The hasgtag #helpturkey topped all trending topics within a few hours on last Monday’s night as more than 2.5 million tweets mentioned it. However, almost all Turks were sleeping at the time #helpturkey was beating all other topics.
Mark Owen Jones has analyzed the tag and revealed that it was not an innocent call for help from the world to extinguish wildfires in Turkey. Here is Jones’ concerning thread.
[Thread] 1/ Good evening, afternoon, or morning all! Tonight's thread is on #Turkey, and it will be a big one. Many have commented on the massive hashtag "Help Turkey" that rapidly reached 2.5 million tweets today. Read on for an in depth Twitter analysis > #Disinformation pic.twitter.com/Zs82umJBC6
— Marc Owen Jones (@marcowenjones) August 2, 2021
On the other hand, a participant’s contradictory tweets were conspicuous. The account @_babaremzi_ asked help in one of his tweets. Yet, when he learnt that Qatar is sending civil defense staff to Turkey, he asked why Turkey is asking help from Qatar.
