Pentagon-signed terror tweets...

Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter, continues to decipher the dirty work of the old administration. According to the documents, the Pentagon asked Twitter to protect some of its social media accounts where it conducts psychological warfare and perception management in the Middle East. It turned out that Twitter also whitelisted these accounts and gave them a blue tick feature.

The latest documents published by journalist Lee Fang are also of interest to us. Because the end of the issue extends to the accounts that support the PKK. Yeni Şafak was the only newspaper that noticed this detail in the Turkish media yesterday. The news was published on the main page with the headline “Twitter also supported the PKK”.

New documents to be published in the future may demonstrate the Pentagon's support for the PKK on Twitter with concrete examples. I will go to 2016 and try to shed light on how these accounts are used against Türkiye's fight against terrorism.

The year 2016 saw the start of the Euphrates Shield operation. The green light was signaled to eliminate the terrorist threat of Daesh. Since the operation was carried out against Daesh, contact with Washington was established and operational cooperation was established. Meanwhile, the U.S. was talking to Türkiye. Meanwhile, the terrorist organization carried out covert activities to protect the PKK's gains in Syria.

It will be seen in retrospect. Washington's aim was to maintain a dialogue with Türkiye, while at the same time slowing down the Turkish operation, allowing the terrorist organization PKK to enter Al-Bab instead of the Turkish Army. Washington did not want Al-Bab to fall under Turkish control and for the terror corridor to be split in two.

In those days, Ankara's expectation from the United States was to support its fight against terrorism. Air support was expected, for example. The United States first agreed to provide air support to the Mehmetçi, and then changed its mind with the concern that "our planes might come face to face with the Russians". The U.S. was saying that it could provide combat drone support to the operation. However, the witnesses of that period remember that he changed his mind once more and only agreed to provide UAV and intelligence support.

The oddities did not end there. The U.S. military was trying to mislead the FSA through its internal elements. This meant undermining the Turkish operation. It was also a big question mark whether the U.S. drones operating in the operation area shared the data they obtained with Türkiye. It was a topic that was talked about backstage at that time when all these events cracked the stone of patience and Ankara did not allow U.S. UAVs and special forces to enter the operation area.

The Turkish Army successfully carried out the Al-Bab operation and single-handedly cleared the region from Daesh terrorists. Later, the PKK-controlled areas were also entered. A new operation is now underway.

Let me tell you the latest situation regarding the new operation to be carried out in northern Syria. American and Russian forces are operating in the areas under the control of the PKK terrorist organization. This is why negotiations are held with two actors. It was reported that if the two capitals do not move away from the Turkish border, an operation will be carried out against terrorist elements. The message “You clean it or we will clean it” was given strongly. By announcing the news that it had launched a joint operation against the terrorist organization and Daesh the previous day, the U.S. revealed that it will continue to provide an umbrella of protection to PKK terrorists.

Türkiye's expectation from the Russians is the immediate evacuation of Tel Rifat. Because the terrorist organization coordinates the attacks on two regions - the Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch regions - over Tal Rifat. Negotiations have not yet been concluded. If Ankara's expectations are not met, the green light will be signaled to remove the terrorist organization from the Turkish border.

Flashback to 2016. Because at that time, there were also events related to social media applications. US special forces activated their social media accounts to prevent Türkiye's operation against Daesh. At that time, from these accounts with different identities, content full of disinformation was published that would make the Mehmetçi fail, disturb the Turkish society, and therefore put pressure on the government.

These accounts, signed by the Pentagon, disguised as terrorism, were sharing posts exaggerating the so-called power of Daesh, and circulating rumors that the Turkish Army was hiding their losses. The task of the accounts that support the PKK was to make these contents a trending topic. Despite Ankara's warnings in those days, these messages were persistently circulated. Maybe Elon Musk will reveal new documents about what happened at that time. We would learn more.