Ankara follows through on threat to impose independent sanctions on Jerusalem following its refusal to apologize for deadly Marmara raid: Top-level diplomatic staff expelled, key military contracts suspended. Turkish FM: Time for Israel to pay the price
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Israel-Turkey relations sink to a new low: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu announced Friday that following Jerusalem's adamant refusal to apologize over the 2010 Gazaflotilla raid, Ankara will be downgrading its diplomatic relations withIsrael and suspending key commercial and military agreements.
In a dramatic turn of events, Turkey announced that it was expelling Israeli Ambassador Gabby Levy from Ankara. Davutoglu said Turkey's diplomatic representation in Israel would be further reduced to second-secretary level. In accordance, all lower Israeli diplomatic personnel above the second-secretary level have also been expelled. Read the rest on: Ynet
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