Erdogan’s Anti-Israel Remarks Reflect Broader Anti-Semitism in Turkey
By: Barın Kayaoğlu for Al-Monitor Turkey Pulse Posted on August 22.
A famous Turkic figure blasts Jews and Israel for their pernicious influence around the world. Americans respond in shock. Those who know the story are — somewhat nervously — giggling because they have seen it before. Our hero is not Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat, but Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who just blamed Israel for orchestrating the July 3 coup in Egypt.
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