[FORDIST ANTISEMITISM IN TURKEY] Beynelmilel Yahudi. [i.e., The international Jew: Jewish influences in American life]. Translated by Selma Gücüyener

FORD, HENRY (1863-1947).

Anadolu Türk Kitap Deposu, Ankara, 1943.

Original wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 84 p.

Scarce first Turkish edition translated by a female translator, of Ford’s most famous book reflecting his antisemitic ideas, claiming that international Jewish capital controls the banks and the financial world, and being conspired by this organization against Ford himself as a successful businessman.

The International Jew includes four volumes of antisemitic booklets or pamphlets originally published and distributed in the early 1920s by the Dearborn Publishing Company, an outlet owned by Henry Ford, the American industrialist and automobile manufacturer.

This book was translated into Turkish in the period of the beginning of WWII. In 1939-1942, Turkey saw antisemitic propaganda spreading that had seen support from Nazi Germany, in which the Turkish government did not intervene. In July 1942 the power in Turkey was taken by right-wing politicians. On 11 November 1942, a law on tax on property (Varlik Vergisi) was ratified by the Turkish Parliament. The tax rate for Jews and Christians was 5 times greater than for Muslims. As a result, about 1,500 Jews were sent to labour camps for non-payment of taxes. The Act was repealed on 15 March 1944. Despite this, Turkey received substantial numbers of Jewish refugees during the rise of fascism in Europe in the 1930s and the Second World War. There were cases of Turkish diplomats in Europe aiding Jews in escaping the Holocaust.

OCLC 60659997 (Three copies worldwide, not in the US libraries).