2023-10-27 15:06:21
The Turkish president is adding fuel to the fire – and his German broadcaster is continuing to heat up the masses!
For around three weeks, Israel has been defending itself against the terror that Hamas has brought to the country. And what is Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (69) doing? Celebrate the barbaric Islamists as “liberators”!
▶︎ In front of supporters of his Islamic conservative AKP party, Erdogan claimed: “Hamas is not a terrorist organization, but a liberation and mujahideen group (Islamist fighters, ed.) that fights to protect its country and its citizens.”
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▶︎ And his chief imam, the chairman of the Turkish religious authority, unleashes the most disgusting anti-Israel propaganda in his Friday prayer, which was uploaded to X (Twitter) on Thursday!
Ali Erbas (62) – in his role also the boss of over 1,000 Ditib imams in Germany – agitates against the “murderers and occupiers” of Gaza without mentioning Israel by name. These are doomed to “doom” and will be “held accountable”.
He also criticizes the Western allies: “They spoil the occupiers. Every statement you make in the name of justice and freedom has lost its credibility and reliability.”
Erbas is not just anyone. He also says prayers with President Erdoğan in Turkey, accompanies him on trips abroad and seems to be close to him.
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The words of the president and his chief imam are a corrosive poison – and they also reach the Turkish community in Germany!
Since 2020, Erdogan’s speech templates can be found on “TRT Deutsch”, the offshoot of the parent station TRT (Turkish counterpart to the public broadcaster). The “Süddeutsche Zeitung” called “TRT Deutsch” “Erdogan’s megaphone” in 2021. The station’s reports read accordingly: Hamas terrorists are referred to as “fighters”, there is talk of the “Israeli siege” and the “territories occupied by Israel”.
▶︎ Eren Güvercin (43), member of the German Islam Conference, to BILD: “What TRT Deutsch does is not journalism, but AKP propaganda that does not shy away from glorifying Hamas as a resistance group.”
According to the expert, TRT Deutsch is “consciously manipulating the perception of what happened in Israel with videos edited together without context,” particularly through social media channels.
“The Turkish president is lighting up again,” the Central Council of Jews wrote in a statement. And demands: Erdogan “would do better to ensure that clearly terrorist organizations such as Hamas cannot maintain offices or other retreats in his country.”
▶︎ And what is the Ditib (“Turkish-Islamic Union of the Institution for Religion e. V., subordinate to the Turkish religious authority), whose imams are preaching in German mosques again on Friday, doing? Does she distance herself from the president’s statements?
A BILD query remained unanswered.
▶︎ Gitta Connemann (59, CDU), deputy head of the German-Israeli parliamentary group, says: “President Erdogan’s language is extremely dangerous. He reverses cause and effect. He turns perpetrators into victims. And vice versa. And uses Ditib mosques as a mouthpiece.”
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“Ditib must clearly distance itself from Erdogan’s propaganda against Israel,” Connemann now demands, and the countries are also “challenged.” Because: “The federal government stopped state funding for Ditib projects years ago. A number of federal states are contractually linked to Ditib.” For the parliamentarian, one thing is certain: “If Ditib does not position itself clearly, the states will have to draw their conclusions. There can be no cooperation with enemies of Israel.”
▶︎ Islam expert Güvercin is currently experiencing the consequences of speaking plainly about the terrorist organization Hamas: He has found himself “in the crosshairs of the AKP” and is being slandered as a “terrorist,” he reports on “X” (formerly Twitter) , and announces: He will “hand over this process” to the “state police”.
A number of users of the short message service expressed their solidarity with him.
Güvercin (43) to BILD: “We should also create a climate where Muslims of Turkish origin think carefully about whether and how they express themselves publicly. We as a society, but especially our politics, should not remain silent about this going on.”
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▶︎ Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir (Greens) is also horrified by the propaganda that is spilling over into Germany from Turkey. He tells BILD: “Anyone in Turkey who stands up for freedom of the press and freedom of expression, or for the rights of Kurds, is a terrorist in Erdoğan’s eyes. But anyone who murders, tortures, kidnaps and rapes Jews should be a freedom fighter? Erdoğan also brings this attitude into German living rooms through his media. But that has no place in Germany. If we don’t stop this, we won’t have to be surprised at the images on our streets.”
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