Anti-Zionist and pro-Palestinian protesters in Istanbul have remembered the 10 Turks who died in a violent clash with Israeli marines when their ship tried to breach the Gaza Strip on May 31, 2010, in the Mavi Marmara Gaza flotilla incident.
In Israeli attack on the Turkish “Mavi Marmara” flotilla, 9 Turkish activists were killed when the Israeli navy attacked the vessel in international waters. A tenth activist died nearly four years later, succumbing to injuries sustained during the raid.
The incident served to cause a political crisis between Turkey and Israel, which ended when the latter agreed to Turkish conditions to normalize ties, including offering apology and compensating families of the victims.
Home to nearly two million Palestinians, the Gaza Strip has been reeling under a crippling Israeli blockade since 2006 when Palestinian resistance group Hamas was voted to power in a parliamentary election.
