Turkey has not released any postal stamp of PM Narendra Modi as a mark of gratitude for providing help during the recent earthquake - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
March 10, 2023
A photo is being shared on social media claiming that the Turkish government has released a special postage stamp in their country with the image of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The post states that Turkey issued this stamp as a mark of gratitude for the timely help rendered by India after the recent earthquake. Let’s fact-check this claim through this article.
Claim: Turkey issued a stamp of Indian PM Narendra Modi as a mark of gratitude for the timely help rendered by India after the recent earthquake.
Fact: To mark the G20 Antalya Summit held in Turkey in 2015, Turkish President Erdogan released special edition commemorative postage stamps with portraits of the G20 leaders. Turkey has not just released a postage stamp bearing the image of Narendra Mod but also produced postage stamps of other G20 leaders on this occasion in 2015. Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
A search with relevant keywords for the details of the claim made in the post revealed that several news agencies had published articles in the month of November 2015 reporting that Turkey had released aspecial postal stamp with the image of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. These reports can be found here and here. The news agencies reported that a special postage stamp featuring the image of Narendra Modi was released at the G20 Antalya summit in Turkey on 15 November 2015. The 2.80 Turkish Lira stamp featured Narendra Modi’s image along with the Indian national flag, these reports said. The news agencies also reported that the Turkish government had created special postage stamps with portraits of G20 leaders to mark the G20 Antalya Summit.
A photo of these special postage stamps created by ‘The Turkish Post’ with portraits of G20 leaders was tweeted by the ‘G20 Turkey’ Twitter handle on 18 November 2015. Post stamps with images of other G20 leaders can also be seen in this photo, including a postage stamp with PM Narendra Modi’s image.
More information on these special stamps produced by Turkey during the G20 Antalya Summit can be found here.
To sum up, the Turkish government has not released any postal stamp as a mark of gratitude towards PM Narendra Modi for providing help during the recent earthquake.