President Gül reiterates Turkey’s stance on Israel

Turkish President Abdullah Gül emphasized Turkey’s reduced diplomatic ties with Israel by skipping a lunch attended by Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak during an international conference held in Vienna.Turkish-Israeli relations were badly damaged in 2010 after Israeli naval commandos stormed a vessel named the Mavi Marmara, which was carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza in breach of an Israeli naval blockade. […]