• Ambassador í‡elikkol back in Ankara for “˜consultations’

    Posted on June 4, 2010

    Turkey’s outgoing Ambassador to Israel O?uz í‡elikkol arrived in the Turkish capital on Thursday for “consultations,” as Israel’s lethal seizure of a Gaza-bound aid convoy including a Turkish-flagged ship brought the already strained relationship between the Jewish state and Turkey close to the breaking point. í‡elikkol would have been “withdrawn,” instead of simply being recalled […]

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  • Participants in UN meeting in Turkey call for boycotts against Israel

    Posted on May 28, 2010

    Thursday, May 27, 2010 LONE ANDERSEN ISTANBUL – Hí¼rriyet Daily News During a UN meeting in Istanbul, Jennifer Tonge of UK”s House of Lords criticizes the organization for failing to press further on Israel. Arguing that the international media has failed to raise awareness of the violations of human rights in Gaza, Tonge calls on […]

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  • A new leftist, wide coalition for BDS was launched in Turkey

    Posted on January 12, 2010

    In line with the boycott campaigns against Israel a platform is formed in Turkey with the participation of several trade unions and political organizations. On the anniversary of the Gaza bombardment the platform was declared and the start was given for intensive campaign activities. On this occasion a march was held in which 500 people […]

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  • Turkish demonstrators call for boycott and international isolation of Israel

    Posted on January 11, 2010

    A Turkish coalition protested in Istanbul on December 27, 2009, marking the anniversary of the occupation assault on Gaza, calling for the isolation and boycott of Israel. Over 500 attended the rally, supported by a wide array of leftist and labor forces, calling for a full military, commercial, economic, cultural and academic boycott of Israel. […]

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