Fuat Avni

Fuat Avni
Occupation	Microblogger
Years active	2014–2016
Known for	Claims and predictions about Turkish politics on Twitter

Fuat Avni was an anonymous Twitter phenomenon, mostly known for tweets and leaks concerning the Justice and Development Party. The account tweeted its first tweet on 18 February 2014, ^[1] and as of March 2021 it had 2.0 million followers. ^[2]

Claims on its identity

As of May 2016, it is unknown who they are. Different people have occasionally claimed to be them, however none of these claims were proven. ^{[3] [4]}

On 20 July 2016, computer engineer Akif Mustafa Koçyiğit was arrested in İstanbul with other 9 engineers within the scope of 2016 purges following the coup d'état attempt. They were charged for providing information to Fuat Avni. ^[5] On 24 July, Muhammed Sait Kuloğlu and Yetkin Yıldız were also arrested. ^[6]

Contents of its claims

It claimed to provide information from undisclosed government talks concerning the 2013 corruption scandal, irregularities during elections, secret operations with the government and Cemaat. The account generally referred to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as "BB" (Turkish for PM), "Tiran" (tyrant), "Başçalan" (a pun on PM, meaning Prime Thief), "Yezid" (Yazid I, the second Umayyad Caliph, known as a tyrant by some scholars), "Faşist" (fascist) or Narsist (narcissist). They used Bediüzzaman's iconic "Korkma, titre" phrase ("Don't be afraid, shiver") occasionally.

Important claims

Some of their claims had been realized a few days or week later.

Claim date	Claims	Tweet	State
8 September 2015	Seizing of Kaynak Holding	[7]	On 18 November 2015 Kaynak Holding was seized.
28 August 2015	Seizing of İpek Holding and operations against Doğan Holding	[8]	On 27–28 October 2015 Koza İpek Holding was seized.
24 July 2015	Operations on education facilities claimed to have close ties with the Gülen movement	[9]	Occurred.
19 April 2016	Replacing Davutoğlu with Yıldırım as Prime Minister	[10]	On 5 May 2016, PM Davutoğlu announced his retirement as Prime Minister. Yıldırım became PM on 24 May 2016.
17 July 2016	2016 coup d'état is a self-coup planned by Erdoğan	[11]	The claim was made after the failed coup.

Accounts

Due to legal actions, the account name has changed twice. ^[12]

Date	Account
18 February 2014 – 5 August 2014 (active)	@fuatavni
5 August 2014 – 21 January 2015	@fuatavnifuat
21 January 2015–today (active)	@fuatavni_f

See also

• Pelican files
• Government of Turkey

References

1. İlk tweetinin ekran görüntüsü
2. "Fuat Avni". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
3. Bülent Arınç'a sordu: @fuatavni siz misiniz? Archived June 1, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
4. MİT'in 'Fuat Avni' dediği Emre Uslu'dan salvolar
5. "Başbakanlık'ta 'Fuat Avni' operasyonu" (in Turkish). CNN Türk . Retrieved 20 July 2016.
6. "Fuat Avni soruşturmasında 2 kişi tutuklandı" (in Turkish). CNN Türk . Retrieved 24 July 2016.
7. fuatavni [@fuatavni_f] (September 8, 2015). "6. Yüzlerce polisle, Kaynak Holding'e baskın yapıp yaygara koparılacak. Hazırlık tamamlandı" [6. Hundreds of police will raid Kaynak Holding and make a fuss. Preparation is complete.] (Tweet) (in Turkish). Retrieved 5 December 2022– via Twitter.
8. fuatavni [@fuatavni_f] (August 28, 2015). "12. Medya ayağındaysa Aydın Doğan ve Akın İpek'e operasyonun eli kulağında. Mal varlıklarına el koymayı planlıyorlar" [12. If the media is on its feet, the operation is imminent for Aydın Doğan and Akın İpek. They plan to confiscate their assets.] (Tweet) (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022– via Twitter.
9. fuatavni [@fuatavni_f] (July 24, 2015). "3. Yapılan toplantıda tüm illerde Cemaat'in dershane ve okullarına operasyon yapılmasına karar verildi" [3. At the meeting, it was decided to carry out an operation on the private teaching institutions and schools of the Community in all provinces.] (Tweet) (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022– via Twitter.
10. fuatavni [@fuatavni_f] (April 19, 2016). "2. Soylu, Berat, Abdulhamit Gül, Mustafa Muş, Bozdağ, Ağbal, Binali'nin paralel hükümetinde, Davutoğlu'nu devirme çalışmaları yürütüyorlar" [2. Soylu, Berat, Abdulhamit Gül, Mustafa Muş, Bozdağ, Ağbal are working to overthrow Davutoğlu in the parallel government of Binali.] (Tweet) (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2022– via Twitter.
11. fuatavni [@fuatavni_f] (July 17, 2016). "1. Narsist'in başkanlık uğruna herşeyi yapabileceğini defaatle yazdım. Derinlerle anlaşıp naylon darbe yaptırdı" [1. I have repeatedly written that a narcissist will do anything for the sake of the presidency. He agreed with the deeps and had a nylon blow.] (Tweet) (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022– via Twitter.
12. Fuat Avni, Emre Uslu mu? Archived 2015-09-25 at the Wayback Machine