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    TURKEY'S JEWISH MINORITY HAS LIVED IN FEAR SINCE 1986 - COMMUNITY LEADER

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    March 30, 2012 - 16:03 AMT

    PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey's Jewish minority has lived in fear ever
    since the first attack against a synagogue in Istanbul in 1986,
    community leader Sami Herman said in remarks given to a parliamentary
    sub-commission investigating terrorist attacks and violent incidents
    in recent years, Hurriyet Daily News reported.

    "Terror creates a wave of fear that continues despite the passing
    years," Herman said, emphasizing that Jews were still gripped by
    unease while visiting their places of worship.

    A gunman killed 22 people in a synagogue in 1986, while suicide
    bombers detonated explosive-laden trucks at two synagogues in 2003,
    claiming 23 lives.

    Herman said "words are not innocent" and urged the government to draw
    up legislation to punish hate crimes.

    The community's deputy leader, İshak İbrahimzadeh, told the panel
    that Jews had increased security so much that they were virtually
    injecting fear into the subconscious' of children, by having them to
    go through two security doors while entering synagogues.

    Commission member Mehmet Metiner of the ruling Justice and Development
    Party (AKP) extended an apology to the Jewish community. "We weren't
    able to protect you. I don't know if we can look you in the eye. I
    know that we marginalized you. I apologize to you as a member of
    Turkey's parliament," he said.

    Turkey's Jewish community was most recently disturbed by a shampoo
    TV advertisement that featured Adolf Hitler. The ad was eventually
    taken off air earlier this week after a public outcry.

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