what suprises me how Israel doesn't respond to Erdogan's threats. What are they afraid of?

My Dear Mr. Erdogan...

The aggressor isn’t necessarily the one who fires the first shot. The aggressor is the one who makes conflict unavoidable.

terror attacks in 2002 alone. In hamascide bus, market and restaurant bombings. Many thousands of Israeli civilians have died in terror attacks since 1948 and hundreds of Jews during the British Mandate period. The vast majority of Palestinians killed since 1948 have been combatants.

I would turn the tables on Mr. Erdogan and say Turkey is the country that is isolated. It lost all its influence and investments in Libya. Its Syrian policy is down the tubes and shows it unwilling to follow its bellicose language with real deeds. It is in conflict in Cyprus,historically has been at war with Greece and its Caucausus neighbors and well as in conflict with the Kurds. The Egyptians cheered him but sent him on his way with a stern lecture to stay out of their business. Alll this along with getting the bums rush out of the EC . You would think this would give them enought foreign policy problems to deal with instead of goading Israel .

If CNN let Erdogan bring up the "genocide" subject and did not ask him about the Turkish genocide they put upon the Armenians then honestly this interview is unfair to Israelis as well as the Armenians.

Erdogan seems to have forgotten he has threated Israel, Cyprus, the EU, Syria, an American company, etc all in the past 10 days. He also seems to have forgotten that the Palmer report said that Turkey was partly responsible for the deaths and that the Gaza blockade is legal. Or that Israel is still officially at war for over 65 years. Or that the Arab spring has nothing to do with Israel, the Palestinians, or the rest of the world

Erdogan, who has vacationed with Assad and his family, has had it in for Israel for years. Anyone who witnessed his little temper tantrum at Davos in 2009 (after his tirade against Peres) knows this to be true.

Prime Minister Edrogan claims that "hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have been killed." Unfortunately, this may be true. However, they have not been killed by Israel or Israelis. Many more Palestinians have been killed by internecine violence or by other Arabs than have died due to Israel. That Edrogan even makes this false claim puts in doubt any credible role that his government could play in peace making.

He wants something from the U.S. Find out what and give it to him. And don't forget to check the diaper!

Erdogan keeps telling the "Big Lie." It reminds me of the old Nazi propaganda machine. He believes if he says it enough times, people will begin to believe him. It's time for Israel to slap him in the face and reveal him for the Jew hater he is. He is just another face of Muslim terrorism cloaked in the garb of respectability. He should be unmasked for what he is. You cannot run away from evil. It has to be confronted.

His obsession with Israel is a mental disorder. He needs psychiatric attention.

The interview Erdogan gave to CNN shows a true hatred of Israel. He is incapable of telling the truth.Maybe Israel should remind him that It is the arab states that refer to all of Israel as occupied territory. He is no better then Iran

What a raving first class idiot he is.

Ten? 20? 100? 200? How many? Please let us know!

SAY IT AND SAY IT AND SAY IT MANY A TIME!!!! It will work, won't it? His rhetoric has reached the point of no return of the food back down the digestive tract into the stomache. It's all the way out into the toilet bowl from now on. Thanks ErDOGan for a ruined dinner.

I guess 1.5 million armenian is not enough for the bloody turks, so now they are commiting a second gernocide. turkey is killing, raping, using chemical weapons against the poor kurds, some one has to stop the bloody turks. how many kurds were butched by turkey??

can someone please shut this idiot up. Do we really have to count how many? Aren't the bombs enough? Israel has a right to defend itself. Go pee in your own back yard!!!!!!!!!

I assume the "hundreds thousands" he means Armenians!

You know, those same terrorists that fire those rockets, not to mention they also target to murder in cold blood (not as collateral damage, but intentionally TARGET) Israeli women, children, and babies. Convenient that Erdogan omits such a crucial bit of info there, which is why HE cannot be trusted.

I wish that our politicians have had balls like him ,...

This whole thing is such an exaggerated reaction to Israle that it strains credulity. Something else is going on in Turkey concerning the Arab Muslim world and its own aspirations to lead the Middle East as a new 'Ottoman' area of interest. They do not seek to have an empire as such, just be the leader and arbiter. Without realizing this, Erdogan's behavior cannot be understood at all. Israel is not Muslim, thus his wish to throw it under the bus. His over-response is otherwise bewildering. Also, his ego is very, very large. Such things always come a cropper, and Turkey will need old friends again. Until then, however, their arrogance (while slaughtering Kurds, even in Iraq) is astounding.

Erdoga:... If these demands are not met relations between Israel and Turkey will never become normal again. Relations will be normal when a NORMAL leader is back in power

Regional Isolation + Look what we have Iran Hezbulla Syria Lebanon Hamas Egypt Turkey Then Jordan if it lasts Saudi Iraq Emirates Yemen

Proven fact....their was No aid even on that ship. And there are proper channels to get aid through . This is nothing more than the hatered of the jews peroid. Peace will never be acheived will people hell bent on your destruction. Another FACT. Ive said more facts than this whole idiots speech

The Shoah and its victims are not to be smeared. Outside of Russia, 93% of Eurpe's Jewish children were gassed. Erdogan is tryong to be more hateful than all others in the Muslim world- it is as if it is a cintest to say that which is the most scandalous. The fact is that Erdogan like Goebbels is doing Hitler's bidding.

why we don't respond? How do you respond to a madman. All he wants to do is draw us into a bigger battle...the man is nuts. For beginners there was no humanitarian aid on that ship..none. documented fact. We didn't attack it we boarded with paint guns and were attacked with knives rods and weapons. etc. etc. He rants and raves with others in the region also,(Cyprus) because he wants to reestablish the ottoman empire..