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Turkish premier reiterates Ankara’s intent to refer legality of IsraHell’s blockade on Gaza to The Hague, saying the world will see ‘who is standing alongside the victims’.
Speaking at a convention of businessmen in the central Turkish city of Kayseri broadcast live on Turkey’s state news channel TRT Erdogan vowed to continue the legal struggle for justice for the nine people killed in the raid.
“We will carry this struggle to The Hague and Erdogan criticizes Obama,” the Turkish premier said, criticizing Turkish opposition leaders for what he described as “acting as advocates for Israel.”
US President Barack Obama meets with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey (L) in the Oval Office at the White House in washington December 7, 2009.
Erdogan was also deeply critical of the United States position on the Mavi Marmara incident, pointing out that he had to point out to Obama how the attack had left nine Turks dead from wounds inflicted by 35 bullets mostly fired from close range, one of them an American passport holder.
“I asked President Obama whether the reason he showed no interest in one of his nationals being killed was because [the victim] was [ethnically] Turkish – he didn’t reply,” said Erdogan.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu
