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Source: http://www.todayszaman.com/columnists-325039-turkeys-jewish-problem.html
Turkey's Jewish Problem
(Zaman-Turkey) Dogu Ergil - One characteristic of Turkish politics - especially foreign policy - is the weight of conspiracy theories. One of the scapegoats for Turkey - and Islamic societies in general - is Israel or the international Jewish lobby. Accusing Jews of everything that goes wrong is easy; one has no need to understand the causality behind the blunders made at home. Thoughts of Jews and anti-Jewish feelings have infiltrated the minds of the politicians at the helm of the country. The ruling Turkish politicians know that reconciliation with Israel will strengthen Turkey's hand in international matters, but ideology, namely their own bias (shared by a large part of the traditional society) against Jews, has often overwhelmed pragmatism.