Meet WikiLeaks, ‘The Zionist Conspiracy’
While Turkish reaction to WikiLeaks is varied, the belief that Turkey has been explicitly targeted is widespread, and many commentators and politicians have pointed the finger at Israel.
Tensions between Turkey and Israel were already high, especially with the flotilla raids fresh in the public’s mind. Eight Turks and one Turkish-American were killed in May when their ship—part of a Turkish-sponsored flotilla attempting to break Israel’s embargo on Gaza—was raided by Israeli soldiers. Israel insists the soldiers acted in self-defense, but Turkey rejects the claim and has recalled its ambassador from Israel. While Turkey awaits a formal apology and compensation for the lives lost, Israel would like a guarantee that its soldiers will not be prosecuted.
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This observer is enjoying watching the controlled demolition of the Old World Moral Order and the birthing of the New World Ethical Order.
Watch the power struggles ensuing all the way from the family unit clear up to the top brass at the Vatican, as all institutions are crumbling making way for a renewal.
Enjoy your journey within the illusion of the time and space continuum ^_^
erdogan or el duce of turkey is a blowhard who soon will understand what turning against the west entails. sorry turks you are neither that powerful or indespensible.
Turkey is a lost cause. It’s a third-world semi-Democratic, semi-Authoritarian institution that bans You-Tube because it offends some cult-like politician who has been dead for the past 80 years. If Turkey is so afraid and does not trust its own self how does it expect other countries to trust it? It cannot even admit to some 100 year-old history, if some very uncomfortable history. Don’t they understand that it’s a sign of WEAKNESS not STRENGTH? As is blaming all their problems on some imaginary Zionist, Armenian and other lobbies. Turkey is a third-world country not because of any of these lobbies.
I, as a Jew, personally find it shameful that local Jewish leaders and Israeli politicians are putting geopolitical necessities as a priority. Israel is a small nation and cannot afford to loose “friends” but truth is truth and we, as Jews, should know this kind of truth better then anyone.
For once I agree with Turkey
“Once a good friend to Israel, Turkey has since shifted gears and now seems to be chumming with Syria and Iran”
Turkey chumming with Syria and Iran, Hmmmmmm…… Any common denominator? :-)))
Lou, I’m with you.
Re: “The current anti-Israeli rhetoric in Turkey (and elsewhere) is sick in the core, stemming from deep-seated prejudices. This is not a new phenomenon in Turkey, as similar claims have been proffered in regards to the extermination of the Armenians in 1915, which has been attributed by some to a Jewish conspiracy.”
There was more direct Turkish prejudice directed at Jews in 1915. Alexander Aaronsohn wrote about Turkey expelling thousands of Jews from Palestine during WWI: “Driven from Russia, they come to seek shelter in Turkey; Turkey then casts them from her under pretext that they are loyal to Russia.”
Israel, your enemy is the Turk… who is playing childish games with your leaderships, what I would call PLOYS…. day to day, week to week…. you cannot figure which way their “wind”is blowing. So the Iranian leader spoke out against the Israelis… and you do deserve to be tolded off… You get pie headed and difficult too.
But it is the Turkey who is playing the Israelis for fools… with their PLOYS, onoging/unending… and you don’t seem to mind too much from the Turkeys, but you seem to ‘enjoy’ fearing Iranians… Turkey is playing rings around the Israelis,,, and,
sadly, you have fallen into another Turk ‘trap’ ongoing/enending.
I, as an Armenian, respond to Mike: God Bless you, mate…
There are hundreds of columnists and politicians in Turkey. By quoting a few of them, you can’t prove anything. Look at the policies of the government. Do they really turn away from the West or even Israel?
By the way, this government is really sincere in reconciliation with Armenia. They really want to open the border and establish diplomatic relations with Armenia. The nationalist opposition and military are the obstacle. By the way, nationalists and military are the best friends of Israel in Turkey.
Mike, I really appreciate your comments. I wish your attitude reflected the leadership of Israel and the Jewish organizations in the diaspora. As you say,’truth is truth,’ and we Armenians and Jews should stand together on the issue of holocaust and genocide. We both know the dark underbelly of this crime and carry the scars of attempted annihilation followed by despicable ‘denial’. Coalescence on this should be a no-brainer, but politics, as we know, makes strange bed-fellows.
I want to express my sincere appreciation to Greg Arzoomanian for finding and posting the link to Alexander Aaronsohn’s deeply moving account of his experiences in World War One, “With The Turks In Palestine”. It may be of interest to the general readership to know that the same plague of locusts that he so eloquently describes [in chapter 7] figured prominently and dramatically in the events leading up to the siege of Musa Dagh.
I have read some lines here in this web site written by Armenian citizens claiming that the relationship between Armenia and Iran has been real good, and they seem to support this kind of good relationsgips in the future. That I think it is a good idea.
As the relationship between Iran and Armenia can be good, but why not between Turkey and Iran couldn’t be good. What’s wrong here, I don’t understand. Even the Europeans who accuse Iran of having nuclear powers, wait at the doors of Iranian officials licking their lips in expectation of some doing business there.
The Europeans and Americans are doing business with Iranians, but Turkey can not. Wow, what a good example of double standart.
armenians suffer under the israeli occupation-what is wrong with you all commenters who betray us? we have died and bled out under the boot of the israeli occupation, yet you side with the bullies, the occupier????????????????????
i am with you hun. i am working all i can to liberate all palestinians including palestinian armenians, from israeli occupation.
some amergahyes are brainwashed, they are born in america and raised as american, and israel controls america and american media, that is the problem