Today, White House denied that President Obama warned/gave an ultimatom to PM Erdoğan for Turkey’s foreign policy choices. But it is apparent that US does not like the new tendencies even if Obama does not explicitly castigates Erdoğan.. In the mean time, The Mavi Marmara inquiry continues slowly while Israel approaches needy Greece to start … Read more
Israel finally sends back the Mavi Marmara. Mavi Marmara flotilla ship returns to Turkey from Hurriyet Dailynews The ferry at the center of the deadly Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla has arrived back in Turkey as activists said more ships would set sail if the embargo remains. UN names Turkish, Israeli representatives for … Read more
Turkey to freeze Israeli ties from Yahoo news ISTANBUL (Turkey) – A TURKISH newspaper reported on Wednesday that Turkey would halt military cooperation with Israel and would not send back an envoy, withdrawn after an Israeli commando operation to stop an aid convoy reaching Gaza. The Turkish government has said it is working on a … Read more
Hürriyet releases some photos from the flotilla ambush… Israel has been uploading videos to defend her murder but people began to make fun of first class Israeli commandos beaten by unarmed activists…. More photos here. Daily Hürriyet publishes photos of bloodied Israeli soldiers from Hurriyet Dailynews Pictures showing bloodied Israeli commandos being overpowered by activists … Read more
June 4th 2010 [43 years of occupation] An open letter from Israel to friends and colleagues in Turkey It is with great worry and sadness that I am witnessing the deteriorating relationship between Turkey and Israel. It is with horror and pain that I follow the unfolding dangerous betrayal of Israel’s own good by its … Read more
I met Cevdet Kılıçlar when I was in college. He was one of the most cordial Muslims I ever met. A positive man, who loved to help people around, altruistic for sure, and liked his job of photo-journalism (some of his photos can be found here). It is after midnight now, hard to stop tears. His funeral is tomorrow after the Friday prayer. It will probably become a grand Islamic demonstration as he was a beloved one. Not because of his militancy but because of inherent kindness he had. Not many Islamists have that… Cevdet abi, rest in peace.
Furkan Doğan was 19, 4 bullets found in his head…. May his soul rest in peace. via
A brief introduction to the nine Turkish people shot dead on 31 May 2010, by Israeli soldiers who attacked the Turkish vessel M.V. Mavi Marmara, as it attempted to transport humanitarian aid to the people of the Gaza Strip.
Eight Turks, one US citizen shot dead in Israeli attack to aid ship, report says from Hurriyet Dailynews Eight Turks and a US national of Turkish origin were among the nine dead in an Israeli raid on Gaza-bound aid ships, Anatolia news agency reported. (UPDATED) More photos here. Turkey emerges as Middle East leader from … Read more
Check out Israel’s black propaganda attempts at social media: Israel Turns to YouTube, Twitter After Flotilla Fiasco | Danger Room | Wired.com
Emre translated headlines here.
Minister Davutoglu’s UN Security Council Speech from Mavi Boncuk Israeli government? Piratical Swine! from ORGANIZED RAGE by Mick Hall ALİ BULAÇ – On the way to Gaza The flotilla that intended to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza, which Israel has turned into an open concentration camp, was hit by Israeli warships before it was able … Read more
an old cover: “-He started it” A small group of 20 something youths with a big Turkish flag was marching and chanting “Down with Israel” a few minutes ago. Apart from political elections, I have never seen such an act before in this calm middle class neighborhood… Turkish social media users were sensitive to make … Read more
* I previously used “Zionist entity” just to state my anger by using the Islamic resistance rhetoric but a German friend of mine sort of persuaded me about possible anti-Semitic connotations and I now decide to switch back to normal coverage. Wikipedia entry on Zionist Entity does not explicitly imply anti-Semitic usage of the term … Read more
