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'''Anti-Turkism''' ([[Turkish language|Turkish]]: ''Türk Düşmanlığı''), '''Turkophobia''', '''Turcophobia''' or '''anti-Turkish sentiment''' is the hostility towards [[Turkish people]], [[Culture of Turkey|Turkish culture]], the [[Ottoman Empire]] (Turkish Empire) and the [[Republic of Turkey]]. In late 19th century, [[William Ewart Gladstone]] firmly established Turcop(contracted; show full)

In an episode of the [[Simpsons]] entitled [[Mobile Homer]], [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] says to a Turk: 
:''Bring back our children, you [[Cyprus]]-splitting jerks!''
Many Turks and especially [[Turkish Cypriots]] took offence to this considering the sensitivity of the [[Cyprus dispute]].{{Fact|date=February 2007}}

== Anti-Turkish quotes ==
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[[Image:Anti_Turkism_Terrible_Turk_1.png|thumb|right|200px|L'ENFANT TERRIBLE<br/>
Young Turk: ''"I WILL FIGHT TO THE DEATH FOR OUR NATIONAL HONOUR."''<br/>
Old Turk: ''"WELL, IF YOU MUST. BUT I WASH MY HANDS OF THE WHOLE BUSINESS—UNLESS, OF COURSE, YOU WIN."'']]

[[Voltaire]] characterised the Turks as:
:''"tyrants of the women and enemies of arts". ''

He also spoke of the need:
:''"to chase away from Europe these barbaric usurpers"''

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[[Ziya Gökalp]], prominent Turkish ideologue of [[Pan-Turkism]], in his writings heavily criticizes officials of the Ottoman Empire for always using the term "donkey Turk" regarding its Turkish subjects. <ref>http://www.gencturkhaber.com/v1/haber.php?id=110106</ref>

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==See also==
*[[Midnight Express (film)]]
*[[Khojaly Massacre]]
*[[Harold Nicolson]]
*[[Bosnian Genocide]]
*[[Bulgarization#Turks|Bulgarization of Turks in Bulgaria]]
*[[Volen Siderov]]
*[[Chrysi Avyi]]

==Notes and References==
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* [http://www.sieps.se/publ/rapporter/bilagor/2006_turkiet.pdf "Turkey, Sweden and the EU Experiences and Expectations", Report by the Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies, April 2006, p. 6]

==External links==
*[http://www.hum.au.dk/cek/kontur/pdf/kontur_10/sinan.yasar.pdf Turkey in the Eye of the Beholder:Tracking Perceptions on Turkey through Political Cartoons by Sinan Erensü and Yaşar Adanalı]
*[http://www.hetq.am/eng/society/h-0203-vharutiunyan.html Patriotism versus Patria by Vartan Harutiunyan]
*[http://www.brown.edu/Students/Turkish/Gelenler/Turkishness_in_Hollywood.pdf Representation of Turkish People in Hollywood by Aslihan Tokgoz]
*[http://tatar.yuldash.com/eng_098.html TURKOPHOBIA:Its Social and Historical Roots By Sabirzyan BADRETDIN]

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