Turkey downgrades ties with Israel

From AL JAZEERA:

Turkey has downgraded diplomatic ties with Israel and suspended military co-operation between the countries as the UN released its report into Israel’s deadly raid of a Gaza-bound ship….

A statement from the Israeli prime minister’s office said, “Israel hopes to find a way to overcome the dispute and will continue to work towards this goal”.

Turkey has long demanded an Israeli apology over the May 31, 2010, incident aboard the Mavi Marmara in which eight Turkish nationals and an American man of Turkish descent died when the vessel was stormed by Israeli commandos…

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