Abstract
Discussion of Russian disinformation in Türkiye highlights a layered strategy designed to weaken public support for NATO, reframe the Ukraine war as a Western provocation, and erode confidence in Ankara’s alliance commitments. At the same time, European debates show far‑right actors instrumentalizing Christian symbolism and the Christmas message to promote exclusionary “gospels of hate,” redirecting public anger towards migrants, Muslims, and “globalist elites” rather than towards Russian aggression. Together, these informational campaigns seek to delegitimize the very multilateral and legal frameworks that have allowed Türkiye to uphold a stabilizing role in the Black Sea, where what has mattered in practice is not rhetorical confrontation but consistent application of international law—especially Montreux—and Ankara’s restrained guardianship of the Straits. This commentary analyzes how disinformation and value‑politics narratives try to displace a law‑based understanding of Black Sea order with civilizational and identity frames, and argues that Türkiye’s strategic communication should emphasize its legal custodianship of stability rather than mere alliance solidarity. In this sense, Black Sea stability becomes a question not only of maritime power but also of who defines the meaning of security and order.
Keywords:
Russian disinformation in Türkiye; far-right narratives; Christmas ‘gospel of hate’; information warfare; strategic communication; Black Sea stability; Montreux as narrative anchor; value politics
Hasgtags: #BlackSea , #Montreux , #Türkiye, #Disinformation, #InformationWarfare, #ValuePolitics, #LegalOrder, #Guardianship