Turkey to review ties with Israel / Turkish aid group fields criticisms

Article reports that Turkey has decided, according to its deputy prime minister Bulent Arinc, June 2010, to review all military and economic agreements with Israel and may reduce relations to a 'minimum'.

The remark showed how seriously ties between the two nations had suffered since the killing on the 31 May 2010 of nine Turkish activists on board ships bound for the Gaza Strip.

ESO: Background information: Ankara’s assertiveness shifts balance of power http://www.europeansources.info/record/ankaras-assertiveness-shifts-balance-of-power/

ESO: Background information: Press Release: Reaction of European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on Israel's military operation against Gaza flotilla http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-reaction-of-european-union-high-representative-for-foreign-affairs-and-security-policy-on-israels-military-operation-against-gaza-flotilla/

BBC News, 5.6.10: Turkey's Muslim heart fights its pro-Israeli head http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8722641.stm

BBC News, 5.7.10: Turkey threatens diplomatic break with Israel over raid http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/10505386.stm

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