Tag: Turkish Jewish Community

ANKARA Turkey's Jewish community on Wednesday said that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has always been constructive, supportive, and encouraging toward them. They responded to a tweet by the US Department of State condemning Erdogan for alleged anti-Semitic remarks. “While tragedies in the region are deeply saddening - & global rise of anti semitisim is unacceptable- it is unfair & reprehensible to imply that President Erdogan - @tcbestepe - is anti-Semitic,” the community tweeted. https://twitter.com/tyahuditoplumu/status/1394877962869170179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1394877962869170179%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aa.com.tr%2Fen%2Fpolitics%2Fjews-in-turkey-say-erdogan-always-supportive%2F2246863 “On the contrary, he has always been constructive, supportive & encouraging towards us,” they added. The US Department of State on...