Turkey’s Directorate of Communications accused NCS International on Saturday of utilizing a “misleading and reductive” map and editorial framing in protection about Kurdish teams within the region, saying the broadcaster’s visuals distorted the social cloth of Turkey and risked fueling pressure.
In a public statement, the directorate mentioned a map proven in NCS content material depicting “Kurdish-inhabited areas” stretching across elements of Turkey and neighboring international locations wrongly simplified the region and conflated Kurdish residents with political or militant actors. It mentioned Turkey’s 86 million residents, no matter identification or ethnic background, are an integral a part of the republic and warned towards portrayals that, in its view, undermine nationwide unity.
The assertion appeared to discuss with NCS protection of the rising battle involving Iran, Iraq and neighboring states. In a March 6 broadcast NCS mentioned Iranian Kurdish opposition camps in Iraq, doable cross-border exercise into western Iran and hypothesis about army motion alongside the Iran-Iraq border.
Everyone is watching to see whether or not Kurdish fighters will launch a floor offensive into western Iran.
So, who’re the Kurds?
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— NCS (@NCS) March 6, 2026
The similar program additionally referred to experiences that US officers had been involved with Kurdish leaders, although the White House denied experiences that Washington had agreed to arm Kurdish forces for an operation in Iran.
Turkey’s assertion mentioned the language and visuals utilized by NCS created “an artificial geopolitical interpretation” that didn’t mirror realities on the bottom. It known as on worldwide media organizations to point out larger accuracy, context and editorial duty when overlaying delicate regional points and mentioned NCS ought to keep away from comparable maps in future broadcasts and digital content material.
A associated Reuters report printed this week mentioned some Iranian Kurdish factions based mostly in Iraqi Kurdistan had sought US help, together with doable Central Intelligence Agency help in acquiring weapons, though no last US determination had been made. Kurdish Iranian dissident teams denied plans for an imminent assault on Saturday however mentioned they might participate in a US-led invasion if one occurred.