Can Okar reported that three Twitter accounts that had huge followings are actually fictional. They pretend to have the expertise and they claim to have formal credentials but it all seems wrong:
https://twitter.com/inebahti/status/1300173264392773634
https://twitter.com/inebahti/status/1300173264392773634?s=03
Literally this morning I was searching for info about this mysterious Paola v Eulenburg because the account seemed super fake.
Oddly, a graduate from Princeton had no footprint at all. This is an age-old Gülenist tactic so interesting to see it attempted by others. https://t.co/H9XRRhb6xN
— Can Okar (@canokar) August 30, 2020
This account is now private:
https://twitter.com/YorgisAtakis
Thousands of people (including serious academics) are following what seems to be a Turkish nationalist troll account using what seems to be an image of Mexican model Paula Nuñez as their profile photo. pic.twitter.com/B1W2CPZCp9
— Ariz Kader (@KaderAriz) August 30, 2020
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