Even with all the economic crisis in the western countries, they all have at least double per capita income then Turkey, and their wealth is much better shared. The standard of living of an average Greek is much higher then an average Turk. And then there is the issue of human rights in which Turkey is listed among the worst with about 100 journalists in Silivri Jail. Furthermore; Turkish kustice(if you can call it justice) is on one hand savind the murderers of the Sivas Madimak hotel massacre, protecting the suspects of the Deniz Feneri case who were already convicted in a German court while incarcerating thousands with no charges I'm Silivri.

You is being Eaten Alive By The Hatered he Spews for the past 2yrs. tayyip erDOGan You Are The Criminal who has Been Sentenced By your Words and Actions,incitement and provocation as well as Bold Face Lies. The Palmer Report said it All. You and your isslimic country chose to stand with little bearded monkey and Now you Will Pay The Price!!!

israel must give all names of journalist, soldiers, generals, human right activist falsely accused plus 1million names of curd massacre....

Thye are childish and the mindless rantings of a loon. Please ignore her.

Dont you be so Naive. You have seen how the UN treats Israel and we are one of the most condemned countries out of all of them. It would not be wise to go down that road... Glasshouses and stones comes to mind.

Turkey - Erdogan - please hold your breath while waiting. Keep holding it...

Why don't you find some NGO and ask them to announce loud and clear in world media that they are preparing a flotilla with the assistance to Turkish Kurds and that it's due to set on June 1st. I would like to see Erdogan's face when he gets the news...

to haunt them in form of actions against them in the finnanse arena, hope they got extra cash they will have to ask the persians for loan :P.

Turkey's Prime Minister's Erdogan, declared: "The mosques are our barracks, the domes our helmets, the minarets our bayonets and the faithful our soldiers." For hard line Islamic Turkey, infidels-intensely hated non-Muslims should NOT defend themselves from violent Muslim attackers. Turkey desires that hated Jewish infidels SUBMIT to being violently attacked, maimed and MURDERED by the Muslim Jew-haters of the Marmara terror ship. Why is violent aggressor, Islamic Turkey, in NATO, compromising the security and safety of Europe, the UK and other nations?

Why is warmonger, Turkey, a member of NATO compromising the security and safety of Europe, the UK and other nations? END MUSLIM TURKEY'S ILLEGAL OCCUPATION of CYPRUS! No more Muslim conquests of Free World land! Not one inch! YES to FREEDOM! NO to barbaric Islamic sharia law and CRUEL Muslim conquests!

The Turkish "terrorist IHH gang" & their government leader-buffoons, ERdogan, Gul etc who paid for & sponsored this "terrorist act" have already been indicted in the world's public opinion. Nothing can change that.

I got this information from an article about the the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), which I dont think is affliated with the UN at all. I trust the UN as far as I can spit, which ain't far. Will the REAL Sarah B. please stand up?

We look at the same picture, but see different things. I see the last 20 years of Israel when I look from Istanbul, if your state is run like this. If your existence is depending solely on nukes, you are finished. Unfortunately arrogance and hatred against all non-Jewish will not save you or your ugly state.

POOR, POOR AHMET.

The existence of Israel does not depend on Nukes. They are just a deterrent. It depends on the intelligent, agile, productive, creative nature of the Jewish nation as well as their skills n world diplomacy, economy, finance etc. All these skills that are seriously lacking from the majority of the Turks who voted for AKP and Erdogan. It will only get worse once the 4+4+4 education systems starts which is - in Erdogan's own words - targeting to create a religious nation (Dindar genclik - i his exact words)

Your not Sarah B and you couldn't write anything half as good if your life depended on it

Have you ever considered the fact that your part of the picture is may be muffled by your media reporting?

#1, #14, #15 were written by the real Sarah B. #34 was written by the imposter. One thing the imposter is not able to do is imitate Sarah. B's style of writing. It always gives him or her away.

The stupid words such as .."ugly country" which you use to describe Israel gives away the hatred for Jews and the jealousy for the success of Israel as progressive, powerful and rich country that you feel. I just came back from israel. And I had lived previously for many years in Istanbul. I know both countries very well. When you compare Israel with Turkey, I see on one hand Turkey, a geographically gorgeous country mismanaged, neglected, dirty and poor , and on the other I see Israel, a beautiful small country which bloomed out of the desert, and which in 60 years has become one of the most advanced countries in the world. I guess you have reason to be so jealous!

You are so green with envy

Not in my name. You have built a wonderful country with your own blood,teardrops,sweat. I want to see your beautiful Kibbutzes oneday. Ecological agricultural farms with water efficiency. Dizengoff, Bauhauses, ME kitchen, Birdwatching, trekking,historical sites etc. State-terrorless secure country. Good evening from Istanbul. Peace be upon you.

...not Jews. I really cannot understand Ergin's arrogance.It's surreal.He's so far gone that he cannot see that he must look like a big putz even to the Turks. THREE CHEERS FOR ISRAEL!!!

If Ahmet wants to compare Israel's and Turkey's scientific and technological achievements and capabilities,let's do it. Israel first.World-class advances in every field from agriculture to aerospace to computer technology and applications to materials to energy to medicine to new physics,chemistry and maths and so on and so on. What can Turkey bring?Beko fridge-freezers that burst into flames and kill people in their own homes.Give them a miss. THREE CHEERS FOR ISRAEL!!!

Please provide a list of all supporters who financed, planned and orchestrated the vicious attack on the Israeli soldiers. Considering the intimate involvement of the Turkish leadership in the attack, I am sure there will be an indictment ready for Erdogan. A few Israelis should be indicted too.

He pounded his chest over massacres in Syria but has done nothing to stop the killing. He knows Iran is funding Assad's terror but he doesn't have the courage to take a stand against Iran. That's because Turkey is dependent on Iran for gas and oil. Stop using Israel as a scapegoat for your own failure. We witnessed how Erdogan abandoned Israel for trade agreements with Iran.

I am really shocked how people speak here about turkey, only because the prime minister of turkey or government say anything, your government handling is not better and these people come and go, important is the meaning of the people in two countries and this are mixed, i see people here speak only one side with the western media parody what is mostly financed from people who we know very well, i know turkey very good, grow up as immigrant child in europe and was several time in israel, too and i cna say in most things in democratic side is turkey better than this countries you can be sure, i live now in turkey and i was never so free in my life. Most of the poster forget here the history of turks and jews and that is very sad, something respect ok, lifestyle under turks or other was better, anybody who can think and read history knows it what happens with the jews in western world but now everybody of them are the biggest friends, who will you lie, comedy, some finances from jewish lobbies for voting and gifts everybody is friend, but i will warn my jew friends, only friend of you will be a turk, it was in past so and in future also, do you believe in any european for 60 years ago what they do we know very well, lastly for the gaza flotilla, yes you are right, you can hold the ships everything is ok, turks and turkish government know it also in that time, but the system like you do it was wrong, you say you have a good learned commandos but that was a comedy, you can be sure if any activists come to turkey with ship from israel or anywhere for example istanbul, nobody will say you something, if there people who make stress, there is everytime special crafts who can hold the ships very easy without using weapons, that the problem the handling of the soldiers was wrong and there died also innocent people in this chaos understand, nobody have in turkey problems with the israeli state or people we see still as friends in this region but you must accept the handling of the soldiers who belong to the government it was a disaster, apologize for the families and turkish people is not difficult as friend i think....

You may feel free n Turkey but how about professor Dr. Ahmet Haberal. As you know he s a surgeon who pioneered organ transplants n Turkey successfully saving many people lives. He is an old man now and has been imprisoned in Slivri almost 2 years with no charges. He s only one of 2 thousand political prisoners in Silivri.

These are subjects who know very well in turkey who have right or not, or otherwise no political organisation never in turkey get 50 % vote in turkey, turkey have since over 60 years a war between elites, maybe 500 big rich families and their military and the average anatolian people, this elites never believe in the right of demcoracy, votes of the people, they think they know everything better then the people, so they take their military different times and make military impacts to elected politicians hang them like in the 1960, 1971, 1980, 1997 in a modern way not with weapons ( famous as post modern ) they bring prime minister to give up and lastly after electing AKP they begin again, everybody knows it, because this elitist people 2 % of the country will not any religious free people and religious democracy, never, they are mostly financed also from western countries and intelligence agencies, since some years are the courts first time free not in hands of elitists and they begin to judge the past of turkey, where thousdans of own people were murdered, injured in prisons, you know organisations like Gladio have like in italy famous members from all segments, military, police, judges, lawyers, burocracy, media, businessmens and also people like Mehmet Haberal, yes, you are right he is since 2 years in prison it must go faster but that is a discussion since some time also on side from government courts are too slow, now they bring in near time better rules in the parliament for this and will send more judges, otherwise this people are well known from us how they change the future in this country but everybody was in fear to say something they have the power, for your number of 2000 it's not right, 600-800 but all from other segments and other subjects not all from the same situation ...