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Turkey Investigating Local Jews for Aiding IDF in Mavi Marmara Affair
(Times of Israel) Asher Zeiger - Turkey's National Intelligence Organization has launched an investigation of at least five Turkish citizens it believes collaborated with Israel in the 2010 takeover of the Gaza-bound ship Mavi Marmara, the Turkish daily Yeni Safak reported on Friday. During the interrogation of passengers after the boat had been brought to port in Israel, Turkish speakers wearing IDF uniforms were brought in to act as interpreters. Huseyin Ersoz, the Deputy Chairman of the IHH which organized the flotilla, told a Turkish television station on Saturday that once the names of the interpreters are published, "everyone will know who the Turkish Jews are that served in the Israeli army and killed Turkish civilians." Rafael Sadi, spokesperson for the Association of Turkish Immigrants in Israel, said the Turkish authorities are trying to send Israel the message that if Turkish demands are not met, the Turkish Jewish community is liable to suffer the consequences. In November, four senior Israeli military commanders were put on trial in absentia by Turkey.