I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse! Ona öyle bir teklif yapacağım ki reddedemeyecek! Turkish Prime Minister Pledges to ADL: Will Fight Anti-Semitism and Promote Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
Türkiye Başbakanı ADL'ye söz verdi: Semitizm Karşıtlığı ile savaşacağım ve İsrail-Filistin barış görüşmelerini destekleyeceğim
New York, NY, December 15, 2004 … Capping a series of meetings with high-level officials in Istanbul and Ankara, a delegation of leaders from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) this week met with Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who pledged that his country would continue to fight anti-Semitism and take a leading role in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
(New York,NY 15 Aralık 2004... İstanbul ve Ankara'da devam eden üst düzey bürokrat toplantıları devam ederken, bu hafta Anti-Defamation League (ADL) ile ülkesinin semitizm karşıtlığı ile savaşa devam edeceğine ve israil-filistin barış görüşmelerinde arabuluculuk rolü üstlenmeye devam edeceğine dair söz veren Türkiye başbakanı Recep Tayyip Erdoğan bir araya geldi. (ADL nin ne olduğunu
www.adl.org sitesinden görebilirsiniz)
The mission to Turkey, which also included meetings with the Justice Minister, members of parliament, representatives of the Jewish community and Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders, was led by Barbara B. Balser, ADL National Chair and Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director.
Türkiyenin misyonunun içerisinde adalet bakanı, milletvekilleri, yahudi ve hristiyan temsilcileri, yahudi ve hristiyan dini liderleri, ADL başkanı Barbara B. Balser ile ADL Milli direktörü Abraham H. Foxman arasında toplantılar tertip etmek yer alıyordu.Mr. Foxman told Prime Minister Erdogan that his clear denunciation of anti-Semitism and expressions of solidarity with the Jewish community following last year's bombings of two synagogues in Istanbul, "will never be forgotten." Mr. Erdogan responded, "The same God created us all. Anti-Semitism is a crime against humanity. It is our red line."
Bay Foxman, Başbakan'a hitaben: Semitizm karşıtlığını yok etmek için açık beyanı ve iki sinagogun bombalanması sonrasında yahudi cemaati ile dayanışmasının asla unutulmayacağını söyledi. Bay Erdoğan da cevaben: "Bizleri ayni tanrı yarattı. Semitizm karşıtlığı bir insanlık suçudur. Bu bizim kırmızı çizgimizdir" dedi. Mr. Erdogan told the ADL leaders that Turkey will send its Foreign Minister to Israel before the end of the year and that he himself planned to visit Israel in 2005. Mr. Foxman emphasized the important role Turkey could play in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, as well as in re-energizing peace talks between Israel and Syria.
Bay Erdoğan ADL liderine; yıl sonuna kadar dışişleri bakanını İsrail'e göndereceğini ve kendisinin de 2005 içerisinde İsrail'i ziyaret etmeyi planladığını söyledi. Bay Foxman, Türkiye'nin İsrail-Filistin görüşmelerinde önemli bir role sahip olduğunu ve ayrıca İsrail-Suriye arasında yeniden barış görüşmelerine destek verdiğini söyledi.Ms. Balser assured the Prime Minister that, “ADL strongly supports Turkey’s bid for full membership in the European Union.”
Bayan Balser de başbakanın şundan emin olmasını istedi ki "ADL Türkiyenin Avrupa Birliğine tam üyeliğini güçlü bir şekilde destekleyecektir."
In a meeting with the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the Archbishop of Constantinople, Mr. Foxman spoke of the need to have meaningful interfaith dialogue and thanked the Patriarch for making efforts to create an atmosphere for improved relations between Muslims, Christians and Jews. Rabbi Gary Bretton-Granatoor, ADL Director of Interfaith Affairs, called on the Orthodox Church to embark on a process of examining past attitudes that have contributed toward the hatred of Jews, similar to the process undertaken by the Catholic and Lutheran churches. The delegation asked the Patriarch to ensure that anti-Semitic tracts such as the infamous “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion” would be removed from church bookstores in Greece.
In the meeting with Justice Minister Cemil Cicek, he expressed interest in bringing to Turkey the League’s anti-bias training programs for law enforcement. ADL urged the Justice Minister to use the powers available to him under the Turkish laws against incitement to fight hatred on the Internet and in the media.
The ADL leaders also met with Ali Bardakoglu, President of the Religious Affairs Directorate, Rabbi Isak Haleva, the Chief Rabbi of Turkey, U.S. Ambassador Eric Edelman, Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbas and members of Turkey’s 22,000-member Jewish community. The delegation also met with members of the Turkey-Israel Friendship Caucus of Parliament.
Kaynak:
http://www.adl.org/PresRele/Mise_00/4604_00.htm---------
Turkish Prime Minister Strongly Condemns Anti-Semitism (İngilizce)
(Türk Başbakanı Semitizm Karşıtlığını ağır dille kınıyor)Remarks (translated to English) by
H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdogan,Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey
At the Courage to Care Award Ceremony
Of the Anti-Defamation League
June 10, 2005, New York City
The human history throughout millennia has been witness to the endless struggle by courageous men and women against unspeakable crimes. To their determination and courage in the face of evil, that we owe our progress, our peace and sometimes our very existence.
We are emboldened by the ability of humanity to produce these distinguished persons who despite their own suffering do not fail the human civilization by standing up against the wrongful, however powerful the wrongful may be.
It is our common duty to remember the sacrifices and achievements of these men and women of courage and be inspired by their stories in our efforts to preserve the goodness of the values they uphold.
The Holocaust is the most inconceivable crime against humanity throughout history.
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ADL Ödül Töreni (Ingilizce)
Prime Minister Erdogan Tells ADL That "Anti-Semitism Has No Place in Turkey"
New York, NY, June 10, 2005 … In accepting an award from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on behalf of diplomats who saved Jews during the Holocaust, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan strongly condemned anti-Semitism and stressed his country's close relationship with the modern State of Israel.
"Anti-Semitism has no place in Turkey. It is alien to our culture," Mr. Erdogan said in accepting the League's Courage to Care Award, which pays tribute to those who risked their lives to save thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. Mr. Erdogan accepted the honor at ADL's National Headquarters in New York City at a ceremony attended by various high-level Turkish government ministers, U.N. diplomats and leaders of the Turkish and American Jewish communities.
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