That’s from the Twitter feed of Ali Ihsan Goker. His Twitter profile identifies him as a faculty member in Turkey. A Google search for “Ali Ihsan Goker” turned up this guy, who is listed as a Physics faculty member at Bilecik University in Bilecik, Turkey. Probably the same person.
Treblinka, for those who don’t know, was a killing center constructed by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II. It is estimated that Germans murdered between 870,000 and 925,000 Jews there.
Louis Fishman, the left-leaning academic to whom Goker was responding, was shocked by the vile, anti-Semitic comment.
@aihsan_goker @FercanY @haaretz how can you even write such a thing,,,,
— Louis Fishman لوي فيشمان לואי פישמן (@Istanbultelaviv) July 24, 2014
Which led to this incredible response from Goker:
https://twitter.com/aihsan_goker/status/492314922928578560
“I will assume your parents escaped Treblinka with error.” That is truly one of the most unhinged tweets we’ve seen, and — believe us — we’ve seen a lot of unhinged tweets.
@Istanbultelaviv @FercanY @haaretz if I was PM I would round up the stranded israelis here and send to deportation camp at once
— Ali Ihsan Goker (@aihsan_goker) July 24, 2014
The cuckoo-pants is strong with this one.
@aihsan_goker how utterly sick and shameful to tweet such things. your university should kick you out. @Istanbultelaviv @FercanY
— Frederike Geerdink (@fgeerdink) July 24, 2014
@fgeerdink @aihsan_goker @FercanY Yes, and I would love to pursue this. Incredibly shocking.
— Louis Fishman لوي فيشمان לואי פישמן (@Istanbultelaviv) July 24, 2014
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.@fgeerdink @Istanbultelaviv On the website, he is shown as head of a 2-person physics dept. http://t.co/QQ2LojYgSh
— Rainer Brömer (@rbromer) July 24, 2014
.@aaronstein1 @fgeerdink @Istanbultelaviv There's a general e-mail for the rektörlük: http://t.co/uPvJOJvTt1
— Rainer Brömer (@rbromer) July 24, 2014
@rbromer @aaronstein1 good work! i'd certainly do something with it, this is really so totally crossing any line. @Istanbultelaviv
— Frederike Geerdink (@fgeerdink) July 24, 2014
But Goker wasn’t backing down. Not yet, anyway:
@Istanbultelaviv @fgeerdink u are not shocked by the massacre of 100's of Gaza children, are u?
— Ali Ihsan Goker (@aihsan_goker) July 24, 2014
@Istanbultelaviv @fgeerdink go and complain about me to PM himself. I don't care a bit…
— Ali Ihsan Goker (@aihsan_goker) July 24, 2014
After Fishman noted that he is a left-winger who supports Palestinians, Goker suddenly changed his tune:
@Istanbultelaviv @fgeerdink if so I am with you guys 100%
— Ali Ihsan Goker (@aihsan_goker) July 24, 2014
@aihsan_goker @fgeerdink You told me to go to Treblinka! Never!!!
— Louis Fishman لوي فيشمان לואי פישמן (@Istanbultelaviv) July 24, 2014
@Istanbultelaviv @fgeerdink if u feel sorry for those kids I am ready to apologize on any excessive remark
— Ali Ihsan Goker (@aihsan_goker) July 24, 2014
@Istanbultelaviv @fgeerdink ok if u got pissed off on that, sorry.
— Ali Ihsan Goker (@aihsan_goker) July 24, 2014
Dude. Apology not accepted.
@aihsan_goker after what you said to @Istanbultelaviv you cant be 'with you guys' at all anymore, ever.
— Frederike Geerdink (@fgeerdink) July 24, 2014
@fgeerdink @Istanbultelaviv unfortunately yes. Should I be sorry for that?
— Ali Ihsan Goker (@aihsan_goker) July 24, 2014
@aihsan_goker you are very pityful. @Istanbultelaviv
— Frederike Geerdink (@fgeerdink) July 24, 2014
@aihsan_goker you are disgusting. @fgeerdink @Istanbultelaviv
— William D. Adler (@williamadler78) July 24, 2014
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