TURKEY VOTES: Armenian ancestry weaponized in Turkish political smear campaigns

As Turkey’s presidential election heads to a runoff, slated for Sunday, Aras Publishing House Editor-in-Chief Rober Koptaş joins CivilNet to discuss whether the elections are truly free and fair and explore President Erdoğan’s party’s tactics to influence the results. Koptaş also explains that misinformation and disinformation campaigns have been used to smear candidates. One such tactic is alleging that opponents have Armenian ancestry.

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