Turkey using Pakistani terminology on Jammu and Kashmir, anti-India stance revealed

The Turkish media has also started using a new term for Kashmir since Aug 5, the date which observed the first anniversary of Indian government's decision to scrap Article 370 in the region.

It has started using the term “Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK)"--a term that was propped up by Pakistan, reports Zee Media.

On August 4, just a day before the first anniversary of the abrogation of articles 370 and 35-A, Pakistan asked its people to start using the term, the news channel reported.

However, this is not the first time that Turkey has taken the Pakistani side on the nomenclature. Previously, the Turkish media was using the term India Occupied Kashmir (IOK) for  Jammu and Kashmir and later, under Pakistani pressure, it began to use the terms of India Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJK) and Azad Kashmir.

This step was opposed by India and they lodged their opposition with the Turkish national news agency Anadolu Agency, an agency run by the Turkish Government, it said.

"When other Islamic countries refrained from commenting on the issue of abrogation, Turkey came out openly to support Pakistan and oppose India’s move and continues to trouble India on it. It indicates that the division between Islamic countries is further widening up, with most of the countries supporting India’s stand that Jammu and Kashmir is a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan and other international players should refrain from interfering in it,” an Indian Security officer  told Zee Media.