The antisemitism record on Turkey includes:
- A Turkish nominee for a top Constitutional Court called for the destruction of Israel
- In 2017, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was enraged over a Kurdish referendum on independence from Iraq. He blamed “the Jew” for it, and threatened war.
- In 2018, the Turkish daily newspaper Yeni Şafak, which is close to Erdogan, called for an Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) “army of Islam” to attack Israel.
- Last April, Erdogan declared Israel to be an enemy of Islam. He further called for all of humanity to “follow closely Israel’s hostility against Islam.”
- A month later, when Israel was being attacked by a barrage of Hamas rocket fire and was thus forced to defend itself via Operation Guardian of the Walls, Erdogan asked the Pope to “mobilize the Christian world” to support the jihad against Israel. Erdogan also accused Israel of a “massacre” of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Now the pro-government Turkish media is blaming “Jewish influence behind the scenes” for the “’Armenian deportation,’ an allegation appearing to assert that Jews were linked to the Armenian genocide.” As absurd as this may sound, the accusations will be influential in mainstream Turkish society, and likely among many Islamic antisemites outside of Turkey. For example, the Palestinian leadership, which routinely perpetuates the most absurd lies, will be all too happy to embrace Turkish media propaganda.
That “every Jew is seen as representing ‘the Jews’” of course also encompasses the State of Israel, and although Hamas and the entire Palestinian leadership aim to obliterate Israel, as stated in the original Charters of all the major Palestinian organizations, the world at large still condemns Israel as an “occupier,” thus legitimizing the Islamic antisemitism which is enshrined in Islamic texts.
“Turkish media published ‘Jews, Freemasons’ antisemitic conspiracy,” by Seth J. Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, February 1, 2022:
Turkish pro-government media published an article Monday alleging that “Jewish influence behind the scenes” was involved in the “Armenian deportation,” an allegation appearing to assert that Jews were linked to the Armenian genocide.
Turkey’s government and its pro-government media denies the Armenian genocide. Most Turkish media supports the country’s far-right AK ruling party and some Turkish media often publish antisemitic articles. For instance last year Turkish media claimed Jews were “overrepresented” in US President Joe Biden’s cabinet. The recent anti-Jewish article seems to contradict claims that the Turkish media has been told to reduce its antisemitism as Ankara seeks reconciliation with Israel.
The latest tirade against Jews in Turkey was headlined “Young Turks, Jews, Freemasons and the Armenian deportation.” It was published at Daily Sabah, which is known for its pro-government line. Most independent and critical Turkish media outlets have been silenced and their editors and journalists imprisoned or forced to flee the country in the last decade. Ankara is one of the world’s largest jailers of journalists. This means that when there is anti-semitism in Turkish media, it tends to represent the government’s official position.
The latest anti-Jewish article was tweeted by the newspaper with the claims of “Jewish influence.” The sub-head of the article claimed “it is a complicated matter of history, the Armenian deportation, involving numerous actors from intertwined sects of Freemasons, Young Turks to Young Armenians, with Jews of all colors sprinkled around.”
In this phrasing, the term “Young Turks” refers to a political group, but when the media in Turkey describes Jews they don’t differentiate between Jewish groups, and every Jew is seen as representing “the Jews.” This is classic antisemitism where Jews are not permitted to be individuals but are seen as acting as part of a worldwide conspiracy. It is similar to the antisemitism found in the Protocols of the Elders of Zion or in the Hamas Covenant….”
Doomer says
It is repeating the message of “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion”(1903), written by the Russian police. There it says the were responsible ( behind the scenes) for the French Revolution, and other revolutions.
1. It details 20 secret meetings by Jewish leaders to conquer the world.
2. Hitler mentions it in “Mein Kampf”, as being true.
3. The “Hamas Charter”(1988) accepts it as true. Hamas is the name the Muslim Brotherhood has in Palestine.
4.HENRY FORD,the American inventor,was a true believer,for him,it was authentic.
gravenimage says
The lie that keeps on “giving”…
mortimer says
Turkish culture is based on genocide and slavery. Historically, Turks are the Mamluk descendants of slaves fighting as soldiers for the Muslim empires. They took over the empires and became the ‘Turkish people’, an amalgam of the offspring of slaves imported to Turkish harems from every country. Turks are not from one race. Turkish dna reflects this diversity of ancestry which can only be explained by 1000 years of slave culture and slave trade worldwide managed from Constantinople. The last slaves were released from Turkish harems in 1924.
So it is especially absurd that modern Turks like Erdogan want to conduct genocide against the remaining Christian Armenians or the Kurds (who are Muslim) or against the Jews … all those ethnicities have descent respectively from common Armenian, Kurkish and Jewish ancestors. The Turks in effect are an artificial ethnicity composed of Heinz 57 varieties. Turks are always amazed when they have dna tests revealed to them. They thought they were ‘Turkish’, and discover there is no such ethnicity.
Doomer says
The reason Turks won’t admit reality is that they are of ISLAMIC culture, there they have an HONOR culture.
The important thing is to maintain your honor,at any cost to avoid falling into disgrace,SHAME.
Even if it means lying and lying and denying.
GreekEmpress says
Turks think by stamping out any vestige of Greek,
Armenian, or Assyrian culture (or the people themselves) the rest of the world will buy their revisionist history. They are great at trying to rewrite what really happened.
The Jews were behind it? Balls.
Sorry, when the articles are about Turkey, I lose it a little bit.
gravenimage says
+1
gravenimage says
Turkish media blames ‘Jewish influence behind the scenes’ for Armenian deportation and genocide
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So the good news is that Turkish media is finally admitting that a genocide took place at all; the bad news is that they are *blaming the Jews*.
God, I hate Islam.
Of course, far from being influenced by Jews, Turkey persecuted Jews as well as Christians.
As for the “Young Turks”, the Armenian Genocide began under the Ottoman Empire and continued under the “Young Turks” and Attaturk. Mass-murdering Christians was the one things these disparate factions could all agree on.
Infidel says
A really strange thing for Turks to say, given that Israel has taken Azerbaijan’s side in its war against Armenia
Johnny B says
There’s hardly anything in this world that hasn’t been blamed on the Jews. I even heard they were behind the Nazi-takeover of Germany and that Hitler himself was a Jew. Anyway, to the “defence” of Muslims, they have after all been brain washed with anti-Semitism through the Quran and the Hadiths. What’s even more troubling is that the Left – who likes to portrait themselves as enlightened and tolerant – are supporting many of these crazy anti-Semitic lies..