Israeli Army Opens Turkish Account: Dirty Past of the Army’s Turkish Spokesperson Revealed
The Israeli army has opened an account in Turkish on platform X. The first post from the account with a verification mark was also a video in Turkish. According to reports in the Israeli media, the former commander of the European desk Arye Shalicar, who has started the Turkish spokespersonship for the Israeli army with the new X account, turned out to be a “former gangster.”
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) opened a Turkish account on the social media platform X. The first post from the account with a gray verification mark was made with a video in Turkish.
The announcement of the account named “IDF Turkish” was made by Arye Shalicar, who grew up in Germany and has previously worked as a spokesperson for the Israeli army.
THE ‘T’ OF TURKEY WAS WRITTEN IN LOWERCASE
In the shared video, Shalicar spoke in Turkish, and it was noticed that the ‘T’ of Turkey was written in lowercase in the subtitles.
ARMY SPOKESPERSON REVEALED AS GANG LEADER
One of Israel’s largest news sites, The Times of Israel, revealed to their readers that Shalicar, who started serving as the spokesperson for the army in Turkish, was a former gang member, with the headline “Former gangster speaking on behalf of the Israeli army.” In an article from 2013, The Times of Israel mentioned Shalicar’s youth in Germany, stating, “I got involved in crime, joined the gang life. All kinds of things. Mostly what gangs do. People can understand if you write these.” The article noted that Shalicar founded a gang called “Berlin Crime” and secretly educated himself from his gang friends due to the lack of education being appreciated in his environment. An article from the Berlin-based Tagesspiegel portrayed Shalicar as someone who rose to the leadership of a criminal underworld in Berlin, stabbed a person in his gang, and engaged in drug trafficking. When he was 17, Shalicar was said to never leave the house without a gun, a knife, and a knuckle duster. It was also mentioned that Shalicar talks about Israel, refers to the promised lands, and describes himself as “totally Zionist” when speaking about Israel.
