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Turkey Closes Airspace to Some Israeli Flights
06/29/2010 00:00:00
Turkey closes airspace to some Israeli flights
by SUZAN FRASER
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey has closed itsairspaceto some Israeli military flights following a deadlyraidon a Gaza-bound aid ship, the Turkish prime minister and officials said Monday. An official said civilian commercial flights were not affected.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters in Toronto that Turkeyimposedabanon Israeli flights after the May 31 raid on a Turkish ship that was part of a six-vesselinternational aid flotilla, according to the state-run Anatolia news agency. The prime minister, who is in Canada to attend asummitof the Group of 20 major industrial and developing nations, did notelaborate.
A Turkish government official said, however, that the ban was for Israeli military flights and that commercial flights were not affected. It was not ablanketban and each flightrequestwould beassessedcase-by-case, the official added. The official spoke on condition of anonymity, in line with government rules thatbarofficials from speaking to journalists without prior authorization.
On Sunday, Israel's Yediot Ahronot newspaper reported that Turkey had not allowed a plane carrying Israeli military officers,en routeto a tour of memorial sites in Auschwitz, Poland, to fly over Turkish airspace.
The Israeli prime minister's office had no comment on Erdogan's statements.
Eight Turks and a Turkish-American were killed in the raid that drew Turkishoutrageand widespread internationalcondemnation.
The aid ships were sailing to Gaza to break an Israeliblockadethat it said it imposed to keep weapons and other militarycomponentsout of the hands of Gaza militants who have attacked Israel with bombs, rockets andmortarsfor years.
Israel insists troops involved in the deadly raid acted in self-defense after being attacked by some of the activists on board.
Türkiye İsrail'e Hava Sahasını Kapattı - Turkey Closes Airspace to Some Israeli Flights
Turkey closes airspace to some Israeli flights
by SUZAN FRASER
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey has closed itsairspaceto some Israeli military flights following a deadlyraidon a Gaza-bound aid ship, the Turkish prime minister and officials said Monday. An official said civilian commercial flights were not affected.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters in Toronto that Turkeyimposedabanon Israeli flights after the May 31 raid on a Turkish ship that was part of a six-vesselinternational aid flotilla, according to the state-run Anatolia news agency. The prime minister, who is in Canada to attend asummitof the Group of 20 major industrial and developing nations, did notelaborate.
A Turkish government official said, however, that the ban was for Israeli military flights and that commercial flights were not affected. It was not ablanketban and each flightrequestwould beassessedcase-by-case, the official added. The official spoke on condition of anonymity, in line with government rules thatbarofficials from speaking to journalists without prior authorization.
On Sunday, Israel's Yediot Ahronot newspaper reported that Turkey had not allowed a plane carrying Israeli military officers,en routeto a tour of memorial sites in Auschwitz, Poland, to fly over Turkish airspace.
The Israeli prime minister's office had no comment on Erdogan's statements.
Eight Turks and a Turkish-American were killed in the raid that drew Turkishoutrageand widespread internationalcondemnation.
The aid ships were sailing to Gaza to break an Israeliblockadethat it said it imposed to keep weapons and other militarycomponentsout of the hands of Gaza militants who have attacked Israel with bombs, rockets andmortarsfor years.
Israel insists troops involved in the deadly raid acted in self-defense after being attacked by some of the activists on board.
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