This disturbing report was sent to me by Prof. Barry Rubin of GLORIA Center in Israel. Rubin is a noted Turkish expert. This anonymous report is without attribution for a reason. The writer’s life in Turkey could be in grave danger if his identity was revealed. The current Islamist government of Prime Minister Erdogan is whipping up a frenzy of antisemitism rivaling that of Nazi Germany in the wake of Israel’s incursion in Gaza. After all, Erdogan recently commented that “Qassems Don’t Kill”, further increasing tensions between Turkey and Israel.
The message conveyed by Rubin is that the existence of the Turkish Jewish community may be seriously in jeopardy if these reports prove out.
Even the graffiti used by Turks is eerily similar to that of Nazi propaganda minister, the infamous Joseph Goebbels.
Note these:
“Do not buy from here, since this shop is owned by a Jew.” A group put posters on his wall saying that: “Jews and Armenians are not allowed but dogs are allowed.
And not long ago, Turkey’s secularist governments were military allies of Israel. My how things have changed with the onset of Militant Islam in Turkey.
The following has been sent to me by a very reliable friend who has agreed to distribution as long as his name is not used. You are invited to post or send to your list. It is not unthinkable that the future of the Turkish Jewish community is in doubt.—Barry Rubin
The Prime Minister in Turkey has encouraged hatred against Israel in his speeches which has become obvious anti-Semitic propaganda among the general public.
There are people around the clock besieging the Israeli consulate in Istanbul shouting their hatred against Israel and Jewish people. All around Istanbul billboards are full of propaganda posters against Israel like; “Moses, even this is not written in your book” and “Israel Stop this Crime.” On the streets the people are writing such graffiti as: “Kill Jews,” “Kill Israel,” “Israel should no longer exist in the Middle East,” and “Stop Israeli Massacre.”
The week-end before, some people wrote, “We will kill you” on the door of one of the biggest synagogues in Izmir resulted in the closing down of synagogues. Near Istanbul University, a group put a huge poster on the door of a shop owned by a Jew: “Do not buy from here, since this shop is owned by a Jew.” A group put posters on his wall saying that: “Jews and Armenians are not allowed but dogs are allowed.” Some young people are even threatening others with violence if they are seen as pro-Israel in social networking websites such as Facebook and Hi5.
[An] official statement by the minister of education stating that tomorrow [January 14] at 11am in all the high schools and primary schools will instruct the students to pay homage to the women and children dead during the war and furthermore, the teachers of art will organize the session of painting and writing on the subject: “Humanity Drama in Palestine” and the winners will receive awards.
The Jewish community can do nothing in response to what has been going on for the last few weeks, except giving vague statements that the Turkish Jewish Community does not want the war to be continued any more.
We have previously faced some strong reaction regarding previous operations in Gaza and the West Bank but this time is really different from former ones. I feel open anti-Semitism and hatred from all these people. Nobody understood, Even some widely read columnists in Turkey are writing things that lead all these groups toward this hatred becoming much more dangerous day by day.
But I know one thing: that the world should know about the widespread and openly anti-Semitic propaganda which far exceeds anything happening in Europe.
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