The tweet at around 8.30am showed a swastika and then the hashtag #Nazialmanya and #Nazihollanda - meaning Nazi Germany and Nazi Holland in Turkish. The message linked to a video of various clips of Erdogan speaking with upbeat music, and the tweet ended with the words “learn Turkish”. The hack seems to have been possible through the third party app Twitter Counter, which gives users social media analytics. Twitter Counter confirmed in a post that they were aware their service had been hacked and have launched an investigation. There are about 1.4 million eligible Turkish voters in Germany, thus Erdogan's government is eager to tap the diaspora vote in the April 16th referendum.

Source: The Local March 15, 2017 10:16 UTC