Turkish court refuses to hear Mavi Marmara case



In a surprising move, a Turkish court has refused to hear a suit for compensation arising out of the Mavi Marmara incident (Hat Tip: MFS - The Other News).

The head judge rejected the trial on the grounds that Israel
could not be tried in the Turkish courts. Relatives of Furkan Doğan,
one of the Turkish citizens killed in the raid, had requested 4 million
Turkish Liras of compensation from