or with slander?

The Furkan Movement's statement on the 2026 operation: when the searches produced no element of a crime, the file was, it says, filled with the statements of people whose hostility to the movement is known and with claims already refuted in court.

The claim that the case file contains a FETÖ contact list

According to a claim circulated on 22 August 2026, the investigation file contains a table showing the FETÖ/PDY contacts of the movement's leadership. Two days later one of the lawyers on the case reported that he had shown the post to the prosecutor handling the file in person, and that the prosecutor said "there is definitely no list of this kind in our file".

Unverifiable

Attributing the Claim to the "Hatay Police"

The name of an institution was written at the end of the post. There is no statement published to that effect; naming an institution does not mean that the institution gave the information.

Unverifiable

The "They Are Going to Attack Alevi Neighbourhoods" Claim

What is at hand is not an event that happened, but an event said to be going to happen. In the 22 years from 1994 to 2016 there is not a single violent incident the foundation was involved in.

Unfounded

The claim that Furkan volunteers blocked the path of a man conducting an interview

A member of the public who objected to a man harassing Furkan volunteers, presented as someone who "blocked his path".

Distorted

Was the file filled with evidence, or with slander?

The claim that the case file contains a FETÖ contact list

Attributing the Claim to the "Hatay Police"

The "They Are Going to Attack Alevi Neighbourhoods" Claim

The claim that Furkan volunteers blocked the path of a man conducting an interview

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