FORMER AGRICULTURE MINISTER SOBRI ROPRAK EXPLAINED TODAY THAT THE FAILURE OF FOREIGN JEWS TO ASSIMILATE WAS THE REASON FOR HIS INTRODUCING A RESOLUTION IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WHICH WOULD FORBID JEWISH IMMIGRATION.
THE MOTION, POINTING TO GROWING ANTI-SEMITISM THE WORLD OVER, DECLARES THAT TURKISH JEWS ARE FREE FROM MOLESTATION. JEWS, IT SAYS, DO NOT WANT TO ASSIMILATE THEMSELVES, AND SPEAK THEIR OWN LANGUAGE.
” MANY JEWS ARRIVING FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES DEMAND ADMISSION AND TURKISH CITIZENSHIP, BUT INSTEAD OF BECOMING TURKS, THEY TRY TO JUDAIZE OTHERS,” THE RESOLUTION ASSERTS.
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