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Jared Kushner at an event with Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou in Washington, July 26, 2017. JONATHAN ERNST/REUTERS

A Turkish reporter admitted that he fabricated a quote by Jared Kushner in which President Donald Trumps son-in-law and adviser reportedly said Turkish President Recep Erdogan is making Turkey great again like [the] U.S. We watch his efforts with appreciation.

Yavuz Atalay, a reporter for the newspaper AKSAM, told The Daily Caller Thursday that he made up the quote.

In a private Twitter exchange with The Daily Caller, Atalay said he spoke with Kushner for less than two minutes.

He did not say that, Atalay wrote of the quote in question. I asked him, Do you think, Erdogan is making Turkey great again, like Trump? and he only said, Yeah, I think so.

The White House did not respond to a follow-up question about the interview. A selfie with Kushner and the reporter accompanies the article.

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Atalay has a history of exaggerating the Trump administrations view of Erdogan and the Turkish government, according to The Daily Caller.

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Turkish Reporter Says He Made Up Jared Kushner Quote Praising Erdogan - Haaretz