A New Period in Turkish-Israeli Relations

The Mavi Marmara ship, which has humanitarian aid to Gaza, has been 15 months since the armed raid on the International waters of the Eastern Mediterranean, on the Israeli Naval Force side (May 2010). In this RAID, 9 Turkish citizens died.

Türkiye demanded that Israel apologize and pay compensation to the relatives of the martyrs. Israel did not respond to these demands. Türkiye has taken the matter to the United Nations Security Council. According to reports that leaked from there, however, it was understood that a satisfactory decision would not be made to make Türkiye's demands come into effect.

Today (2 September 2011) we heard Türkiye's response from our Foreign Minister, Professor Mr. Ahmet Davutoğlu.

SOLDIERS REMAINED PASSIVE IN TURKISH-ISRAEL CRISIS

The Israeli military attacks on the Gaza aid ship has a cost of Türkiye 9 martyrs and 22 injured.

Our aid volunteers (466 people), our martyrs (9 martyrs), and our 22 injured were brought to our country on 03 June at 02:30 morning and 5 heavy-injured stayed in Israel because transfers were not suitable. Volunteers, martyrs, and wounds from the other 32 countries have also reached their country.

I wish mercy from Allah to our martyrs, healing to our injured, and patience to the relatives of the martyrs. Greetings to all aid volunteers.