Is Turkey being snowed by flurry of fake defense news?
Turkey's news media have been overloaded with exaggerated and at times improbable defense industry and security reports serving as political propaganda for the government.
As the United States is plagued by a politically motivated "fake news" epidemic, it seems there's been an outbreak in Turkey as well.
Turkey tentatively expects an April vote on a constitutional amendment referendum, and a presidential election is possible at the end of 2017. These two important events will determine Turkey's political climate. Hence, the media that support President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are desperate to produce reports highlighting Turkey's unstoppable rise.
