DISINFO: US intention to put a "second Zelensky" in charge of Turkey revealed
SUMMARY
The US wants to place as the leader of Turkey someone who will play the role of Zelenskyy. Their intention is to do the exact same thing they did in Ukraine so that the person would take part in the West’s fight against Russia.
RESPONSE
There is no evidence which would suggest the United States are planning to influence Turkish presidential election, and the country is one of their NATO allies. The election is to take place on May 14 2023, with the current president Erdogan being challenged by opposition figure Kemal Kilicdaroglu and two other candidates.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy was democratically elected as the president of Ukraine in April 2019 when he beat his opponent Petro Poroshenko.
Pro-Kremlin outlets often use this narrative of different countries being under the American thumb or as so-called 'Western puppets', to imply that their national sovereignty is under threat and that they have limited power.