Mas-Kom-Yah
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by Mustafa Bayburtlu
| Mas-Kom-Yah | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Based on | Kızıl Pençe ("Red Claw") by Mustafa Bayburtlu |
| Directed by | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Date premiered | 1975 |
| Original language | Turkish |
| Subject | Antisemitic trope |
| Genre | Drama |
Mas-Kom-Yah is a theatre play written in 1975 by 20-year-old Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who later served as Mayor of Istanbul, Prime Minister of Turkey and President of Turkey, based on the book Kızıl Pençe ("Red Claw") by the Islamist preacher Mustafa Bayburtlu. The name Mas-Kom-Yah is an abbreviation for Mason, Komünist ve Yahudi (Freemason, Communist and Jew).[1][2]
The non-religious factory owner Ayhan Bey sends his son abroad for education. Years later, the son, having renounced Islam, returns to Turkey. This leads to a falling out between Ayhan Bey and his son. At the same time, the factory owner's workers rebel and take over Ayhan Bey's property. They are incited by a Jewish worker posing as a Turkish Muslim. The ringleader, portrayed in the play as extremely malicious, ultimately incites his colleagues to murder Ayhan Bey.[1]
