Anadolu Agency and Erdoğan's accounts post photo of Tarık Akan instead of Attila İlhan

A photo of Tarık Akan was posted as Attila İlhan from the social media account of AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan yesterday. The post was corrected after the error was noticed. It was observed that the same mistake was made by Anadolu Agency, but no correction was issued.

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In a post shared from the social media account of AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the winners were listed as Emel Sayın for the music award, and Atilla İlhan, Barış Manço, İsmail Hakkı Uzunçarşılı, Muhsin Ertuğrul, and Samiha Ayverdi for the Vefa award.

An error was noticed in the post shared from Erdoğan's account. It was seen that in the shared image, Tarık Akan, who portrayed Attila İlhan, was used instead of Attila İlhan himself.

Upon noticing the error, the post on Erdoğan's account was corrected.


The same mistake was made on the official account of Anadolu Agency. However, it was observed that no correction was made.