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Turkey's Policies Shaken Up by Ire Against Israel

ISTANBUL (June 24) -- After the Israeli assault on the Gaza-bound ship Mavi Marmara left nine Turkish citizens dead last month, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned, "Nothing would ever be the same again." Certainly it isn't yet. Turkey, once a quiet Western ally and NATO stalwart, is taking criticism from...

Israeli Inquiry Finds Fault in Turkish Ship Takeover

JERUSALEM (June 20) -- The Israeli navy's internal investigation into last month's Israeli takeover of a Turkish-flagged ship bound for Gaza has found serious defects in the way the operation was planned and the intelligence made available to the navy commandos. But it found that the officers acted properly based on the...

California Flotilla Activists Blast Israel for Raid

SAN FRANCISCO (June 8) -- Three Bay Area residents who were aboard the flotilla seized by Israel off the coast of Gaza last week have returned home more committed than ever to the Palestinian cause. The activists held a news conference to criticize Israel's assault on the six-ship flotilla that led to the deaths of nine...

Losing Turkey: A Key US Ally Moves Away

ISTANBUL (June 5) -- As Turkey furiously mourns its dead from the Israeli commando assault on the Mavi Marmara, the political transformation the country has undergone in recent years has never been so apparent. Once prized as NATO's stalwart eastern flank against the communist threat, Turkey now sees its red flag raised by...

Mavi Marmara News From the Web

05/24/12 Turkish lawyer: Israel offered to pay Marmara victims... Source: St. Louis Jewish News - St. Louis MO Israel offered to pay $6 million to victims of the 2010 raid on the Gaza-bound Mavi Marmara, a Turkish lawyer said.

Background on Mavi Marmara

The Gaza flotilla raid was a military operation by Israel against six ships of the "Gaza Freedom Flotilla" on 31 May 2010 in international waters of the Mediterranean Sea.

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