Israel to remove police rep in Turkey

Tue Sep 20, 2011

Israel says it will take its police representative out of Turkey in a move that signifies further deterioration of ties between the two sides.

On Monday, Israel's Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch said the representative “will be transferred [to Israel] in the coming days," reported the Israeli-based newspaper Ha'aretz.

Trying to explain the move, he said, "Lately, there have not been working relations between the police representative and the Turks. In addition, we are concerned for the safety of the representative.”

The move comes amid Tel Aviv's continued refusal to apologize for its May 2010 military attack on a Turkish-flagged relief aid flotilla bound for the impoverished Gaza Strip, which killed nine Turkish activists.

The six-ship flotilla was carrying around 10,000 tons of humanitarian assistance to the Israel-blockaded Gaza territory, when the deadly incident occurred.

The move has prompted Turkey to suspend all bilateral military ties and expel Israel's envoy from Ankara.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.com/detail/200141.html.