tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post3493405705395211233..comments2024-01-22T04:45:58.881+02:00Comments on Simply Jews: On the Turkish security screening beefGideonSworthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13951672633294843881noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-84880059725696320072011-09-06T19:55:14.816+03:002011-09-06T19:55:14.816+03:00No, but someone has lifted my sandwich once. I am ...No, but someone has lifted my sandwich once. I am not sure he spole Yiddish, though...SnoopyTheGoonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-31879306237244963602011-09-06T19:52:57.396+03:002011-09-06T19:52:57.396+03:00The reason I play this down, Noga, is that, as I h...The reason I play this down, Noga, is that, as I have mentioned, worse things are to come and harrassment in the airport is nothing in comparison. Besides, as you can see, we do it all the way all the time.<br /><br />Erdogan is a mad dog, as his name somewhat suggest, a charismatic bully and he is acting according to a long range plan, everything that is happening is not accidental. Well, aside of the airport incident that was called by the deputy mayor of Istanbul, as it was reported today on the radio.<br /><br />As for being a tourist in Istanbul - I spent there three days about two years ago, told everyone who asked that I am from Israel and didn't encounter any attitude from the locals. Today it could be a bit different, but not by much as far as I hear. Of course, anectodal evidence is not much, but for what it is...SnoopyTheGoonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-75934351460782435462011-09-06T19:52:49.414+03:002011-09-06T19:52:49.414+03:00No doubt our security people are not the greatest ...No doubt our security people are not the greatest souls and their bosses are not the greatest intellects on the planet, (gross understatement)but have you ever heard of hijackers speaking Yiddish? peterthehungariannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-78677629004056763552011-09-06T19:02:11.260+03:002011-09-06T19:02:11.260+03:00<span>More than two years ago my brother wa...<span>More than two years ago my brother was dispatched by his company to Istanbul. THe immigration officer who stamped his passport offered him a friendly advice: Don't let anybody know you are from Israel. My brother was supposed to meet a Thai representative. The Thai guy told him he was given a similar advice: don't go out at night because the Turks don't really like Asian looking people. So the both of them stayed cooped up at the hotel for the two days meetings that took place, except for one outing to a restaurant to and from which they took a cab. <br /> <br />My father grew up in Turkey and most of his close family is still there. In the past he used to visit his brother often enough and I remember him telling us how his brother warned him to NOT speak "Jewish" (Ladino) when out in the street. <br /> <br />I'm willing to bet that the next step will be a threat to Turkish Jews. Remember this? <br /> <br /><span>"ANKARA, Turkey -- Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday threatened that some 100,000 illegal immigrants from Armenia might be extradited from his country. "There are around 170,000 Armenians living in our country. Of them, 70,000 are Turkish citizens and the rest are illegal immigrants who have been on Turkish territory for over 10 years. If the situation continues to develop like this, we will have to review our attitude towards them," Erdogan said in an interview with the Turkish service of BBC. The statement came after a US committee and Sweden recently approved resolutions to brand the 1915 killing of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as genocide."</span> <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/newsbriefs/setimes/newsbriefs/2010/03/17/nb-03" rel="nofollow">http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/newsbriefs/setimes/newsbriefs/2010/03/17/nb-03</a> <br /> <br />I wouldn't play down this incident at all, snoopy. It is a harbinger of worse things to come. Erdogan is competing with Ahmadinejad for mastery over the Arab Street; there is no speculating to which lows this megalomaniac stoop to show Arabs that anything Ahmad can do or say, he can do him one better. <br /></span>Noganoreply@blogger.com