“Turkey’s President refused to shake hands with France President Macron”
Social media posts
Claim dated 4 Nov 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The image was actually clicked during United Nations General Assembly session in New York back in 2018. Both the leaders, Macron and Erdogan indeed shook hands during their meet at the session. Images showing handshake of these leaders was also shared by official Twitter handle of the Turkey government
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 4 November 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 12 November 2020, 8 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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