Language:
English
Year of publication:
1999
Titel der Quelle:
CEMOTI
Angaben zur Quelle:
28 (1999) 95-108
Keywords:
Antisemitism
;
Jews
;
Judaism Relations
;
Islam
;
Islam Relations
;
Judaism
;
Antisemitism
;
Jewish-Arab relations History 1945-
Abstract:
Examines the main antisemitic and anti-Zionist motifs in the rhetoric of Islamist parties in Turkey - the National Order Party founded in 1970 and its successors, the National Salvation Party, Welfare Party, and Virtue Party - mainly as they were pronounced by the leader of these successive parties, Necmettin Erbakan. Among the recurring topics are Israeli expansionism and putative territorial claims to Turkey, Zionist expansionism forcing Turkey to join the Common Market (to counter it), Zionism as the source of anarchy in Turkey, and the Jewish drive for world domination. Remarkably, the "Zionist" and the "international Jew" are abstract, symbolic figures for Erbakan and his followers, and their attitude toward Turkish Jews is different. The thriving Jewish community of Turkey is a demonstration of Islamist tolerance. During his tenure as prime minister (in the 1990s), Erbakan maintained good relations with Israel and with American Jewish organizations. The Turkish Islamists seem to make a distinction between rhetoric and Realpolitik.
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