Turkish Parliament Ratifies Agreement on Normalizing Relations with Israel
The Parliament of Turkey has ratified the agreement on normalizing relations with Israel, Associated Press reported. The Parliamentarians approved the agreement which has been signed on July.
After the agreement comes into force, Israel will have to pay Turkey 20 million USD in compensation within 25 days. Relations between Israel and Turkey crumbled after Israeli marines stormed an activist ship in May 2010 to enforce a naval blockade of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip and killed 10 Turks on board.
The diplomatic relations between the two states were suspended due to this incident.
