Fuat Avni was an anonymous Twitter phenomenon, mostly known for tweets and leaks concerning the Justice and Development Party. The account tweeted its first tweet on 18 February 2014, and as of March 2021 it had 2.0 million followers.
As of May 2016, it is unknown who they are. Different people have occasionally claimed to be them, however none of these claims were proven.
On 20 July 2016, computer engineer Akif Mustafa KoçyiÃÂit was arrested in ðstanbul with other 9 engineers within the scope of 2016 purges following the coup d'état attempt. They were charged for providing information to Fuat Avni. On 24 July, Muhammed Sait KuloÃÂlu and Yetkin Yñldñz were also arrested.
It claimed to provide information from undisclosed government talks concerning the 2013 corruption scandal, irregularities during elections, secret operations with the government and Cemaat. The account generally referred to Recep Tayyip ErdoÃÂan as "BB" (Turkish for PM), "Tiran" (tyrant), "Baà Âçalan" (a pun on PM, meaning Prime Thief), "Yezid" (Yazid I, the second Umayyad Caliph, known as a tyrant by some scholars), "Faà Âist" (fascist) or Narsist (narcissist). They used Bediüzzaman's iconic "Korkma, titre" phrase ("Don't be afraid, shiver") occasionally.
Some of their claims had been realized a few days or week later.
Due to legal actions, the account name has changed twice.