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  • 2020-12-02 (xsd:date)
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  • This photo shows Turkish President Erdogan carrying his relative’s coffin (en)
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  • A photo has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook alongside a claim it shows the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan carrying a coffin containing the body of a mosque leader in Istanbul, alongside a cleaner from the same mosque. The claim is false; the photo shows Erdogan carrying his relative’s coffin. The photo was published on Facebook on November 15, 2020, here , where it has been shared nearly 400 times. The captions, translated from Malaysian to English, read: GOD has willed Exemplary & Best PM ? A Leader With the People’s Soul President Recip Tayyip Erdogan PM Erdogan Who Also Carried The Coffin of [Containing] The Body of The Muezzin of The Istanbul Mosque. Next to Him, In Yellow Shirt, is a Cleaner at The Same Mosque. GOD IS THE GREATEST May GOD Bless Him PM Erdogan O GOD, Grant Us Leaders Like Him ? Screenshot of the misleading Facebook post, taken on November 30, 2020 A muezzin is an Islamic religious official who proclaims the call to prayer. The photo has been shared nearly 500 times after it appeared with a similar claim on Facebook here , here and here . The earliest example of the similar claim that AFP found was published here in a 2018 Facebook post in Arabic. The claim is false. A keyword search on Google found the image was published here on the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey website along with other photos. The caption states they show the Turkish president participating in the funeral of his brother-in law’s mother, Zumriye Ilgen, in September 2016. The article’s headline reads: President Erdoğan Attends Zümriye İlgen’s Funeral. The standfirst and first two paragraphs read: President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended his brother-in-law’s mother Zümriye İlgen’s funeral prayer in Balıkesir’s district of Erdek. President Erdoğan, who went from Istanbul to Erdek by helicopter to attend the funeral, was welcomed in the district by Governor of Balıkesir Ersin Yazıcı and other officials. Visiting İlgen family’s house to extend his condolences, President Erdoğan proceeded to Erdek Hacı Ömer Mosque to perform Friday prayer and attend the funeral. There was no mention of the identity of the man in the yellow shirt. The photo album contains various other pictures of the funeral procession. Below is a screenshot of the announcement on the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey website: Screenshot of the announcement on the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey website This report from Anadolu Agency , Turkey’s state-run news agency, states that Zumriye Ilgen was Ziya Ilgen’s 89-year-old mother. Ziya Ilgen is married to President Erdogan’s sister Vesile Ilgen. Below is a screenshot comparison of the picture in the misleading post (L) and the original picture on the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey website (R): Screenshot comparison of the misleading post (L) and the original picture on the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey website (R) Have you seen content that you would like AFP Malaysia to verify? Contact us E-mail (en)
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