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Source: http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=44055
Secular Turkish Opposition Blasts Crisis with Israel
(Middle East Online-UK) Kemal Kilicdaroglu, head of Turkey's main opposition party, said Wednesday Ankara should not have allowed the Mavi Marmara to sail to Gaza despite Israel's warnings that it would stop the vessel. The incident showed "how a problem can be knowingly pushed into a deadlock and relations fundamentally shaken," he said. "The incident, which resulted in the death of nine compatriots, started with the government issuing the permission.... The government holds responsibility," he said. "We do not say that what Israel did was right. Definitely, Israel should be condemned and it should apologize."