the dead activists honored. "Turkey will never forgive this attack", said Gul

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Turkey will "never forgive" Israel, is the title on al jazeera.

The Turkish president has said that Israel's military raid on civilian aid ships bound for the Gaza Strip has caused "irreparable" damage to his country's relations with Israel, and will "never" be forgiven.
"From now on, Turkish-Israeli ties will never be the same. This incident has left an irreparable and deep scar," Abdullah Gul said in a televised speech on Thursday, as thousands gathered in the streets of Istanbul to pay their respects to the humanitarian activists killed during the raid.
The raid "is not an issue that can be forgotten... or be covered up... Turkey will never forgive this attack," he said.
al jazeera, http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/06/20106312530449379.html

bbc titles: Emotion high as Turkey buries its Gaza flotilla dead
Emotions are running high in Turkey at funerals for nine activists, all Turkish or of Turkish origin, killed in Israel's raid on the Gaza aid flotilla.
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In a fiery speech at Istanbul airport, Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc accused Israel of "piracy" and "barbarism and oppression".
Crowds of people, some wearing Palestinian-style scarves, gathered in the city to meet the coffins, swathed in Turkish flags, at the Ottoman-era Fatih mosque.
The funerals took place in a strongly Islamist part of the city and emotions were running high, reported the BBC's Bethany Bell.

bbc, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10226151.stm

the jerusalem post on it: Flotilla dead mourned in Turkey
Turkish president says Israel "will repent."
ISTANBUL — Mourners in Istanbul hoisted coffins Thursday to cheers of "God is great!" as they honored activists slain during Monday's Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship, and the father of the lone American killed praised his teenage son as being a martyr for a just cause.

Some 10,000 people prayed Thursday outside Istanbul's Fatih mosque before eight Turkish and Palestinian flag-draped coffins lined up in a row in a traditional service for the dead. Eight Turks and an American of Turkish origin were honored, ranging in age from over 60 to 19. A ninth victim, a Turkish man, was having a service on Friday.

http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=177422

[Cassandra]

1. Why was Turkey involved in this?

[texastoast]

2. Yippee

More war.

[UndertheOcean]

3. Hope the president understands now why Armenians will not Forgive Turkey for

what the Ottomans did.

I don't mean to muddy the waters , it just struck me as unjust to never forgive Israel while you are not admitting a crime that affected the lives of millions more of people.

Cool humane heads must prevail .