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Forensic Reports On Flotilla Martyrs
Following the Israeli attack on “Palestine Our Route, Humanitarian Aid Our Load” flotilla, lawyers from MAZLUMDER’s Istanbul Office held a press meeting regarding their roadmap for legal action and the forensic examination reports made available to the media.Initially, Cihat Gokdemir, Attorney, gave a short speech noting that they are following up with the law suit and investigations in Turkey on behalf of the flotilla victims and the families of martyrs. The legal action ...
News | Other nations | Friday 02 July 2010
Turkey Freezes Defense Deals with Israel in Wake of Gaza Flotilla Raid
Turkey has frozen billions of dollars worth of defense deals with Israel in the wake of the Israeli Navy's deadly raid on a humanitarian bound flotilla to the Gaza Strip, according to Turkish media. Some of the 16 scrapped projects include a $5 billion deal in which Ankara was to receive 1,000 Merkava Mark III tanks from Israel, a $50 million plan to upgrade Turkish M-60 tanks, and a $800 million agreement to buy two Israeli patrol aircrafts and an Airborne Warning and Control System ...
Report | Other nations | Saturday 19 June 2010
Saudis say they won't help Iran's enemy
Saudi Arabia has denied a British report claiming Riyadh had agreed to allow Israel to use its airspace to attack Iran. Saudi Arabia "rejects violating its sovereignty or the use of its airspace or territories by anyone to attack any country," the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) quoted a Foreign Ministry official as saying on Saturday. But it declined to name the official. The source called the allegations "false" and "slanderous" and stated that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia reiterates ...
News | Other nations | Sunday 13 June 2010
Kyrgyzstan Asks Russia Military Help: "Violence out of Control
Kyrgyzstan's interim leader asked military help from Russia to help quell ethnic violence in the south that left 62 killed, warning that violence had spiraled "out of control"."I have signed a letter asking Dmitry Medvedev for third-party forces to be sent to the Kyrgyz Republic," Roza Otunbayeva said in a nationally televised address. "Since yesterday the situation has got out of control. We need outside military forces to halt the situation. For this reason we have appealed to Russia for ...
News | Other nations | Saturday 12 June 2010
Egypt Rejects Algerian Aid Convoy to Enter Gaza
Egyptian authorities have refused to allow an Algerian humanitarian aid convoy to enter into the Gaza Strip which has been under a crippling three-year Israeli blockade. The ship, carrying seven tons of medicine and two tons of powder milk, docked in Egypt's Al-Arish sea port on Friday. Fifteen people onboard the ship including Algerian lawmakers, businessmen and peace activists were seeking to break the Gaza siege by organizing the convoy. Algerian daily Al-Khabar said that the ...
News | Other nations | Saturday 12 June 2010
Russia says no to unilateral sanctions
Russia has warned against imposing unilateral sanctions against Iran, saying that any such move would be "unacceptable." The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Wednesday saying that the new Iran sanctions were meant to encourage a diplomatic solution to the dispute overt Iran's nuclear program. "It is clear that the sanctions will not settle the problem of Iran's nuclear program by themselves," it said. "Our efforts aim to give impetus to a political and diplomatic ...
News | Other nations | Thursday 10 June 2010
Turkish, Israeli tensions further spiral
Ties between Tel Aviv and Ankara further strain as Israel says the Turkish prime ministers' involvement in any aid convoys to the besieged Gaza Strip is a "declaration of war."In an interview with an Israeli army radio, former deputy chief of general staff, Major General Uzi Dayan threatened to sink any ship that approaches the coastal strip, which is reeling under a three-year old blockade.He said: “If the Turkish prime minister joins such a flotilla, we should make clear beforehand ...
News | Other nations | Wednesday 09 June 2010
CICA condemns Israeli attack on Flotilla
All participating members at the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) have denounced the recent Israeli attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. In a final statement issued on Tuesday, the members, except Israel, "expressed their grave concern and condemnation for the actions undertaken" by Israeli forces. The May 31 assault by Israeli commandos against the Gaza-bound aid convoy in international waters left at least 20 people dead and dozens others injured. The ...
News | Other nations | Wednesday 09 June 2010
Israel trains PKK militants in Iraq
The director of a Turkish think tank says Israel trains the armed men with the anti-Ankara militant group, Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq. The head of the International Strategic Research Organization, Sedat Laciner, said the Israeli Spy Agency's (Mossad) operatives and the Israeli military's retirees had been sighted providing training to PKK militants in Iraq's Kurdistan, Turkey-based English-language newspaper Today's Zaman said on Sunday. The Turkish academic held ...
News | Other nations | Wednesday 09 June 2010
Putting Names to Faces of Turkish Martyrs
1. Ibrahim Bilgen, 61. Electrical Engineer. Married with six children 08/06/2010 A tribute to the nine activists who were shot dead by Israeli occupation navy forces in international waters on May 31, 2010 while on board the Turkish “Mavi Marmara” vessel carrying aids and supplies to the besieged people of Gaza.
News | Other nations | Tuesday 08 June 2010
Thousands of Turks Condemn Israel in Fresh Demo
Several thousands of Turks gathered under rain in Ankara Sunday to condemn Israel's deadly raid on aid ships bound for Gaza that left nine Turks dead. The crowd, numbering about 6,000 to 7,000, filled up the Sihhiye square in central Ankara, several kilometers away from the government buildings and parliament. "Damn Israel! Murderer Israel, get out of the Middle East," chanted the demonstrators, waving Turkish and Palestinian flags, falling silent when an imam recited passages from the ...
News | Other nations | Monday 07 June 2010
Erdogan Considers Visiting Gaza Himself
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is considering going to Gaza strip himself in order to break the siege, al-Mustaqbal newspaper quoted "knowledgeable sources" as saying.The newspaper said that "as part of the open conflict between Turkey and Israel following the massacre against the 'freedom sail' to Gaza and the protest sparked in the world, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan is considering going to Gaza himself in order to break the blockade imposed on the Strip." The sources noted ...
News | Other nations | Sunday 06 June 2010