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...

A flustered Turkey demanded that the state of Israel come clean about its Operation Sky Winds that had the Israeli military raid a flotilla of six ships (dubbed the ‘Gaza Freedom Flotilla’) that killed nine Turkish activists among which included a Turkish-American citizen on the 31st of May. Organized by human rights groups and humanitarian aid organizations including...