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Taylor and Francis Group, Turkish Studies, 4(16), p. 572-587, 2015

DOI: 10.1080/14683849.2015.1084876

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Understanding Anti-Semitic Rhetoric in Turkey Through The Sèvres Syndrome

Journal article published in 2015 by Türkay Salim Nefes ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
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Abstract

While various studies suggest that anti-Semitism is almost non-existent in Turkish society, the popularity of the conspiratorial rhetoric about Jews raises question marks about this view. This article probes into contemporary anti-Semitism in Turkey by scrutinizing conspiracy theories about a crypto-Judaic society called Dönme. It explores the influence of the paranoid style in Turkish politics, known as the Sèvres syndrome, on the popular conspiracy theories with anti-Semitic themes. The research relies on an analysis of the content of conspiracy accounts and interviews with their authors. It concludes that the influence of the Sèvres syndrome is imperative to understand the rationale of anti-Semitic conspiracy rhetoric in Turkey.