Must see two video's: Arab Spring Feeding Push for Islamic Caliphate

by YouCruising on Oct 27, 2011

ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Tunisia's leading Islamist party recently captured most of the votes in the country's first open election in decades.

Report in Iran: Turkey designed fighter planes to hit Israeli targets

Published:  09.13.11, 11:07 / Israel News

Turkey has developed a new fighter plane control system specifically to hit Israeli targets, the Iranian news network Fars TV reported. The report is based on an article published in a Turkish newspaper.

Turkey says it won’t send gunboats to Gaza any time soon

By HERB KEINON 
09/11/2011 07:28 

Officials say prime minister Erdogan's quotes were misinterpreted; Israel says no decision has been made about assisting Kurds fighting Anakara.

Report: Turkey obtains names of flotilla raid soldiers

IHH lawyer claims it handed Ankara prosecutor names of over 10 IDF soldiers involved in Marmara takeover; prosecutor also approaches intelligence services for soldiers' identities. Among possible suspects: Peres, Netanyahu and Ashkenazi

40 Israelis detained, questioned in Istanbul airport

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By HERB KEINON 
09/05/2011 11:25 

Travelers on flight from Tel Aviv to Turkey detained for more than an hour upon landing in Istanbul; Foreign Ministry in contact with Turkish authorities, investigating reason for incident.

The Foreign Ministry was investigating the incident and has been in contact with Turkey to find out if it came about as the result of a new directive or if it was a local initiative by airport authorities, a spokesman stated.

The spokesman added that an incident of this nature has never previously been known to occur to Israeli travelers in Turkey.

The Foreign Ministry was also in contact with the Israelis who were detained, in attempts to find out exactly what they were asked by Turkish authorities at the airport.

Forty Israelis passengers were detained for questioning by Turkish police in Istanbul's Ataturk Airport on Monday morning.

The Israelis had their passports confiscated after landing on a Turkish Airlines flightfrom Tel Aviv on Monday morning. They were questioned for more than an hour and subsequently released. 

Israel planned to keep a close eye on additional flights from Israel to Turkey throughout the day to determine if anything out of the ordinary occurs.

Source: Jerusalem Post