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The pro-Palestine credentials of Germany’s largest secular Turkish organisation leave much to be desired

Timo Al-Farooq   Source: Al Mayadeen English    2023-10-30 14:34    4 Shares
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TGD’s silence on Palestine indicates that it has needlessly internalised Germany’s historic debt to "Israel", a controversial concept in itself as it begs the question if two wrongs (Nazism and Zionism) can ever make a right.

This mirrors the situation of Germany’s secular-minded Turks as a whole, who have been led to believe that the best way to fight oppression is by internalising it. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Zainab ElHajj)
This mirrors the situation of Germany’s secular-minded Turks as a whole, who have been led to believe that the best way to fight oppression is by internalising it. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Zainab ElHajj)
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