Read on blog or Reader Shinjinee Majumder posted: "A video of a tractor purportedly used by farmers in the ongoing protest in Delhi is viral on social media. "The so-called farmers making unrealistic demands from the GoI seem fully prepared as if gearing up for a war against the state", wrote a verified u" Alt News Read on blog or Reader Farmers' protest: Fortified tractor video is from Turkey, shared falsely Shinjinee Majumder 16th February A video of a tractor purportedly used by farmers in the ongoing protest in Delhi is viral on social media. "The so-called farmers making unrealistic demands from the GoI seem fully prepared as if gearing up for a war against the state", wrote a verified user 'BALA' (@erbmjha). (Archive) The so-called farmers making unrealistic demands from the GoI seem fully prepared, as if gearing up for a war against the state. These purportedly poor farmers can afford to modify their tractors but also demand pensions and other stuff from the GoI. It's evident that this… pic.twitter.com/FNypPnIVSH — BALA (@erbmjha) February 13, 2024 Another verified user, @raviagrawal3, also tweeted the video and asked "Are you coming to protest or to wage War?" (Archive) Alerts🚨 Bharat🇮🇳 Are you coming to protest or to wage War....? Is he a farmer or a terrorist...? pic.twitter.com/cH19vjJZfz — Izlamic Terrorist (@raviagrawal3) February 12, 2024 Several other users tweeted the same video and linked it with the ongoing protests. (Archives- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) This slideshow requires JavaScript. Fact Check We found a tweet by user @DearthOfSid clarifying that the video was from Turkey. Moreover, the brand of the tractor that is seen in the video is Hattat, which is a Turkey-based organisation operating in the areas of automotive and construction machinery industry. Upon a reverse image search of the viral video, we found an Instagram video uploaded by user cengizler_tarim_55. The caption, when translated to English, reads, "Original video and owner is mine😄". The video had been uploaded to Instagram on January 31.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by @cengizler_tarim_55 In the Instagram video which is of a higher quality, we can decipher the words Çelik Akü written on a board, opposite to the tractor. This slideshow requires JavaScript. We found that Çelik Akü is a Turkey-based vehicle maintenance centre. Hence, a video of a tractor shot at a vehicle maintenance centre in Turkey is viral on social media as scenes from the farmers' protest in Delhi.

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