Who? Turkish President Abdullah Gul issued a strong worded statement condemning Israel.
What? “Relations between Turkey and Israel will never be as they were [before the attack],” Gul said in a televised broadcast. “Israel has made one of the most glaring mistakes in its history, for which it will repent” the 59-year old head of state warned.
Where? The statement was made in a televised speech to the nation.
When? President Abdullah Gul gave the rousing speech on Thursday morning in the wake of the funerals held for the 9 victims of the Israeli massacre of Gaza Freedom Flotilla passengers.
Why? Israeli raid on the Turkish flagged Mavi Marmara ship resulted in the deaths of eight Turkish nationals and an American national of Turkish descent. Dozens of other people were injured, majority of them Turkish. President Gul’s speech reflected the public rage towards the Zionist state.
How? The Turkish leader gave strong signals that Ankara is set to revise its ties with Israel in a bid to punish the Zionist atrocity against its citizens. Turkey has already recalled its ambassador from Tel Aviv. Nicaragua has suspended its diplomatic ties with Israel while South Africa and Ecuador have recalled their ambassadors from Israel to show their solidarity with Turkey.
Turkey is said to never forgive Israel for killing 4 Turks. Imagine how Armenians feel when Turks killed 1.5 million Armenians!
arin not 4 killing 9.u dont know anything about armenians..u just talking bla bla..hope will see you somewhere i will say to you somethings then
i want say hello ur president
@Arin
With all due respect, there cannot be any comparison between sad and unfortunate events in history. Every massacre, every genocide is condemnable no matter who the victims were. It’s sad when Armenians get stuck with their genocide rhetoric and ignore the hardships of other nations. What would you say about the massacres committed by Armenian forces in Azerbaijan?
Armenıans get stuck wıth a genocıde claım that no one responsıble for those atrocıtıes ıs alıve. I faıl to understand the poınt. Durıng the world war 1 Greeks ın Northern Turkey and Armenıans ın Eastern Turkey were backed and armed by Russıans. Thus Armenıan mılıtants commıtted atrocıtıes too. Turnıng a blınd eye to one and focusıng on another does not make sense. Requıres a broader vıewpoınt. As Mr Khawaja saıd, what about atrocıtıes commıtted ın Azerbaıjan and contınuıng occupatıon of Azerı soıl? And what ıs the poınt ın brıngıng forward 100 year old claıms when we have a fresh conflıct on the table?
I congratulate Nıcaragua for ıts courageous act by the way. It ıs fabulous to see world natıons showıng theır solıdarıty wıth Turkey. From Brasılıa to South Afrıca…