Turkish Foreign Ministry delivers diplomatic note to Israel
The Turkish Foreign Ministry delivered Saturday a diplomatic note to Israeli Ambassador to Ankara Gabby Levy over Maj. Gen. Avi Mizrahi's verbal attack on Ankara.
"These remarks violated all forms of diplomatic practices, and contradicted with the historical and current realities therefore these accusations and nonsensical talks targeting Prime Minister and the country had been protested by a note," the Turkish MFA said in a statement.
"Furthermore, we have stressed that the relevant statements of Avi Mizrahi are ungrounded and unacceptable and as such we have requested an urgent explanation from Israeli authorities," it said.
In a separate statement, the Turkish army said the commander's remarks are in an extent that could harm the bilateral relations.
"These remarks, as the way they were published in the media reports, are considered to be misleading the facts, unfortunate, unacceptable and more importantly in an extent that could harm the national interests between two countries," the army said in a statement posted on its Web site.
The military also called on the Israeli army, "which is considered to be attaching great importance to its relations with the Turkish Armed Forces," to clarify Mizrahi's monstering, Hurriyet Daily News reports.
On Friday, Maj. Gen. Avi Mizrahi, a veteran professional officer, called on Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to look in the mirror.
He went further to accuse Turkey of committing massacre of the Armenians and suppressing Kurds. Mizrahi also mentioned the Turkish occupation of northern Cyprus.
"These remarks violated all forms of diplomatic practices, and contradicted with the historical and current realities therefore these accusations and nonsensical talks targeting Prime Minister and the country had been protested by a note," the Turkish MFA said in a statement.
"Furthermore, we have stressed that the relevant statements of Avi Mizrahi are ungrounded and unacceptable and as such we have requested an urgent explanation from Israeli authorities," it said.
In a separate statement, the Turkish army said the commander's remarks are in an extent that could harm the bilateral relations.
"These remarks, as the way they were published in the media reports, are considered to be misleading the facts, unfortunate, unacceptable and more importantly in an extent that could harm the national interests between two countries," the army said in a statement posted on its Web site.
The military also called on the Israeli army, "which is considered to be attaching great importance to its relations with the Turkish Armed Forces," to clarify Mizrahi's monstering, Hurriyet Daily News reports.
On Friday, Maj. Gen. Avi Mizrahi, a veteran professional officer, called on Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to look in the mirror.
He went further to accuse Turkey of committing massacre of the Armenians and suppressing Kurds. Mizrahi also mentioned the Turkish occupation of northern Cyprus.
