Turkey: "No one in Turkey is anti-Semitic," says Deputy PM

The first step in dealing with antisemitism is.... denying that it exists, of course.

Turks are not anti-Semites. They're anti-Zionists.  Problem solved.

Via Daily Sabah:

Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arinç, in an interview on Israeli channel TV2, said that anti-Semitism has never taken root in Turkey, there is only outrage over Israeli government policies.

Defending Turkey's reactions to Israeli policies, Arinç said: "No one in Turkey is anti-Semitic. Most of the Turkish people strongly react against the Israeli government.