Turkey goes to the polls to undoubtedly elect current Prime Minister Erdogan as Turkey first ever elected President. A move that is seen my many not scaling down his influence in Turkey's government but up scaling and establishing the new president's position as an authoritarian one. The office of president traditionally a cultural or official position has been up scale, to carry much more power than any former Prime Minister of Turkey. Think Putin and Russia. For Jews living in Turkey their voice or votes won't count or matter. Because they have learnt to keep their opinions to themselves. In fact, according to reports they change their names, and do not reveal their true identity out of fear of being targeted.
The last we found Jews changing their names and afraid to reveal their identity was just prior to the rise of Hitler and again post holocaust.
And while Erdogan has called Jews living in Turkey "brothers" he's also called those living in Israel something less "brotherly". Of course, the twenty plus thousand Jews living in #Turkey are not convinced or buying it. They dare not. How could they?! Erdogan has been criticized for shutting down twitter and YouTube preventing freedom of speech for his own people and then was slammed for his indifference and approval of one of his cabinet members who socked it to a mourner said to be Jewish. That memory still fresh from May of this year as Erdogan’s aide Yusuf Yerkel, who was photographed kicking a protester while being held on the ground by police.
Yerkel apparently launched the attack after the protester who was grief stricken by the lost of a loved from from mining disaster and kicked a car that was in the Prime Minister's convoy. The protester was being interrogated by two officers following the alleged incident when Yerkel, who was about to be driven away, ran over to him and kicked him three or four times, according to The Hurriyet Daily News.
It's been no secret that Turkey and Israel on again off again alliance has been a waning one, especially since the Mavi Marmara incident back in 2009. Only since this past year the two leaders reconciled when president Obama forced Netanyahu to apologize to Erdogan for the accidental death of the victims and accepted the terms for restitution by Israel to the families of soldiers killed during the incident.
But since that the former allies have been in muddy waters as Erdogan in no uncertain terms has lashed out against Israel for its stand against Hamas and compared Bibi's action to that of Hilter's. The Israeli Prime Minister fired back condemning Erdogan remarks in a phone conversation with Senator Kerry, stating that Erdogan’s recent remarks, accusing Israel of massacring Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and carrying out war crimes “worse than Hitler” were anti-Semitic, adding that they “desecrated the memory of the Holocaust.”
Concerned but confidently many Jews are making #Aaliyah (returning to Israel) even amidst the ongoing efforts to demilitarize #Gaza and the potentially escalating tension in with #ISIS who is backed by Turkey's Erdogan and threatens to invade and conquer Jerusalem.
But this election has been a very highly anticipated one just for the Turks, or even Erdogan himself, but also for many in some western Christians setting. As for them, Erdogan is the expected Antichrist and is believed to be behind both Hamas and ISIS agenda to eradicate Israel, for more reasons too numerous to mention. One of which might not seem as obvious enough. But behind the scenes the fact that Israel discovery of natural gas along key lines threatens Turkey's energy ambitions for the Middle East and beyond.
The Turks on the other hand have displayed much solidarity in their confidence
that both Turkey and Erdogan to set the precedence needed to reshape the politics and be a if not leading nation on the Middle East, and having its own caliphate. Will Erdogan be the man to bring about the reemergence of the Ottoman Empire? Is ISIS and Hamas is doing? If so watch out world! This is no ordinary election as it comes on the heels of the brightest and second super moon of Summer 2014. This in the first Tetrad of the Blood moons and just ahead of the Blood bath ISIS is threatening as they continue to massacre and behead even babies.
Any thoughts on this?
Do you think Erdogan is the Madhi or Antichrist?
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