Thread: Turkish shampoo ad featuring Hitler stirs protests

[Turkish shampoo ad featuring Hitler stirs protests]

A shampoo commercial on Turkish television has drawn protests from Turkey’s Jewish community for using Adolf Hitler to promote the product.

The Chief Rabbinate of Turkey issued a press statement yesterday to condemn the commercial and protest the company.

“Despite the discussion we had with the owner of the advertising agency in which we shared our sadness and disappointment, we regretfully noticed that the commercial in question still appears in the media,” read the statement. “We would like to make a reminder once again that it’s totally unacceptable to make use of Hitler – the most striking example of cruelty and savagery in history, who caused the death of millions of people with his perverse mentality and twisted ideology – in order to make a difference or raise awareness in a commercial. We reprimand this mindset and emphasize the importance of a public apology in order to repair the damage that this commercial has caused to society’s conscience.”

The commercial shows black-and-white footage of Hitler making a speech dubbed in Turkish with German subtitles. “If you are not wearing female clothes, do not use shampoo for women. Here it is. If you are a man, you have to use this shampoo. Real men use it,” Hitler says in promoting the shampoo which the company claims was produced for the special needs of men.

Using Hitler, who massacred more than 6 million people – most of whom were Jews – in an advertisement for any reason is categorically unacceptable, Chief Rabbi İshak Haleva said.

“This is beyond all ethics, as well as a huge insult to human rights,” Haleva said in a written statement. “We believe and expect that the necessary sensitivity will be shown and that a correction will be made soon.”


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[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hf4zdKGpMI"]Disgusting Turkish shampoo commercial starring Hitler - YouTube[/ame]

I can see this becoming a cult product over here if anybody latches onto it .
Forgetting the obvious PC angle -- or lack of it --- I have never laughed so much for days .
Just thinking about the Client /Agency discussion meetings has me in stitches.
I wonder if they have the nerve to brazen it through with a Poster Campaign ?

" Try it today
It's a Gas "

Apologies to the obvious people who will not be able to see anything funny in it . I will sort that out with my psychiatrist .

Originally Posted by raymondo

I can see this becoming a cult product over here if anybody latches onto it .
Forgetting the obvious PC angle -- or lack of it --- I have never laughed so much for days .
Just thinking about the Client /Agency discussion meetings has me in stitches.
I wonder if they have the nerve to brazen it through with a Poster Campaign ?

" Try it today
It's a Gas "

Apologies to the obvious people who will not be able to see anything funny in it . I will sort that out with my psychiatrist .

I wonder what the Jews gained from their long cooperation with Turks over the past years except them turning like a scorpion tail and stinging jewish people

Why would anyone be so stupid as to use Hitler to try and sell a product. And I thought Turks were rrather smart people. Apparently not.

Originally Posted by Jason Bourne

Why would anyone be so stupid as to use Hitler to try and sell a product. And I thought Turks were rrather smart people. Apparently not.

it doesnt just stop there , look at the photo above .

Originally Posted by alan131210

it doesnt just stop there , look at the photo above .

I'm not surprised. These are the same people who refuse to admit that they committed genocide on the Armenians.

Turkey, the birthplace of the Fourth Reich.

Turkish television? I live in Turkey and I have never seen a shampoo called "Biomen" in Turkey nor I have seen such a commercial in any Turkish TV channel. What kind of stupid propaganda is that? The only known bio- shampoos in Turkey are Bioxcin and Bioblas.

Originally Posted by alan131210

I wonder what the Jews gained from their long cooperation with Turks over the past years except them turning like a scorpion tail and stinging jewish people

This picture is from very long time ago and is from a meeting of a part called "Felicity Party" (you can also tell by a flag in background), which cannot even exceed 1% of votes. Stop trying to throw your dirt by generalizing it to Turkish people.

Originally Posted by Breath

Turkish television? I live in Turkey and I have never seen a shampoo called "Biomen" in Turkey nor I have seen such a commercial in any Turkish TV channel. What kind of stupid propaganda is that? The only known bio- shampoos in Turkey are Bioxcin and Bioblas.

Good to hear this. I guess it's a kind of strange joke. In Germany is for example existing a very funny story about a leasing-contract for a car in combination with pictures of Hitler. For Germans this is really very amusing.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6Oa7lRslbQ"]adolf hitler - leasingvertrag - YouTube[/ame]