Türkü Avcı came to Jerusalem to study at the Hebrew University. After October 7, while many people chose silence, distance, or the usual comfortable ambiguity, she spoke openly in support of Israel.
That should not be an act of bravery. But in today’s world, apparently, it is.
For this, she has reportedly faced threats, public hostility, and legal pressure in Turkey over alleged “insults” against President Erdogan. Her family has also been targeted. If she returns home, she may face arrest.
So now she is asking Israel for protection. Her case deserves attention not because she is Jewish. She is not. But because she understood something that many in the free world still pretend not to understand: defending Israel’s right to exist, especially after October 7, is not extremism, but moral clarity.
There is a simple principle here.
If someone risks her future, her safety, and her place in her own society in order to stand publicly with Israel, she should not be left alone when the price comes due.
Israel should examine her asylum request seriously and urgently. Jewish organizations, pro-Israel activists, journalists, students, and public figures should speak up for her.
Because friends of Israel are watching. So are its enemies
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And both should hear the same message: those who stand with Israel should never be left standing alone.
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