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Anti-Turkism, also known as Turcophobia^[1] (Turkophobia) or anti-Turkish sentiment, is the hostility, intolerance or racism against the Turkish people, Turkish culture, or Turkey (previously the Ottoman Empire)^[2][3].

Anti-Turkism does not only refer to intolerance against the Turks of Turkey, but also against the Turkic-speaking Post-Soviet nations, including Azerbaijan^[4], Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, as well as against the Turkic-speaking minorities in Armenia, Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Iran, Iraq, Germany, Greece, Moldova, Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine and the autonomous Xinjiang Uyghur region of China. The non-Turkic Balkan Muslims, particularly Bosniaks and Macedonian Muslims, are occasional victims of anti-Turkism as well.^{[citation needed]} It can also refer to racism against ethnic Turks living outside of Turkey in the Turkish diaspora. ^{[citation needed]}

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Turcophobia is sometimes^[who?] traced to the Turkish Wars of the Late Middle Ages, viz. the attempts of Western Christianity to stem the expansion of the Ottoman Empire. By the middle of the 15th century special masses called missa contra turcas (translated as "mass against Turks") were celebrated in various places in Europe,^[5] the message of these masses was that victory over the Turks was only possible with the help of God and that a Christian community was therefore necessary to withstand the cruelty of the Turks. ^{[citation needed]}

Bishop Fabri of Vienna (1536–41) claimed that:

"There are no crueller and more audacious villains under the heavens than the Turks who spare no age or sex and mercilessly cut down young and old alike and pluck unripe fruit from the wombs of mothers".^[5]

In the 16th century about 2,500 publications about the Turks were spread around Europe (over a thousand of which were in German), in these publications the image of the 'bloodthirsty Turk' was imprinted on reader. In fact in the period of 1480 to 1610, twice as many books were published about the Turkish threat to Europe than about the discovery of the continents of America.^[5]

During this time the Ottoman Empire had conquered the Balkans and had been besieging Vienna. There was much fear in Europe about the Ottoman advance, most profoundly in Germany.^[6] Luther cleverly used these fears by asserting that "the “Turks” were the agents of the Devil who, along with the Antichrist located in the heart of the Catholic Church, Rome, would usher in the Last Days and the Apocalypse".^[7]

Martin Luther had the view that the Turks' invasion of Europe was God's punishment of Christianity because it had allowed the corruption of both the Holy See and the Church.^{[citation needed]} In 1518 when he defended his 95 theses, Luther claimed that God had sent the Turks to punish the Christians in the same way as he had sent war, plagues and earthquakes. The reply of Pope Leo X was the famous papal bull in which he threatened Luther with excommunication and attempted to portray Luther as a troublemaker who advocated capitulation to the Turks.^[5] In his writings On War Against the Turk and Military Sermon Against the Turks Martin Luther is "consistent in his theological conception of the Turks as a manifestation of God's chastising rod".^[8] Luther and his followers "particularly" made "important" contributions to the view that the war between Habsburgs and Ottomans was also a war "between Christ and antichrist" or "between God and the devil.^[9]

The Portuguese Empire, seeking to invade more lands in east Africa and other parts of the world, used any encounter with the "Terrible Turk" provided them with "a prime opportunity to establish credentials as champions of the faith on par with other Europeans"^[10]

Stories of the Wolf-Turk also gave Europe this negative image of the Turks. The Wolf-Turk was claimed to be a man-eating being, half animal half human with a Wolf’s head and tail. Military power and cruelty were the recurring attributes in all these claims about the origins of the Turks.^[5]

During the 17th century Turks and Turkish life style continued to be portrayed negatively because of political and ideological reasons. The use of accounts of Turkish customs and Turkish people written during the 17th and 18th centuries, "served as an "ideological weapon" during the Enlightenment's arguments about the nature of government".^[11] Authors projected an image of Turkish people that is "inaccurate but accepted".^[12] Regarding writings on Turkish people and their life styles, "accuracy [was] of little importance; what matters [was] the illusion".^[13]

In Sweden, the Turks were designated the arch-enemy of Christianity. This is evident in a book entitled Luna Turcica eller Turkeske måne, anwissjandes lika som uti en spegel det mahometiske vanskelige regementet, fördelter uti fyra qvarter eller böcker ("Turkish moon showing as in a mirror the dangerous Mohammedan rule, divided into four quarters or books") which was published in 1694 and was written by the parish priest Erland Dryselius of Jönköping. In sermons the country's clergy preached about the Turks' general cruelty and bloodthirstiness and of how they systematically burned and plundered the areas they conquered. In a Swedish school book published in 1795 Islam was described as "the false religion that had been fabricated by the great deceiver Muhammad, to which the Turks to this day universally confess".^[5]

In Orientalism, Edward Said noted that:

"Until the end of the seventeenth century the 'Ottoman peril' lurked alongside Europe to represent for the whole of Christian civilization a constant danger, and in time European civilization incorporated that peril and its lore, its great events, figures, virtues, and vices, as something woven into the fabric of life."^[14]

Voltaire and other European writers criticized the Turks as tyrants who destroyed Europe's heritage.^[15]

Within the Ottoman Empire, the name "Turk" was sometimes used to denote the Turkmen backwoodsmen, bumpkins, or the illiterate peasants in Anatolia. "Etrak-i bi-idrak", for example, was an Ottoman play on words, meaning "the ignorant Turk".^[16]

Özay Mehmet in his book Islamic Identity and Development: Studies of the Islamic Periphery mentions^[17]:

The ordinary Turks (Turkmen) did not have a sense of belonging to a ruling ethnic group. In particular, they had a confused sense of self-image. Who were they: Turks, Muslims or Ottomans? Their literature was sometimes Persian, sometimes Arabic, but always courtly and elitist. There was always a huge social and cultural distance between the Imperial centre and the Anatolian periphery. As Bernard Lewis expressed it: "in the Imperial society of the Ottomans the ethnic term Turk was little used, and then chiefly in a rather derogatory sense, to designate the Turcoman nomads or, later, the ignorant and uncouth Turkish-speaking peasants of the Anatolian villages." (Lewis 1968: 1) In the words of a British observer of the Ottoman values and institutions at the start of the twentieth century: "The surest way to insult an Ottoman gentleman is to call him a 'Turk'. His face will straightway wear the expression a Londoner's assumes, when he hears himself frankly styled a Cockney. He is no Turk, no savage, he will assure you, but an Ottoman subject of the Sultan, by no means to be confounded with certain barbarians styled Turcomans, and from whom indeed, on the male side, he may possibly be descended."(Davey 1907: 209)

Handan Nezir Akmeşe, who describes the attempts of the Young Turk movement to ingrain nationalism among the Turkish speakers of the Ottoman empire prior to World War I^[18]:

One consequence was to reinforce these officers sense of their Turkish nationality, and a sense of national grievance arising out of the contrast between the non-Muslim communities, with their prosperous, European-educated elites, and "the poor Turks [who] inherited from the Ottoman Empire nothing but a broken sword and an old-fashioned plough." Unlike the non-Muslim and non-Turkish communities, they noted with some bitterness, the Turks did not even have a proper sense of their own national identity, and used to make fun of each other, calling themselves "donkey Turk"

Ziya Gökalp, prominent Turkish proponent of Pan-Turkism, in his writings heavily criticizes officials of the Ottoman Empire for always using the term "donkey Turk" regarding its Turkic-speaking Azeri subjects.^[19]

Kazakhs are a Turkic group living in Kazakhstan and western China.

In 1936 when Sheng Shicai expelled 20,000 Kazakhs from Xinjiang, to Qinghai, the Chinese Muslim General Ma Bufang and his Chinese Muslim army massacred their fellow Muslim Kazakhs, until there were 135 of them left.^[20][21]

Chinese Muslims also reacted violently to the establishment of the First East Turkestan Republic, which was based on pan Turkic nationalism,^{[citation needed]} the Chinese Muslim 36th Division (National Revolutionary Army) defeated the Turkic Uyghur and Kirghiz armies of the First East Turkestan Republic, and destroyed the Republic during the Battle of Kashgar (1934), Battle of Yangi Hissar and Battle of Yarkand.^[22] The Chinese Muslim Generals Ma Fuyuan and Ma Zhancang declared the destruction of the rebel forces and the returning of the area to the control of the Republic of China government, Chinese Muslim forces then executed the Turkic Muslim Emirs Abdullah Bughra and Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra. The Chinese Muslim General Ma Zhongying then entered Idgah Mosque in Kashgar, and lectured the Turkic Muslims on being loyal to the Chinese government.

Before the sixties Turkey had "relatively low emigration".^[23] After the adoption of new constitution in 1961, Turkish citizens began migrating outside.^[24] Gradually, in certain Western countries, Turks became a "prominent ethnic minority group",^[25] and thus, become "increasingly visible and vocal".^[26] But since the beginning Turks were subject to discrimination against them. Even when host countries launched a shift in policy regarding their immigrants "only the Turkish workers were excluded" from them.^[27]

The term "Turk" has acquired the a meaning similar to "barbarian" or "heathen" in various European languages,^{[5][28][29][30][31]} or use "Turk" as a slur or curse.^[5][32]

The Turkish population of Bulgaria before the country was reformed in 1878 is estimated at one third of the total,^[33] though some scholars (especially Turkish ones) estimate that they were the majority^[34] By 1876, approximately 70% of the fertile arable land belonged to the Turks. Pan-Slavist A Turkish historian, Turhan Çetin, has claimed that the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) was a means to cleanse the Balkans of Turks.^[35] An estimated 220,000 Turks migrated to Turkey between 1923 and 1949, though the Turkish government encouraged the emigration. Then, another wave of Turks left Bulgaria, some 155,000 were either expelled or “allowed to leave” in 1949-51, though the emigration occurred following an agreement with the Turkish government.^[34][36]

During communist rule, the Bulgarian government started a Bulgarisation process whereby policies were instigated to limit the cultural and ethnic characteristics of Bulgarian Turks. In 1984, approximately 800,000 Turks were forced to change their names to Bulgarian names. Furthermore, Turks were not allowed to attend the Muslim religious ceremonies^[37], speak Turkish in public places or wear traditional Turkish clothing.^[38] This eventually led to the biggest mass exodus in Europe since World War II ensued when approximately 350,000 Turks were forced to leave Bulgaria and crossed the border to Turkey. This event occurred between June to August 1989 and is known as the 'The Big Excursion'.^[39] After the removal of Todor Zhivkov from power, over 150,000 Turks returned to Bulgaria, but more than 200,000 chose to remain in Turkey permanently.^[40]

Boiko Borisov, who has been accused of having anti-Turkish tendencies^[42] came to power in the July 2009 elections. In December 2009, PM Borisov "declared himself in favor of a motion put forth by the nationalist party ATAKA and its leader for holding a referendum over the broadcast of daily Turkish language news emissions on the Bulgarian National TV", but he later withdrew support.^[43] The Turkish prime minister "expressed his concern of rising anti-Turkish sentiments in Bulgaria"^[44] to Bulgarian prime minister. The Turkish Foreign Ministry also "expressed its concern over the rising heated rhetoric in Bulgaria"^[45] on the issue of the Turkish language news. According to a report by Ivan Dikov, "not just ATAKA but a large number of Bulgarians have resented the news in Turkish".^[43]

The island of Cyprus became an independent state in 1960, with power sharing between the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots under the 1960 Zurich agreements. In December 1963, the events known as Bloody Christmas (tr:Kanlı Noel)^[46] was were Turkish Cypriots defected from the Republic and Greek Cypriots initiated a military campaign against them, which led to the beginning of ethnic clashes between the two communities that were to continue for 11 years.^[47] At this time, Turkish Cypriots beared the heavier cost in terms of casualties and some 25,000 Turkish Cypriots became internally displaced accounting to about a fifth of their population.^[48] These Turkish Cypriots had become internally displaced and lived as refugees for at least ten years before the 1974 Turkish invasion.^[49] By the late 1960s, tension continued to grow and approximately 60,000 Turkish Cypriots left their homes and moved into enclaves.^[50] This resulted in an exodus of Turkish Cypriots with the majority migrating to the United Kingdom whilst others went to Turkey, North America and Australia.^[51]

It has been observed that Turks are "the most prominent ethnic minority group in contemporary Germany".^[52] But discrimination against Turkish minority "occurs in various everyday situations"^[53] in Germany. After the adoption of the 1961 constitution, Turkish citizens began migrating outside the country.^[24] While the population of Turkish immigrant workers reached 3 million, Turkish minorities have become "well-known butts of welfare chauvinism and racial violence in Germany".^[54] After 1980, xenophobia targeting Turkish minorities grow parallel with unemployment rates and "latent anti-Semitism was transformed into open 'anti-Turkism'".^[55] Turks subjected to destructive jokes and public discourse and were shown "ludicrously different in their food tastes, dress, names, and even in their ability to develop survival techniques".^[56] Those "eye-opening" jokes contain such a great deal of animosity and aggressive tendencies so that it is "reflected in the actual increasing violence towards Turks".^[57] As a result of all these discrimination, "serious behavioral consequences of prejudice against Turks is prevailing in Germany".^[53]

The number of violent acts by right-wing extremists in Germany increased dramatically between 1990 and 1992.^[58] On November 25, 1992, three Turkish residents were killed in a firebombing in Mölln (Western Germany).^[59] The attack prompted even further perplexity since the victims were neither refugees nor lived in a hostel.^[60] The same was true for the incident in a Westphalian town on May 29, 1993; where another arson attack took place in Solingen on a Turkish family that had resided in Germany for twenty-three years, five of whom were burnt to death.^[61] Several neighbours heard someone shout Heil Hitler! before dousing the front porch and door with gasoline and setting the fire to the home.^[62] However, most Germans condemned these attacks on foreigners and many marched in candlelight processions.^[63]

According to Greg Nees, "because Turks are both darker-skinned and Muslim, conservative Germans are largely against granting them citizenship."^[64]

A Turkish community currently live in Western Thrace which is located in the north-eastern part of Greece. In 1922, Turks owned 84% of the land in Western Thrace, but now the minority estimates this figure to be between 20–40%. This stems from various practices of the Greek administration whereby ethnic Greeks are encouraged to purchase Turkish land with soft loans granted by the state.^[65][66] The Western Thrace Turks has traditionally been estimated to number between 120,000 and 130,000.^[67][68] However, the Greek government refers to the Turkish community as Greek Muslims or Hellenic Muslims, and does not recognise a Turkish minority in Western Thrace.^[67] Greek courts have also outlawed the use of the word 'Turkish' to describe the community. In 1988, the Greek High Court affirmed a 1986 decision of the Court of Appeals of Thrace in which the Union of Turkish Associations of Western Thrace was ordered closed. The court held that the use of the word 'Turkish' referred to citizens of Turkey, and could not be used to describe citizens of Greece; the use of the word 'Turkish' to describe 'Greek Muslims' was held to endanger public order.^[69]

Iran is a home to many native Turkic speakers. Most numerous among them are the Iranian Azeris, a Turkic-speaking people of mixed Caucasian, Iranian and Turkic origin^[70], who are also the largest non-Persian ethnic minority, comprising about 16 to 25 percent of Iran's population^[71][72]. They inhabit the northwestern parts of Iran, or Iranian Azerbaijan, as well as large cities, including Tehran and the provincial centers. Azerbaijanis are occasionally stereotyped as dull and simple-minded by other Iranians ^[73], though such representation never became a basis for suspicions of unpatriotism on behalf of Iran's Azerbaijanis^[74] and such "regional jokes" as they're called in Iran, are common in Iranian culture, and most such jokes target people of Isfahan, Rasht, Abadan and Mashhad who are ethnically Persians. ^[75]. As Azerbaijanis are predominantly Shia Muslims, they are considered a well integrated linguistic minority^[76][77], and are well represented in Iran's political, military and intellectual elites as well as the country's religious hierarchy. In fact, the current Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, is an ethnic Azerbaijani.^{[78] [79][80]} However, human rights groups and Azerbaijani political activists, complain that the Azerbaijani people in Iran are subject to discrimination when it comes to their culture and language. Since the Republic of Azerbaijan's independence in 1991, there has been renewed interest and contact between Azeris on both sides of the border. So the Iranian authorities, who subscribe to a pan-Islamist school of thought, views Azeri nationalism as a threat, and regularly cracks down on Azerbaijani activists. ^{[81][82][83][84][85][86]} While Iranian Azeris may seek greater cultural rights, few Iranian Azeris display separatist tendencies. Extensive reporting by Afshin Molavi, an Iranian Azeri scholar, in the three major Azeri provinces of Iran, as well as among Iranian Azeris in Tehran, found that irredentist or unificationist sentiment was not widely held among Iranian Azeris. Few people framed their genuine political, social and economic frustration – feelings that are shared by the majority of Iranians – within an ethnic context.^[87]

The Netherlands has a sizable Turkish minority group as well as Germany. Turkish ethnic minority group is the "second largest ethnic minority group living in the Netherlands" and their culture is considered to "differ substantially from Dutch culture".^[88] Even though progressive policies are installed, "especially compared with those in some other European countries such as Germany"^[89] Human Rights Watch criticized the Netherlands for new legislations violating the human rights of Turkish ethnic minority group.^[90] The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance published its third report on Netherlands in 2008. In this report Turkish minority group is described as a notable community which have been particularly affected by "stigmatisation of and discrimination against members of minority groups"^[91] as a result of controversial policies of the governments of Netherlands. The same report also noted that "the tone of Dutch political and public debate around integration and other issues relevant to ethnic minorities has experienced a dramatic deterioration".

Recently, use of the word "allochtonen" as a "catch-all expression" for "the other" emerged as a new development. European Network against Racism, an international organisation supported by European Commission reported that, in Netherlands, half of the Turks reported having experienced racial discrimination.^[92] Same report points "dramatic growth of islamophobia" parallel with antisemitism. Another international organisation European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia highlighted negative trend in Netherlands, regarding attitudes towards minorities, compared to average EU results.^[93] The analysis also noted that compared to most other Europeans, in the Netherlands, majority group is "more in favour of cultural assimilation of minorities" rather than "cultural enrichment by minority groups".

Within the Soviet Union, ethnic cleansing of Turks during World War II took the form of mass deportations carried out by the Soviet secret police and the Red Army.^[94] The reason for the deportation was because the Soviet Union was preparing to launch a pressure campaign against Turkey. In June 1945 Vyacheslav Molotov, then Minister of Foreign Affairs, formally presented a demand to the Turkish Ambassador in Moscow for the surrender of three Anatolian provinces (Kars, Ardahan and Artvin). Moscow was also preparing to support Armenian claims to several other Anatolian provinces. Thus, war against Turkey seemed possible, and Joseph Stalin wanted to clear the strategic Turkish population (especially those situated in Meskheti) located near the Turkish-Georgian border which were likely to be hostile to Soviet intentions.^[95] The deportation is relatively poorly documented, but Soviet sources suggests that an estimated 115,000 Turks were deported mainly to Central Asia, most of which settled in Uzbekistan.^[96]

In 1989, ethnic clashes between the Uzbeks and Turks occurred. According to official figures, 103 people died and over 1,000 were wounded. Moreover, 700 houses were destroyed and more than 90,000 Meskhetian Turks were driven out of Uzbekistan.^[97] The events of 1989 are considered by the Turks as their 'second deportation'. Those that remained in Uzbekistan complained (in private due to the fear of repercussions) of ethnic discrimination.^[98]

Turks who lived in and around Nagorno-Karabakh during the early 1990s were forced to flee when the Armenians took control of the area.^[99] Although some have returned to Meskheti, a problem has constantly been that Georgians and Armenians who settled into the homes of the Turks have vowed to take up arms against any return movements. Moreover, many Georgians have advocated that the Meskhetian Turks should be sent to Turkey, 'where they belong'.^[99]

More recently, some Turks in Russia, especially those in Krasnodar, have faced hostility from the local population. The Krasnodar Meskhetian Turks have suffered significant human rights violations, including the deprivation of their citizenship. They are deprived of civil, political and social rights and are prohibited from owning property and employment.^[100] Thus, since 2004, many Turks have left the Krasnodar region for the United States as refugees, which is now becoming their third deportation. They are still barred from full repatriation to Georgia.^[101]

They [the Turks] were, upon the whole, from the black day when they first entered Europe, the one great anti-human specimen of humanity. Wherever they went, a broad line of blood marked the track behind them, and, as far as their dominion reached, civilization disappeared from view. They represented everywhere government by force, as opposed to government by law.

— William Gladstone, 1876^[102]

The barbarian power, which has been for centuries seated in the very heart of the Old World, which has in its brute clutch the most famous countries of classical and religious antiquity and many of the most fruitful and beautiful regions of the earth... ignorantly holding in its possession one half of the history of the whole world.

— Cardinal Newman (1801–1890)

...tyrants of the women and enemies of arts...

— Voltaire (1694-1778)^[15]

...to chase away from Europe these barbaric usurpers...

— Voltaire (1694-1778)^[15]

I wish fervently that the Turkish barbarians be chased away immediately out of the country [Greece] of Xenophon, Socrates, Plato, Sophocles and Euripides. If we wanted, it could be done soon but seven crusades of superstition have been undertaken and a crusade of honour will never take place. We know almost no city built by them; they let decay the most beautiful establishments of Antiquity, they reign over ruins.

— Voltaire (1694-1778), The Orient’s Christian Realm

When i consider history, I find that there has been no nation tht has practiced more blasphemy of God, brutally, shameful fornication, and every kind of wild and chaotic living than the Turks.

— Philipp Melanchthon^[103]

The term "Turk" acquired the a meaning similar to "barbarian" or "heathen" in various European languages, as evident from the following dictionary entries:

• Websters New Collegiate Dictionary: "One who is cruel or tyrannical." (noted as archaic)^[5][104]
• Concise Oxford Dictionary: "Ferocious, wild or unmanageable person."^[5][105]
• Random House Dictionary: "A cruel, brutal and domineering man."^[5]

Many vices in the world were associated with the Turks. Others came from history, when Turks invaded Europe. The following is an incomplete list of sayings about Turks in various countires of Europe and Middle East.

 Armenia

• "Թուրք" ("Turk") is commonly used to question someone's stupidity: "թուրք ե՞ս" ("Are you a Turk?")
• "թուրքի տուն" ("Turk's house") is a phrase to describe disordered and very dirty house^[106]

 Austria

• Die Türken kommen ("The Turks are coming") is sometimes used to describe a nearby danger

 France

• Turc was once used in proverbial expressions such as C'est un vray Turc ("He's a real Turk"), used to indicate that a person was harsh and pitiless.^[107]

 Greece:

• Έγινε Τούρκος ("He became a Turk") denotes extreme anger towards someone or because of something ("He was so angry that he resembled a Turk").^[108]

 Iran

• Tork-e khar ("Turkish donkey") is a derogatory joke usually directed against Turkic-speaking Iranian Azeris^[109][110]

 Italy

• bestemmia come un Turco ("he swears like a Turk")^[111]
• Mamma li Turchi! ("Oh mother, the Turks are coming!") is one of the most infamous Italian phrase (and one much used by headline writers) and is used to suggest an imminent danger, as when the Ottoman Turks threatened Europe^[112][113]
• Fumare come un Turco ("To smoke like a Turk") is a regularly used expression by Italians.

 Netherlands See also:nl:Turk (scheldwoord) Turk (insult) in Dutch Wiki

• "eruit zien als een Turk" ("to look like a Turk") means to be dirty, disgusting
• "rijden als een Turk" ("driving like a Turk") means someone is a bad driver
• For decades after the Turkish immigrants came to The Netherlands most encyclopedias and dictionaires, including the Van Dale, still referred to a Turk as someone who is dirty, barbaric and bloodthirsty, instead of someone who lives in Turkey^[114]

 Malta:

• "Tork" is someone feared and unwanted due to his nature
• "Mela jien xi Tork, jew?" ("Am I a Turk, or what?") is a phrase used by someone who is left out or forgotten from a share between a group
• "Tgħammed Tork!" ("A Turk was baptised!") is a phrase that is used when a rare event occurs, because a Turk turning to Christianity from Islam is seen as a rare event.^{[citation needed]}

 Norway

• "Sint som en tyrker" is a saying which means "Angry like a Turk"^[115][116]

 Serbia (and other ex-Yugoslavia countries)

• "puši ko Turčin" / "пуши ко Турчин" is a phrase that means "he smokes like a Turk" describing a person who smokes a lot^[117]

 Spain

• "Turco" is a word used by the Spanish people to make disparaging remarks about a person

 Romania

• "Măi, turcule" (You, Turk) is an expression used to address to a person that fails to comprehend or is ignorant^[118]
• "a fuma ca un turc" ("to smoke like a Turk") is an expression used to denote a person who smokes a lot^[119]

 Russia

• "Незваный гость хуже Татарина" ("An unwanted guest is worse than a Tatar", with Tatars being a Turkic people living in Russia).^[120]

• Turkification
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• Volen Siderov
• Persecution of Muslims
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• The Lustful Turk

• Turkey in the Eye of the Beholder:Tracking Perceptions on Turkey through Political Cartoons by Sinan Erensü and Yaşar Adanalı
• Patriotism versus Patria by Vartan Harutiunyan
• Representation of Turkishness in Hollywood by Aslihan Tokgoz
• TURKOPHOBIA:Its Social and Historical Roots By Sabirzyan BADRETDIN
• The Unspeakable Turk political cartoons
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