Turkey has fulfilled its promise of “remembering” the Gaza Flotilla Incident in May 2010 and particularly the victims of the actions of the Israeli commandos in the IDF’s (Israeli Defense Force) Operation Sky Winds against the human rights activists’ Gaza Flotilla that was bringing aid and other supplies through the blockade of the Gaza Strip. Turkey’s...

At a conference of Palestinian ambassadors in the city of Istanbul, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan started his speech by listing the names of the nine activists, including a Turkish-American citizen, killed in 2010′s “Gaza Flotilla Incident” on the 31st of May when the Israel Defense Forces carried out “Operation Sky Winds”...

Israel refused to give an ‘official apology’ to Turkey after Turkey again asked the state of Israel to apologize for the flotilla incident in an effort to stabilize Turkish-Israeli relations. Turkey’s government stated that it wished to “return to previous relations” with Israel but is not prepared to unless Israel apologizes. However, Israel’s...