The Chief Prosecutor’s Office in Istanbul announced that an investigation has been launched into Israel’s detention of 24 Turkish activists in international waters.
Israeli forces early Thursday boarded ships of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was heading to Gaza to break the Israeli blockade. According to the investigation, 24 Turkish nationals were among those detained in the raid.
A statement by the prosecutor’s office said the probe is based on a violation of international maritime law, abduction, hijacking vehicles, plunder, damage to property and torture.
Another investigation was launched by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office pursuant to Article 13 of the Turkish Criminal Code, which stipulates that Turkish laws and the Turkish judiciary shall have jurisdiction even when a foreign national commits international crimes in a foreign country.
Later, a Turkish delegation for the flotilla announced that 25 Turkish activists were among those held by Israel. The delegation said in a statement that those activists include Ayçin Kantoğlu, Abdulaziz Yalçın, Davut Daşkıran, Zeynep Tekocak, Metehan Sarı, Hüseyin Şuayb Ordu, Onur Murat Kolgu, Semih Fener, Osman Çetinkaya, Sümeyra Akdeniz Ordu, Bekir Turunç, Abdulmecid Bagcivan, Mustafa Muhammed Çakmakcı, Mesut Çakar, Muslim Ziyali, Mehmet Sait Direkçi, Fatih Özsöz, Tevhit Yıldız, Sümeyye Sena Pola and Halil Rıfat Çanakçı. The activists were aboard different ships in the flotilla.
