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Turkey down dangerous roads – Hate Israel, racist rhetoric against Jews and admiration for the Nazis – How will the “sultan” pay?
On January 27 of each year in Greece we honor her “Day in memory of the Greek Jewish martyrs and heroes of the Holocaust”, which was established since 2004 to honor the memory of the thousands of Greek Jews who lost their lives in Nazi concentration camps. In this way Our country expresses its displeasure against any form extreme bigotry, bigotry and hatred, such as Nazism and anti-Semitism. But if we turn our gaze to Turkey, we will see that the same serious approach does not exist for such a delicate subject, but it is probably exactly the opposite.
And the reason is simple. Turkish President Erdogan, due to the growing criticism he receives within his country for his failed manipulations at many levels, especially in the economic field, is forced to adopt extreme rhetoric to keep the uneducated broad masses happy. further their forced coexistence with extreme nationalist elements like the far-right Devlet Bahceli party, in order to stay in power in his country, he has forced him to accept without protest the nationalist cries of the Gray Wolves and their company. Although on Remembrance Day, Erdogan sent a videotaped message in which he described his country’s stance on immigration and the “open door” policy, saying that: “We protect everyone who comes to our country as a refugee, regardless of their beliefs, language or origin.” He seems to have forgotten how many times he has used immigration to blackmail better funding or instrumentalisation of the EU last year to invade our country.
Therefore, the choice of the Turkish president to co-govern with Bahceli in combination with the growing tendencies of an authoritarian government, pushes Turkey in the vortex of the extreme right and nationalism. So there are many who argue that the “snake” of fascism not only exists, but also feeds on new energies. No one can forget the Bahceli party youth parade in Izmir last September in an expression nationalist delusion.
Even more recently, last November, the municipality of Istanbul gave its name Nihal atziz in a city park! Atiz (1905-1975) is considered a racist anti-Semite and one of the most controversial figures in Turkey. According to their ideology, the Turkish nation is made up of members of the Turkish tribe and Jews cannot be part of it. Atiz accused the Jews of being greedy, dishonest and communist. He even stated in November 1933 that “Germany has become the first country to solve the Jewish problem” and that the Jews are the secret enemy of all nations. Naturally, this extreme rhetoric found supporters as a result Violence against the Jews of eastern Thrace in the summer of 1934, with a boycott of operations and the looting of Jewish buildings that followed.
Unfortunately, the influence of Atiz’s ideas seems to reach modern Turkey to such an extent that some even claim that The real danger is not the Islamofascism promoted by President Erdogan’s AKP party, but the supranationalism of the supporters of the Gray Wolves and Atziz.. In all cases, they have taken advantage of it, despite obstacles we can hardly imagine. “
As we can see Turkey has embarked on strange roads which constantly alienates her from modern European and Western way of thinking. On the one hand, our country that honors the memory of the victims of the Holocaust and is careful not to highlight the fanatics of Nazism, and on the other hand, “modern” Turkey that sneaks into facts and acts that recall some of its darkest pages in world history. If we consider that the majority of the neighboring population are young people under 30, who are by nature more vulnerable to nationalist crowns, then we can understand the magnitude of the problem and what it can mean for Europe when it happens on its doorstep.
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