Erdogan: "Israel" Risks Losing its Sole Middle East Ally

Local Editor

In a telephone conversation, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told US President Barack Obama that "Israel's" attack on the aid campaign as "unacceptable lawlessness."

According to Erdogan's office statement, he called for an end the blockade of Gaza and demanded that all activists held by "Israel" must be released.

Erdogan also said that "Israel" risks loosing Turkey, its ally in the Middle East.

Under sweeping outrage and escalating protests across the globe, Tel Aviv rushed to send home hundreds of activists it captured on the six-ship convoy, including dozens of Turkish nationals, saying the expulsions started late Tuesday and that all activists would leave within 48 hours.