Turkish Foreign Ministry compares Greek authorities with SS men in Auschwitz

Turkish authorities are engaged in outrageous profanity of the Holocaust tragedy, according to the Jewish the community of Greece.  On the eve of the Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister, YavuzSelim Kiran, compared the refugees who want to enter Greece through Turkey with the prisoners of Auschwitz, and the Greeks with the SS men in this death camp.

“These photos are not from Auschwitz, but from Parachute. The Greeks take away clothes, money, identification cards, mobile phones from unhappy migrants, and then send them back.  Europe and the entire civilized world have taken an ostrich’s position, ”the Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister wrote.

“We demand that the Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister delete his entry and formally apologize for his comparison, which offends the victims of the Holocaust.  The Nazis destroyed six million European Jews, including Greek.  The Turkish government’s policy of exploiting the suffering of innocent people gives the impression of a profanation of the Holocaust for political purposes.  This is nothing more than a vile operation to misinform and disorientate public opinion, ”said the Central Council of Jewish Communities of Greece.

David Harris, director-general of the American Jewish Committee believes that Kiran’s comparison of Nazi Germany is “beyond meanness.”

“During World War II, Turkey was neutral, and Greece fought against the Nazis and paid a high price for it.  Does a Turkish official really know nothing about Auschwitz, gas chambers and crematoria?  It's time for Turkey to stop using refugees as pawns in a vile game against Greece and the European Union, ”Harris wrote on Twitter.

YavushSelim Kiran did not delete his tweet.  The Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkey is actively commenting on the tweet on users who do not share Ankara’s view of the refugee situation.  In the comments, readers pointed out: a photo of migrants whom the Greeks allegedly stripped naked and robbed - in fact, a screenshot from the video where migrants are dried by the fire after swimming in the river.  Another user suggested that the photos posted by Kieran were taken in Photoshop.

After the death in the southern Syrian province of Idlib on February 27 as a result of a Syrian Air Force strike, 36 Turkish troops in Ankara decided not to stop the refugees who seek to enter Europe by sea or land, taking advantage of the territories of Greece and Bulgaria.  Turkish police, coast guards and border checkpoints were instructed not to impede the passage of migrants in the event of a flow of refugees from Syria.  According to officials in Athens, the Turkish border guards at the checkpoints “just disappeared,” and the Turkish authorities not only do not interfere, but also actively help migrants in trying to cross the border with Greece.  On March 5, it became known that about 1,000 Turkish police special forces were transferred to the border with Greece in order to prevent "the outflow of migrants from Greek territory."

On March 8, migrant women staged a rally in Parazkul demanding that Turkey be included in the European Union so that refugees could move freely around the EU.  According to Turkish newspapers, on March 11, Turkish President Recep Erdogan said: Greece acts with refugees as the Nazis did with the Jews.

“Migrants in Turkey staged a Holocaust, and they are forced to flee to Greece?  If so, Erdogan should be punished as a war criminal.  If not, then the Turkish president should be invited to Auschwitz to learn about the real Nazis and the real Holocaust, ”David Harris wrote on Twitter.