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Speaking about the “Enough” campaign on social media, Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın has said, “We believe that our nation will say ‘Carry on’ to us. What really matters is the decision of our nation.”

BBC Reality Check has investigated Presidential Spokesperson Kalın’s statement that "More than 700 attacks have been launched from the Afrin area against Turkish cities”; it concluded by checking different sources including AA and DHA that the figure is 15.

Responding to Presidential Spokesperson Kalın’s statements about Manbij, US State Department Spokesperson Nauert has said, “That’s funny, because no agreement has been reached”.

Speaking at the weekly press briefing, Pentagon Spokesperson Manning has stated that the US forces will not withdraw from Manbij. In his interview to Al Jazeera, Presidential Spokesperson Kalın has said that an agreement has been reached.

İbrahim Kalın has stated that as one of three guarantor states, Turkey’s messages are conveyed to Damascus indirectly but not direct dialogue exists between the two regimes and added: “contact can be made to solve certain problems”.

Prime Minister of Israel Netanyahu has responded to Erdoğan: "I am not used to receiving lectures about morality from a leader who bombs Kurdish villagers in his native Turkey, who jails journalists, who helps Iran get around international sanctions”.

Stating that trial of Sarraf is “political”, Government Spokesperson Kalın has said, “We are dependent on outside energy. We had to do this business with Iran during these sanctions. Our banks and minister of economy got involved in it”.

Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın has stated that the Jarablus Operation is carried out in order to clean Turkey’s borders from all “terrorist” elements such as ISIS and YPG.

Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın has commented on the interview KCK Co-Chair Cemil Bayık gave to BBC as “indirect support for terror”.

Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın has stated; “We would like to note that phantasies such as self-governance and canton administration find no correspondence in societies functioning in democratic maturity”.