(Al-Monitor) Pinar Tremblay - In March 2021, the research institute IMPACT-se published a study of 28 new Turkish textbooks that revealed anti-Americanism, anti-Semitism, Turkish ultra-nationalism as well as sympathy for jihadist movements. Non-Muslims are regularly referred to as "infidels" in textbooks. In the new Turkish curriculum, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is described as religious war against Muslims. "Jihad war has been introduced into textbooks and turned into the 'new normal' with martyrdom in battle glorified," the report notes. Anti-Americanism has also entered Turkish textbooks. America is blamed for the weak Turkish economy, the devaluation of the lira, and the military coups.
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