Turkish Coast Guard propaganda games, with videos and photos

In a fictional post, but enriched with photos and videos, the Turkish Coast Guard website presents the “evidence” on which Ankara’s new story is based, titled “A total of 231 illegal immigrants were rescued in the area. Lesbos in 7 Different Incidents of Push – Back (Reboot) “.

This “campaign” is not new. They are part of a comprehensive operation aimed at convincing – and pressuring – Europe that there is an “evil” in the Aegean, that is, Greece, and that Turkey is the “good” of the case, fighting to defend immigrants.

Signature Propaganda

According to a Reuters telegram, on Friday (April 2), Greece accused Turkey of trying to provoke it by trying to push ships carrying immigrants into Greek waters, a claim that Ankara vehemently denied.

Immigration Minister Notis Mitarakis said the Greek Coast Guard reported several incidents on Friday, blaming the Turkish Coast Guard and the Turkish navy, which systematically escort ships carrying migrants “to Europe’s borders, in a attempt to provoke “Hellas.

Turkish Deputy Interior Minister Ismail Katakli responded on Twitter, saying that Athens had misrepresented the facts and lied.

Katakli accused Greece of pushing the migrants on Friday, claiming that Turkey had rescued them.

Video released by the Turkish Coast Guard allegedly showed a Greek Coast Guard pushing back a migrant boat.

A detailed “report” and video of the Turkish production can be seen on the Turkish Coast Guard website …

Implementation of specific NGOs

However, according to diplomatic analysts, Turkey’s covert propaganda operation began much earlier. Non-governmental organizations operating in the neighborhood and funded by Ankara function as “propaganda conduits” occasionally broadcasting “complaints” specifically to German media, such as the authoritarian Spiegel, about deportations from Greece and the “rescue of migrants. “from the Turkish coast.

Finally, the Turkish Interior Ministry turned (and) against Frontex (!) Accusing it of serving Greek purposes in the Aegean. A move that shows that Ankara is not only causing tensions by constantly putting pressure on the Greek side, but goes to the extreme of wanting to expel Frontex’s European border security mechanism as a whole from the Eastern Mediterranean.