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“Escalating Anti - Semitism As Turkey Embraces Iran”
by Simon Wiesenthal Center   
October 31st, 2009

For over 500 years, from the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492 to the horrific years of the Nazi Holocaust, Jews have found a safe haven among the Turkish people.

Now a series of developments have created fear among Turkey's Jews and has led to

Tehran - October 27, 2009 
President Ahmadinejad said he "appreciates" Turkish PM Erdogan's support for Iran's nuclear program.

a deterioration in relations between Jerusalem and Ankara, and a crisis within NATO.

•Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan publicly expressed support for Iran — "There is no doubt he [President Ahmadinejad] is our friend" even as he accused Israel's Foreign Minister Lieberman of threatening to nuke Gaza.

Turkey barred Israel from a planned NATO military exercise on Turkish soil over "sensitivity on Gaza, East Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa mosque."

•"Separation", a miniseries about Palestinians (see below), broadcast on Turkish state-run TV and also seen throughout Europe, depicts young Israeli soldiers as Nazi-like murderers gunning down a Palestinian infant, and young children.

 
 
The SWC has protested directly to the Turkish Prime Minister. We need you to add your voice to send a message to Ankara to stop the hate.

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