Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday accused Israel of state terrorism following an attack in neutral waters on an international aid convoy to the Gaza Strip.
"No matter what Israel says its motives were, what they did was [an act of] state terrorism," he said in a national address on Turkish television.
Arab media said 16 people had been killed and more than 30 injured when the Israeli military stormed the six-ship Freedom Flotilla carrying some 10,000 tons of aid to Gaza and 600 human rights activists earlier on Monday. The Israeli army's press service confirmed the deaths of more than 10 people.
"A Turkish vessel was taken hostage, and we demand its immediate release," Erdogan said.
ANKARA, May 31 (RIA Novosti)
