Jews and Others Must Recognize the Dangers of Turkish Nationalism
Applied to American Jews, the “white privilege” concept oversimplifies and misstates a complicated history. Anzia Yezierska -- once romanticized by Hollywood... Motivated by the writings by Atsız and other antisemitic authors, Turks targeted the Jews of eastern Thrace in pogroms from June 21 through July 4, 1934, collectively known as the “Thrace Incidents” (Trakya Olayları). The pogroms began with a boycott of Jewish businesses and descended to physical attacks on Jewish-owned buildings, which were first looted, then set on fire. Jewish men were beaten and some Jewish women rep...
Source: algemeiner.com
