A Turkish newspaper has published a list of 172 names of Israelis who it alleges participated in the 2010 Mavi Marmara raid by an IDF commando in which nine Turkish nationals were killed. The daily ‘Sabah’ wrote that 148 of the names had been acquired by analyzing connections on social network sites such as ‘Facebook’ and ‘Twitter’, as well as comparing photographs on those websites with the ones taken on board the Marmara. The list of names was transferred to Turkish prosecutors, in addition to pictures of ten IDF soldiers which the paper said Turkish intelligence agencies could not identify. Included on the list were not only those IDF soldiers who participated in the operation to stop the Gaza flotilla, but also senior IDF officials.
Earlier this month, a lawyer for the Turkish based Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) said he had submitted a list of the soldiers involved in the May 2010 raid on the ‘Mavi Marmara’ vessel to Turkish prosecutors. "We have presented a list of Israeli soldiers who gave the order for and who were involved in the attack on the Turkish flotilla to the Istanbul prosecutor's office," Ramazan Aritürk, lawyer for the group that organized the Gaza flotilla said. "Currently we are waiting for the prosecutor's office to issue an order for arrest," he was quoted as saying.
The move came as the Istanbul Chief Prosecutor's Office appealed to the Turkish Intelligence Organization (MİT) in order to obtain information on the identities of the IDF soldiers who were involved in the raid which left nine Turks dead in May of last year, Turkish newspaper ‘Zaman’ reported earlier this month. According ‘Zaman’, an affirmative answer from MİT would allow the prosecutor to open court cases against Israeli senior officials including President Peres, Prime Minister Netanyahu, former IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi, as well as against the soldiers involved in the raid.
The charges would include the “willful murder and torture” and “limiting freedom” of the passengers, the paper reported.
