Then came the mavi marmara flotilla incident : israelis completely bungled the operation .
然后发生了“蓝色马尔马拉号”事件:以色列彻底搞砸了这次行动。
Turkey forms a bridge between europe and asia , with the division between the two running from the black sea to the north down along the bosporus strait through the sea of marmara and the dardanelles strait to the aegean sea and the larger mediterranean sea to the south .
It was widely noted that , on the same day that the nine turkish civilians killed aboard the mavi marmara were given huge media coverage , six soldiers lost their lives to the pkk in the south .
Those opponents were cheered both by turkey 's bungling in iran and by the mavi marmara incident .
这些反对者的由于土耳其在伊朗问题上的拙劣表现和马尔马拉号事件而坚定了信念。
When the israeli army intercepted the turkish flotilla in international waters , its soldiers were surprised to be physically attacked on the mavi marmara .
当以色列军队在国际水域拦截了土耳其船队后,马尔马拉号上的船员对以色列士兵的袭击使他们大吃一惊。
Indeed , it was the mavi marmara incident and the turkish response to it that led to an outpouring of comments that the west was losing turkey .
事实上,正是马尔马拉号事件和土耳其对该事件的反应引发了盛行的观点,认为西方正在失去土耳其。
Israeli foreign ministry spokesman yigal palmor refused to comment on erdogan 's address , or on earlier claims made by erdogan that israel 's assault on the mavi marmara vessel constituted " grounds for war " .