Turkey – Hitler Ad Pulled After Jewish Community Protests

Turkey – A Turkish TV advert for men’s shampoo, featuring Adolf Hitler, has been withdrawn following complaints from the country’s Jewish community.

The 12-second advert shows footage of Hitler with a dubbed voice shouting that men should not use women’s shampoo if they do not wear women’s clothes.

Turkey’s Jewish community threatened legal action over the “unacceptable” use of Hitler to promote the product.

The advertising firm behind the campaign said it was “misinterpreted”.

The office of the chief Rabbi in Istanbul demanded a public apology from the company “to repair the damage this commercial has caused to society’s conscience”.

The Istanbul-based advertising firm, Marka, and the company that produces the product, Biota Laboratories, both confirmed that, after just ten days on air, the decision had been taken to withdraw the advert for Biomen shampoo.