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Eitan Fischberger@EFischberger · Apr 26, 2026

Clash Report, the Turkish psyop that half of political Twitter treats as gospel, had 49,200 followers within 20 hours…

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A Turkish disinformation account called Clash Report gained 49,200 followers within 24 hours of its first tweet on February 28, 2020, coinciding with Turkey's military operation in Syria. The rapid follower growth indicates bot activity, likely through purchased followers or coordinated networks, yet Western journalists routinely cite it as a credible OSINT source.

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  1. #1

    Clash Report, the Turkish psyop that half of political Twitter treats as gospel, had 49,200 followers within 20 hours of its very first tweet. The account — a major source of disinformation and bogus conspiracy theories — is botted as hell. And I can prove it 🧵

  2. #2

    The account was created in May 2015 but was completely dark. Its first tweet only went up on February 28, 2020 — the night Turkey launched Operation Spring Shield, its massive drone assault on Syrian regime forces in Idlib. Convenient timing, I'd say 🤔

  3. #3

    Less than 24 hours after that first tweet, the Wayback Machine's archived snapshot of the profile shows 49.2K followers. See for yourselves here: web.archive.org/web/2020022911…

  4. #4

    Here's the timestamp of the archived post: Feb. 29, 2020 at 11:50:35 UTC. You don't get 50,000 followers on your first day by accident. You get them by buying them, inheriting them from a prior operation, or having a coordinated network load them in. There is no fourth option

  5. #5

    Every Western journalist who cites Clash Report as an OSINT source should be asking how an account with zero prior posts had 50,000 followers on day one. But they won't. So I will. Stay tuned for more about Clash Report in the coming days. It gets REALLY wild.

  6. #6

    Hilarious development

    Eitan Fischberger@EFischberger · Apr 28, 2026

    Feeling the heat from my recent exposé about its use of bots, Clash Report moved to get ahead of the story and revealed its Chief E̶d̶i̶t̶o̶r̶ propagandist, a Turk named Kamer Kurunç. Kamer tweets from @kamerknc. Stay tuned for more Clash Report fun, coming soon

  7. #7

    Clash Report, unmasked.

    Eitan Fischberger@EFischberger · May 2, 2026

    My biggest investigation ever: Clash Report — the conspiracy-peddling account that half of X treats as gospel — is a Turkish influence operation, disguised as breaking news and tied to Erdoğan's family. The operators didn't put their names on the door. So I did it for them.