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Israeli ambassador welcomed with eggs in Turkey Photo: Press TV
The protest took place at the entrance of a university in the Black Sea city of Trabzon as Israel's ambassador Gabby Levy was leaving the campus.
Police detained 20 students who had chanted slogans such as "We don't want baby killers!" and "Israel out from our university!"
Diplomatic ties between Muslim Turkey and its ally Israel have suffered since Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip last December and January in which Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel of committing crimes against humanity.
Last month, NATO member Turkey barred Israel from a NATO exercise, a decision that angered Israel and prompted rare criticism from Turkey's ally the United States.
The worsening of ties between Israel and European Union candidate Turkey coincides with diplomatic steps by Ankara to forge closer ties with Iran and Syria, a development that has prompted some analysts to believe that Turkey is shifting away from the West.
Erdogan has denied Turkey is turning its back on the West and has said his country has "one face looking to the West and another face looking to the East".
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Nov 04, 2009 at 02:51 PM Anonymous Says:
Its becoming another terorist state Pull him out
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Nov 04, 2009 at 03:00 PM Anonymous Says:
Time to kick Turkey out of NATO.
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Nov 04, 2009 at 02:57 PM Anonymous Says:
were they turkey eggs?
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Nov 04, 2009 at 03:26 PM 5T Resident Says:
Again with the "students". When Iran overthrew the Shah and installed Khomeini in 1979, it was the "students" that led the uprising. The Intifadas started by Arafat featured stone throwing "students" from Bir Zeit University. Now there are these Turkish "students". For a society with so many students, the Arabs aren't really very bright or civilized, are they?
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Nov 04, 2009 at 03:15 PM thanksgiveing Says:
Two Faced Turkey not one face like all the rest off the goyim
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Nov 04, 2009 at 03:47 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Time to kick Turkey out of NATO. ”
“ Time to kick Turkey out of NATO.”
Are you joking: Turkey (and the nato air force bases it provides) are critical to nato.....there is zero chance this will happen. while turkey is clearly moving away from its traditional pro-western stance, actions taken by the Israeli government over the past year haven't really done much to make them reconsider.
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Nov 04, 2009 at 03:12 PM punch Says:
“ were they turkey eggs? ”
it is people like yourself who are blessed with great sence of humur and bring a smile over my lips every once in a while
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Nov 04, 2009 at 06:38 PM Anonymous Says:
“ “ Time to kick Turkey out of NATO.”
Are you joking: Turkey (and the nato air force bases it provides) are critical to nato.....there is zero chance this will happen. while turkey is clearly moving away from its traditional pro-western stance, actions taken by the Israeli government over the past year haven't really done much to make them reconsider.
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So according to your logic Israel is the one that needs to appease Turkey to remain in NATO and stay pro-west. Not sure I understand.
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Nov 04, 2009 at 07:49 PM Well to answer your question Says:
“ Again with the "students". When Iran overthrew the Shah and installed Khomeini in 1979, it was the "students" that led the uprising. The Intifadas started by Arafat featured stone throwing "students" from Bir Zeit University. Now there are these Turkish "students". For a society with so many students, the Arabs aren't really very bright or civilized, are they? ”
This is what they learn in their universities. Most be all those geology and farming classes inspiring the rock and egg throwing.
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Nov 04, 2009 at 07:53 PM Anonymous Says:
“ were they turkey eggs? ”
No they were Turkish hen eggs
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Nov 04, 2009 at 05:56 PM Yankee Says:
“ Again with the "students". When Iran overthrew the Shah and installed Khomeini in 1979, it was the "students" that led the uprising. The Intifadas started by Arafat featured stone throwing "students" from Bir Zeit University. Now there are these Turkish "students". For a society with so many students, the Arabs aren't really very bright or civilized, are they? ”
Great observation, I wanted to write something similar, but you stole my thunder and wrote it much better than I would.