Four years ago 9 Turkish activists died in an incident that severed diplomatic relations between Israel and Turkey. <br /><br />A Turkish flagged flotilla was heading for Gaza to deliver aid in breach of an Israeli embargo. Israeli commando’s then stormed the lead vessel in a bid to stop it making port.<br /><br />Just recently a tenth person died in hospital after a prolonged coma.<br /><br />Israel has since looked favourably at a compensation deal for the saga, but such an agreement appears on the rocks after a decision by Turkish courts to pursue four senior Israeli officials they deem responsible, most recently calling on Interpol to intervene.<br /><br />Euronews spoke to the last Turkish ambassador to Israel on the continuing diplomatic spat: <br /><br />“From Israel’s point of view the courts decision is the problem. But we should respect the courts decision. I believe that these two procedures, the legal case and normalisation must be separated”<br /><br />Euronews reporter Bora Bayraktar, gave this insight from Istanbul: <br /><br />“On the one hand there are politicians who seek a common ground, on the other there are activists seeking justice for their friends. In its fourth anniversary the flotilla incident is a great barrier to normalisation of Turkish-Israeli relations.”
