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Turkish Antisemitism and Jewish Dhimmitude

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September 01, 2007
American Thinker
By Andrew G. Bostom
http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/09/turkish_antisemitism_and_jewis.html 

 

On August 28, 2007, the same day that Abdullah Gul became Turkey’s President -- replacing his secular predecessor, and further consolidating the ruling Islamic AK (Adalet ve Kalk?nma) Party’s (AKP) hold on power — MEMRI published excerpts from a chilling interview
given by former Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan. The interview
originally aired July 1, 2007, as part of Erbakan’s campaign efforts in
support of Islamic fundamentalist political causes before the general elections of July 22, 2007, and the AKP’s  resounding popular electoral victory over its closest "secularist" rival parties.

Erbakan, founder of the fundamentalist Islamic Milli Gorus
(National Vision; originated 1969) movement, mentored current AKP
leaders President Gul, and Prime Minister Erdogan, both of whom were
previously active members of Erbakan’s assorted fundamentalist
political parties, serving in mayoral, ministerial, and parliamentary
posts. During Erbakan’s pre-election campaign stops before throngs of
tens of thousands of supporters throughout Anatolia (including cities
such as Trabzon, Elazig, and Konya), as well as cosmopolitan Ankara and
Istanbul, he reiterated the same virulently Antisemitic statements
captured in the July 1 interview, and other interviews.

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