{"id":283385,"date":"2026-03-06T10:28:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/?p=283385"},"modified":"2026-03-06T10:28:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:28:05","slug":"digital-brotherhood-movement-rocking-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/digital-brotherhood-movement-rocking-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDigital Brotherhood\u201d Movement Rocks Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dilek Bozkurt\/ HALKWEB<\/strong> It all started with the anti-war and principled stance of the Spanish government, especially in the Middle East tensions (Iran and Palestine). Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's peaceful rhetoric and Spain's stance of not backing down despite US pressure was highly appreciated by Turkish users.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Critical Developments that Triggered the Process:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Diplomatic Solidarity: Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares met with Hakan Fidan to express solidarity in the wake of the munitions incursion into Turkish airspace, strengthening ties.<br \/>\nLoyal Friendship: Turkish people launched a wave of \u201cthank yous\u201d on social media, recalling Spain's support during past forest fires and earthquakes.<br \/>\nFrom Politics to Humor: The process that started with serious appreciation got out of control when it was combined with Turkish internet humor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cNo Bald Spaniard Left!\u201d and the Spanish Media<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The peak of the trend was the tweet \u201cThere will be no more bald Spaniards!\u201d shared by a Turkish user, referring to Turkey's world-famous hair transplant success.<br \/>\nThis humorous sharing made so much noise in Spain that it became the subject of the \u2018El Objetivo\u2019 program on Sexta, one of the most watched channels in the country. Showing edited images of legendary footballer Iniesta's hair transplanted in the program brought the digital bond between the two countries to television screens.<\/p>\n<p><strong>International \u201cFriendzone\u201d and Other Fun Moments<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Love and Disappointment: A Turkish teenager's post \u201cWe ate the first friendzone internationally\u201d received thousands of likes after receiving the reply \u201cbuddy\u201d from a Spanish user.<br \/>\nEnrique Iglesias Request: Some users shared their dreams of \u201ckinship\u201d with Spain through the world famous singer Enrique Iglesias, whom they called \u201cmy childhood sweetheart\u201d.<br \/>\nSweet Reproach from Azerbaijan: After Turkey announced Spain as its new \u201csister country\u201d, Azerbaijani users made humorous reproaches by saying, \u201cWhere were we brothers?\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are Visa Exemption Claims Real?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The wind of friendship blew so strongly that unsubstantiated claims began to spread on social media that \u201cSpain has lifted visas for Turkey\u201d.<br \/>\nImportant Note: Spain is a Schengen area country and its visa policies follow the European Union curriculum. Therefore, reports of visa abolition do not reflect the truth. Standard visa procedures still apply for Turkish citizens traveling to Spain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 4: Unofficial \u201cFriendship Day\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users declared March 4, the date when this interaction peaked, as \u201cTurkey-Spain Friendship Day\u201d. While Spaniards shared screenshots of the applications they started learning Turkish in response to this love, this sincerity between the two Mediterranean countries was recorded as one of the best examples of public diplomacy.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dilek Bozkurt\/ HALKWEB \u200b Her \u015fey, \u0130spanya h\u00fck\u00fcmetinin \u00f6zellikle Ortado\u011fu&#8217;daki gerilimlerde (\u0130ran ve Filistin meseleleri) sergiledi\u011fi sava\u015f kar\u015f\u0131t\u0131 ve ilkeli duru\u015fla ba\u015flad\u0131. \u0130spanya Ba\u015fbakan\u0131 Pedro Sanchez\u2019in bar\u0131\u015f\u00e7\u0131l s\u00f6ylemleri ve \u0130spanya&#8217;n\u0131n ABD bask\u0131lar\u0131na ra\u011fmen geri ad\u0131m atmayan tavr\u0131, T\u00fcrk kullan\u0131c\u0131lar taraf\u0131ndan b\u00fcy\u00fck bir takdirle kar\u015f\u0131land\u0131. \u200bS\u00fcreci Tetikleyen Kritik Geli\u015fmeler: \u200bDiplomatik Dayan\u0131\u015fma: \u0130spanya D\u0131\u015fi\u015fleri Bakan\u0131 Jose Manuel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":283386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-283385","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bilgi-eglence"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283385"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283387,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283385\/revisions\/283387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}