You can be right. But have can you explain, me ?
I can "explain you" because as you are fluent in at least two languages, English and Turkish, you may not remember what information you got from which media. And your unbendable "rage" by the fact just discussed, that once a Turk's ire is raised over the injury of a countryman from a foreigner the details of the event don't seem to matter. I suppose that's especially true if these feelings initially took place in a group.
Then we learned about what is "Mavi marmara", what they were trying to achieve, why they get shot.... rage continued on.
What do you think they were trying to achieve? The blockade was and is legal:
link Gazans were not then and are not now starving - shipments of food and medical supplies continued, save for disruptive border attacks and Hamas' own controls. The Mavi Marmara itself carried no humanitarian aid at all:
link Whether Erdogan plotted it or not, the violent confrontation of the militants with Israelis was both intentional and pre-planned. As I review the materials, if the intent of the militants wasn't to kill Israelis outright, it was certainly to torture and maim them.
No, the purpose of the organizers wasn't "humanitarian" but to raise a stink with the hope of compelling the international community to pressure Israel into allowing shipments of weapons in to Gaza to further Hamas' program of religious domination and territorial conquest. If Erdogan knew then he may have realized how easily he could turn such a confrontation to his advantage.
I note one Turkish journalist wrote a book confirming the IDF's version of events:
link
I can't say that Turkish-Israele realations will never be repaired but I can say that incident left a huge wound in our relations.
Erdogan seems intent on making sure the wound doesn't heal.
Let's say Erdogan has plotted this incident. Why do you think that ? What would be in his profit ?
If he did plot it he might have wanted better relations with Hamas and the P.A. and to establish some militant Islamic credentials. He also would have been taking unilateral action to encourage an ally to attack Turks, something that the Turkish military and citizenry might consider treasonous. To avoid the treason bit he must blame the Israelis.
If he didn't plot the violence but through ignorance or poor supervision set up the situation then he looks like an incompetent fool, doesn't he? And there's still the possibility of a treason charge. So again Erdogan must blame the Israelis.
Still, even before the MM affair Erdo was going out of his was to poison Turkish-Israeli relations. You might not have been aware of the insults and name-calling that issued from his mouth. So it's easier for me to assume he plotted the confrontation deliberately. Certainly you can't point to Erdogan and say that this is a man who worked hard to ease Israel-Turkish relations.
