Turkish official: 'I wish wounded Israeli tourists were dead'

Arutz Sheva ^ | 19/3/16

[Eleutheria5]

Irem Aktas, a member of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party, posted a tweet today, reading "I wish that the wounded Israeli tourists were dead."

She deleted the account shortly after posting it, but not in time to prevent a strong backlash over her lack of sympathy.

Aktas, who is responsible for the party's digital communications and holds the party's Women's Media & Publicity Chair, also wrote "when Israel was attacking your Muslim brothers, why didn't you say anything," i24 reports.

A spokesperson for the Israeli Foreign Ministry said, "We are looking into the issue with the Turkish Foreign Ministry. If it is correct, then it is clearly a disgusting and shocking statement, and we expect an apology and a renunciation."

Health Minister Mehmet Müezzinoğlu offered a relatively kinder message, tweeting: "Even though they are foreigners, they are human beings as well."

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[Eleutheria5]

Come again.

[lurk]

Turks are not very helpful these days. To anyone.

[stellaluna]

Stop going to Turkey.

[Steely Tom]

NATO has outlived its purpose by about 25 years.

It should have been shut down back in the 90s, but too many establishment types owe their livelihoods and comfy lifestyles to it.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Still only half civilized.

[JPG]

Oopsie....never mind

[apocalypto]

Horrible comment!

[Pollster1]

The face of evil can be cute, but it is still evil.

[DoughtyOne]

[wita]

The face is Islam in general, and not the individual smiling.

[elcid1970]

Those are the eyes of a killer. No human warmth.

[YHAOS]

"when Israel was attacking your Muslim brothers, why didn't you say anything"

Where was Ms Aktas when thousands (literally) of non-Muslims were murdered by Muslim Lunatics?

[Pollster1]

Those are the eyes of a killer. No human warmth.

There are many men (including me when I was young) who would read them as the eyes of a wild woman and see that as a good thing. Who would guess that "a little wild" could go to "I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti" in three seconds.

[Navy Patriot]

Turkish official: 'I wish wounded Israeli tourists were dead'

Turkish officials are most illustrative mounted on posts, --Vlad Dracul

[dfwgator]

Wouldn’t shed a tear if Putin nuked the whole place.

[miss marmelstein]

I could see those eyes and mouth turning very mean in tha famous NY minute.

[gsm31]

Don’t mind about the killings as long as we’re friends.

[Truth29]

The Turkish government needs to fire her for any warming of the relationship between Turkey and Israel. If they don't, it shows, again, just what Erdogan is.

[Walkingfeather]

She can rot

[JimSEA]

Moderate Muslims are al Qaeda, fundamentalist Muslims are ISIS. The trend is toward fundamentalism.