Turkey demands international panel probe into Gaza boat deaths

Turkey today called for an international commission to investigate the deaths on the Gaza aid ship flotilla, and its foreign minister said Israel has agreed to release all Turks involved in clash.

Foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu said 210 Turks were scheduled to be flown home from Israel on Turkish planes later
today. He said Israel also assured Turkey it would not put any
Turkish protesters on trial.

"We have clearly stated that we would review our ties with Israel if all Turks are not released by the end of the day," Davutoglu said.

"All citizens of foreign countries will be set free." 

Israel's bloody raid on a flotilla of aid ships that carried about 400 Turks dramatically escalated tensions with Turkey. The attack killed nine people, including at least four Turks. Turkey withdrew its ambassador and scrapped war games with Israel as a result.

"No one has the right to try people who were kidnapped in international waters," Davutoglu told a news conference.

There was no way to immediately reconcile the different numbers of Turks said to be involved in the Gaza operation. 

The foreign minister, however, said two Turkish citizens who were in serious condition will remain in Israeli hospitals with a Turkish doctor.

"We will not leave them to the mercy of anyone," Davutoglu said.