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Erdogan: Israel-Turkey Relations May Never Be Normal Again
Haaretz ^ | September 24, 2011 | By Reuters

Posted on 09/26/2011 9:38:41 AM PDT by Fennie

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned on Saturday that relations with Israel may "never be normal again" as tensions continue to rise after Israel refused to apologize over a raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla last year in which Israel Defense Forces soldiers killed nine Turkish citizen.

"We gave our warnings to Israel. This is the reason for war. This is something you cannot do in international waters. But as a great state, we have been very forgiving. That's why we have been very patient," Erdogan said in an interview on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" to be aired on Sunday.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: erdogan; fareedzakaria; israel; obama; turkey; waronterror; wot

1 posted on 09/26/2011 9:38:52 AM PDT by Fennie
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To: Fennie

RE: Erdogan: Israel-Turkey Relations May Never Be Normal Again

NOT AS LONG AS ERDOGAN IS LEADING TURKEY.


2 posted on 09/26/2011 9:42:25 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (u)
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To: Fennie

Dear Mr. Erdogan,

Tough shit.

Best wishes,

Israel


3 posted on 09/26/2011 9:44:52 AM PDT by Emmett McCarthy
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To: SeekAndFind

er-DOG-an woof woof woof woof woof.


4 posted on 09/26/2011 9:45:25 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (There's gonna be a Redneck Revolution! (See my freep page) [rednecks come in many colors])
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To: Fennie

What does this woof woof really care about “democracy” anyhow? He knows darn well that Islamic clerics denounce this form of government, and it would not be able to survive an earnestly Islamic state.


5 posted on 09/26/2011 9:48:08 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (There's gonna be a Redneck Revolution! (See my freep page) [rednecks come in many colors])
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To: Fennie

The blame lies with the anti-semite crap stirrer’s who got on that boat and defied the blockade.

You cannot expect anythingothger than what Israel hae promised. Israel promised they would not get through and they werent bluffing.

Now this Turkish idiot wants to blame the confrontation on Israel, If he didn’;t want Turks killed on that boat , he should have seen they weren’t on there.

He is just using this BS he is spouting as an excuse for going along with it ,and getting mashed.


6 posted on 09/26/2011 9:49:19 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: Fennie
With a little luck, Erdogan will attack one of the Russian crewed drilling platforms and then, for Erdogan, things will really never be the same again.
7 posted on 09/26/2011 9:59:40 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: Fennie

Turkey a “great state”? GUFFAW!!


9 posted on 09/26/2011 11:06:02 AM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: Fennie

You have to wonder whether Erdogan is simply an immature, butt-hurt politician who is lashing out in frustration at his powerlessness and irrelevance, or whether he is actually a sinister and evil man who is deliberately rolling out his ugly agenda one step at a time.

(Actually, Erdogan is probably both of the above.)


10 posted on 09/26/2011 11:06:46 AM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: Fennie
Ankara may never be the same again...


11 posted on 09/26/2011 12:04:35 PM PDT by montag813
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks Fennie.

The day that Islamofascist jackass is blown limb from limb will be a happy one for the world.


12 posted on 09/27/2011 3:40:12 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Fennie

Erdogan is an Islamist fanatic, period.

Anytime he pretends less it is purely for temporary propaganda purposes.

His aims are the aims of Hezbollah and Hamas, and vice versa.


13 posted on 09/28/2011 4:23:31 PM PDT by Enchante
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