[Excerpt: "There has been no objective reason for anti-Semitic feelings to crop up in Turkey," he said, adding that Hitler has always been considered "a criminal" and "a maniac" in his country....."However, some feel there is an international conspiracy led by what they call the crusaders - meaning the US and maybe the West in general and the Zionists."....He said people from different backgrounds, such as left- and right-wingers and Islamists, had found common ground - "not on a common agenda for the future, but on their anxieties, fears and hate".]
http://212.58.240.132/1/hi/world/europe/4361733.stm Last Updated: Friday, 18 March, 2005, 16:17 GMT Hitler book bestseller in Turkey Adolf Hitler's autobiography, Mein Kampf, has become a bestseller in Turkey - sparking fears of growing anti-Semitic feelings in the country. The book has sold more than 50,000 copies since January. Analysts fear that the Middle East conflict and the US-led war on Iraq might have fuelled extremist ideology. Turkey has been a Jewish-friendly place since the times of the Ottoman empire, when a sultan offered protection to Jews fleeing from 15th century Spain. A cheap paperback version selling at the equivalent of $4.50 (£2.30) is currently among Turkey's top bestsellers. Ogus Tektas, the owner of Mephisto, one of the publishers which re-issued the 500-page book, told AFP news agency Mein Kampf had always been "a sleeper, a secret bestseller". Some feel there is an international conspiracy led by what they call the crusaders - meaning the US and maybe the West in general and the Zionists Dogu Ergil, political scientist "We took it out of the closet for purely commercial reasons," he said, adding his company was only interested in making money. But the owner of another publishing house, Sami Kilic, acknowledged the book was being bought primarily by young people influenced by international politics. Conspiracy theories Dogu Ergil, a political scientist at Ankara University, told the BBC he believed recent developments in Iraq and the Middle East might have fomented anti-Semitic and anti-American feelings among right-wing ultranationalists and extremist Islamists. "There has been no objective reason for anti-Semitic feelings to crop up in Turkey," he said, adding that Hitler has always been considered "a criminal" and "a maniac" in his country. "However, some feel there is an international conspiracy led by what they call the crusaders - meaning the US and maybe the West in general and the Zionists." He said people from different backgrounds, such as left- and right-wingers and Islamists, had found common ground - "not on a common agenda for the future, but on their anxieties, fears and hate". Mein Kampf was written by Hitler in 1925 and first published in Turkey in 1939. Turkey has a 22,000-strong Jewish population, mostly living in Istanbul. Bavaria, the German state that holds the rights of Hitler's work, has fought to prevent publishing houses around the world from publishing it. "Mein Kampf," or "My Struggle," is banned from sale in Germany, where it can only be found in libraries for research purposes. enditem ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public schools. Fund a student project in NYC/NC today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EHLuJD/.WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
