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'''MV ''Mavi Marmara''''' is a ]-flagged<ref>{{cite news|title=İsrail ‘uluslararası suları’ kabul etti|url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/dunya/14896132.asp|date=June 1, 2010}}</ref> passenger ship, which was formerly owned and operated by ] on the line ], Istanbul-]-] in the ]. Built at the Golden Gate Shipyard by Turkish Shipbuilding Co. in 1994, the ship has a capacity of 1,080 passengers.<ref name="ido">{{cite web |url=http://www.ido.com.tr/index.cfm?page=SubPage&textid=846&kapsam=7&ln=tr |publisher=IDO |title=Mavi Marmara Yolcu Gemisi |language=Turkish |accessdate=May 31, 2010 }}</ref> '''MV ''Mavi Marmara''''' is a ]-flagged<ref>{{cite news|title=İsrail 'uluslararası suları' kabul etti|url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/dunya/14896132.asp|date=June 1, 2010}}</ref> passenger ship, which was formerly owned and operated by ] on the line ], Istanbul-]-] in the ]. Built at the Golden Gate Shipyard by Turkish Shipbuilding Co. in 1994, the ship has a capacity of 1,080 passengers.<ref name="ido">{{cite web |url=http://www.ido.com.tr/index.cfm?page=SubPage&textid=846&kapsam=7&ln=tr |publisher=IDO |title=Mavi Marmara Yolcu Gemisi |language=tr |access-date=May 31, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603232355/http://www.ido.com.tr/index.cfm?page=SubPage&textid=846&kapsam=7&ln=tr |archive-date=June 3, 2010 }}</ref> It is best known for its participation in the ] and the deadly confrontation that took place on it during the ].


==History== ==History==

===Gaza Freedom Flotilla=== ===Gaza Freedom Flotilla===
{{main|Gaza flotilla raid}} {{main|Gaza flotilla raid}}


The MV ''{{lang|tr|Mavi Marmara}}'' was purchased in 2010 by the ], a ] NGO active as a charity organization in more than 115 countries.<ref name=BBC_01June2010a>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10202678.stm |title=Profile: Free Gaza Movement |date=June 1, 2010 |work=BBC News|publisher=BBC |accessdate=April 29, 2011}}</ref> The group has represented its Turkish language name in English in various ways, "IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ihh.org.tr/ihh-dan-israil-raporuna-aciklama/en/|title=IHH Statement Regarding The Israeli Report|quote=IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation continues to insist on its request for an international probe to independently investigate the Israeli attack on Mavi Marmara.}}</ref> among them. It has held ] with the ] since 2004,<ref name="ecosoc">{{Cite web|title=Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief, The |url=http://esango.un.org/civilsociety/showProfileDetail.do?method=showProfileDetails&tab=1&profileCode=2525 |publisher=NGO Branch, ]|accessdate=June 2, 2010}}</ref><ref name="ecosocNGOlist">{{Cite web|title=List of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council as of 1 September 2009 | url=http://esango.un.org/paperless/content/E2009INF4.pdf |publisher=] |accessdate=June 8, 2010}}</ref> and is endorsed by international figures that include South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire.<ref name=BBC_01June2010a/><ref name=Telegraph_31May2010a>{{Cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/7790919/Gaza-flotilla-the-Free-Gaza-Movement-and-the-IHH.html |title=Gaza flotilla: the Free Gaza Movement and the IHH |author= Spencer, Richard |date=May 31, 2010 |work=The Daily Telegraph |accessdate=April 29, 2011 |location=London}}</ref> Israel's ], an NGO with close ties to the Israeli Defense Forces, along with multiple Israeli governmental officials have alleged that the IHH supports terrorism, has smuggled arms on behalf of terrorist groups, and has links to al-Qaeda and other Jihadist groups.<ref name=BBC_01June2010a/><ref name=Telegraph_31May2010a/> The IHH denies these claims, and Greta Berlin, a director of the ], called the claims "utterly scurrilous", characterizing them as an attempt by the Israeli government to discredit the movement.<ref name=BBC_01June2010a/> They are classified in Israel and Holland as a terrorist organization.<ref>{{cite news |author=Benjamin Weinthal |date=May 1, 2011 |url=http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=218594 |title=Dutch government places IHH on terror list |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |date=May 1, 2011 |accessdate=June 3, 2014}}</ref> Much of their money goes to the ], which is designated as a ] by the US Office of Foreign Asset Control and banned by Executive Order 13224.<ref name="eo-13224"/> In 2010, the US State Department expressed great concern over the group's links with senior Hamas officials.<ref name="US concern about IHH-Hamas links">{{cite news|title=US concerned over IHH-Hamas ties|url=http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=177328|work=The Jerusalem Post|date=March 6, 2010}}</ref> Turkish legal authorities are investigating allegations that one of the key figures behind the May 2010 Gaza flotilla, ], was involved in transferring funds to al-Qaida, the Turkish daily Habertürk reported on June 15, 2012.<ref name="Turkey investigating IHH head for funding al-Qaida">{{cite news|title=Turkey investigating IHH head for funding al-Qaida|url=http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?ID=273979&R=R1|work=The Jerusalem Post|date=June 15, 2010}}</ref> The MV ''{{lang|tr|Mavi Marmara}}'' was purchased in 2010 by the ], a ] NGO active as a charity organization in more than 115 countries.<ref name=BBC_01June2010a>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10202678.stm |title=Profile: Free Gaza Movement |date=June 1, 2010 |work=BBC News|publisher=BBC |access-date=April 29, 2011}}</ref> The group has represented its Turkish language name in English in various ways, "IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ihh.org.tr/ihh-dan-israil-raporuna-aciklama/en/ |title=IHH Statement Regarding The Israeli Report |quote=IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation continues to insist on its request for an international probe to independently investigate the Israeli attack on Mavi Marmara. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820132306/http://www.ihh.org.tr/ihh-dan-israil-raporuna-aciklama/en |archive-date=August 20, 2010 }}</ref> among them. It has held ] with the ] since 2004,<ref name="ecosoc">{{Cite web|title=Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief, The |url=http://esango.un.org/civilsociety/showProfileDetail.do?method=showProfileDetails&tab=1&profileCode=2525 |publisher=NGO Branch, ]|access-date=June 2, 2010}}</ref><ref name="ecosocNGOlist">{{Cite web|title=List of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council as of 1 September 2009 | url=http://esango.un.org/paperless/content/E2009INF4.pdf |publisher=] |access-date=June 8, 2010}}</ref> and is endorsed by international figures that include South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire.<ref name=BBC_01June2010a/><ref name=Telegraph_31May2010a>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/7790919/Gaza-flotilla-the-Free-Gaza-Movement-and-the-IHH.html |title=Gaza flotilla: the Free Gaza Movement and the IHH |author= Spencer, Richard |date=May 31, 2010 |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=April 29, 2011 |location=London}}</ref>
The German IHH is classified in Israel and Holland as a terrorist organization.<ref>{{cite news |author=Benjamin Weinthal |url=https://www.jpost.com/international/dutch-government-places-ihh-on-terror-list |title=Dutch government places IHH on terror list |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |date=May 1, 2011 |access-date=May 6, 2024}}</ref> Much of their money goes to the ], which is designated as a ] by the US ] and banned by Executive Order 13224.<ref name="eo-13224" /> In 2010, the US State Department expressed great concern over the group's links with senior Hamas officials.<ref name="US concern about IHH-Hamas links">{{cite news|title=US concerned over IHH-Hamas ties|url=http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=177328|work=The Jerusalem Post|date=March 6, 2010}}</ref> Israel's ], an NGO with close ties to the Israeli Defense Forces, along with multiple Israeli governmental officials have alleged that the IHH supports terrorism, has smuggled arms on behalf of terrorist groups, and has links to al-Qaeda and other Jihadist groups.<ref name=BBC_01June2010a/><ref name=Telegraph_31May2010a/> The IHH denies these claims, and Greta Berlin, a director of the ], called the claims "utterly scurrilous", characterizing them as an attempt by the Israeli government to discredit the movement.<ref name=BBC_01June2010a/>

However, IHH Turkey has denied any links to the group in Germany<ref>{{cite web |date=July 17, 2010 |title=We have no links with the IHH in Germany |location=Istanbul |publisher=] |url=http://www.ihh.org.tr/en/main/region/europe/11/we-have-no-links-with-the-ihh-in-germany/168 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205093753/https://www.ihh.org.tr/en/news/we-have-no-links-with-the-ihh-in-germany-168 |archive-date=February 5, 2017}}</ref> and, as of 2016, continues to work on projects in Gaza.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lee |first=Iara |date=July 16, 2010 |title=Slandering the Good Guys: Some Basic Facts About IHH |work=] |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/slandering-the-good-guys_b_649604 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728130123/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/slandering-the-good-guys_b_649604 |archive-date=July 28, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Fleishman |first=Jeffrey |date=June 6, 2010 |title=Turkish charity defends actions |work=] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jun-06-la-fg-turkey-charity-20100606-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728130947/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jun-06-la-fg-turkey-charity-20100606-story.html |archive-date=July 28, 2019}}</ref> Turkish legal authorities are investigating allegations that one of the key figures behind the May 2010 Gaza flotilla, ], was involved in transferring funds to al-Qaida, the Turkish daily Habertürk reported on June 15, 2012.<ref name="Turkey investigating IHH head for funding al-Qaida">{{cite news|title=Turkey investigating IHH head for funding al-Qaida|url=http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?ID=273979&R=R1|work=The Jerusalem Post|date=June 15, 2010}}</ref>

⚫ The IHH acquired the ''Mavi Marmara'' at a cost of $800,000, to be defrayed by public donations, as no shipowner was willing to risk their vessel on the journey.<ref name="hurriyet-turkish rights">{{cite news|title=Turkish rights group's cargo ship to set sail with Gaza aid|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=cargo-ship-will-set-out-to-gaza-to-deliver-aid-2010-04-13|work=Hürriyet|date=May 13, 2010}}</ref> The ship took part in a flotilla of ships operated by activist groups from 37 different countries with the intention of directly confronting the ]. On May 30, 2010, while in ] and en route to Gaza, Israeli Naval Forces communicated that a naval blockade over the Gaza area was in force and ordered the ships to follow them to ] or to be boarded. The ships declined and were boarded in international waters. The boarding started at 2&nbsp;am on May 31, 2010, and was completed by 8&nbsp;am. Reports from journalists on the ship<ref>{{cite news |last=Gabbatt |first=Adam |date=May 31, 2010 |title=Israel attacks Gaza flotilla&nbsp;- live coverage |work=] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/blog/2010/may/31/israel-troops-gaza-ships |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914225959/https://www.theguardian.com/world/blog/2010/may/31/israel-troops-gaza-ships |archive-date=September 14, 2013}}</ref> and from the UN report on the incident concluded that the Israeli military opened fire with live rounds before boarding the ship.<ref name="live rounds"/>

====Violent incident====
⚫ Passengers on the ship actively attempted to thwart a landing on the ship by Israeli commandos. In the violent clash that followed, nine activists were killed (according to the UN Report),<ref>{{cite web |title=Fifteenth session, agenda item 1 |date=September 27, 2010 |publisher=] |url=http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/15session/A.HRC.15.21_en.pdf |access-date=July 28, 2019 |ref={{harvid|HRC report|2010}}}}</ref> and a tenth died four years later of his wounds.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 25, 2014 |title=Mavi Marmara death toll rises to 10 |work=] |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/humanrights/2014/05/mavi-marmara-death-toll-rises-10-2014525145911267813.html |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521011309/http://www.aljazeera.com/humanrights/2014/05/mavi-marmara-death-toll-rises-10-2014525145911267813.html |archive-date=May 21, 2016 |access-date=May 20, 2016 }}</ref> Several dozen activists were claimed to be injured, some seriously. Israel claimed 10 of its soldiers were injured, one seriously.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/10195838.stm|title=Deaths as Israeli forces storm Gaza aid ship|publisher=BBC News|date=May 31, 2010}}</ref>

⚫ The U.N. report stated that knives from the ship's kitchens (plus one traditional, ceremonial knife), some catapults (slingshots) and metal pipes the passengers cut from the ship's railings were found. Turkey unveiled its final report on the Israeli attack on the Gaza-bound aid convoy on February 11, 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=364071|title=Turkey unveils its final report on Israeli attack on Gaza-bound aid convoy|publisher=Turkish Press|date=February 11, 2011}}</ref> The Israeli government-appointed ] unveiled its final report in January 2011, and found both the blockade and the force used by the Israeli soldiers to be legal. A Polish authority on admiralty law, Professor Andrzej Makowski of the Polish Naval Academy in Gdynia, also upheld this view in an extensive article in the '']'' in May 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://israelcfr.com/documents/7-2/7-2-6-AndrzejMakowski.pdf|title=The Mavi Marmara Incident and the Modern Law of Armed Conflict at Sea|publisher=Israel Journal on Foreign Relations|date= May 2013}}</ref>


⚫ The IHH acquired the ''Mavi Marmara'' at a cost of $800,000, to be defrayed by public donations, as no shipowner was willing to risk their vessel on the journey.<ref name="hurriyet-turkish rights">{{cite news|title=Turkish rights group's cargo ship to set sail with Gaza aid|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=cargo-ship-will-set-out-to-gaza-to-deliver-aid-2010-04-13|work=Hürriyet|date=May 13, 2010}}</ref> The ship took part in a flotilla of ships operated by activist groups from 37 different countries with the intention of directly confronting the ]. On May 30, 2010, while in ] and en route to Gaza, Israeli Naval Forces communicated that a naval blockade over the Gaza area was in force and ordered the ships to follow them to ] or to be boarded. The ships declined and were boarded in international waters. The boarding started at 2&nbsp;am on May 31, 2010, and was completed by 8&nbsp;am. Reports from journalists on the ship and from the UN report on the incident concluded that the Israeli military opened fire with live rounds before boarding the ship.<ref name="live rounds"/>


⚫ Passengers on the ship actively attempted to thwart a landing on the ship by Israeli commandos, brandishing home-made weapons. In the violent clash that followed, nine activists were killed (according to the UN Report<ref></ref>), and several dozen activists were injured. Israel claimed 10 of its soldiers were injured, one seriously.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/10195838.stm|title=Deaths as Israeli forces storm Gaza aid ship|publisher=BBC News|date=May 31, 2010}}</ref>
The Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that "the ''Mavi Marmara'' (passenger ship) did not carry any humanitarian aid, except for the passengers' personal belongings". They also stated that other ships in the aid convoy actually carried the aid.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Communiques/2010/Equipment_aid_Gaza_flotilla_7-Jun-2010.htm|title=Summary of equipment and aid aboard the Gaza flotilla|publisher=Israel MFA|date=June 7, 2010}}</ref>
⚫ ] said that they found knives, metal and wood sticks in the ship.<ref></ref> The U.N. report stated that knives from the ship's kitchens (plus one traditional, ceremonial knife), some catapults (slingshots) and metal pipes the passengers cut from the ship's railings were found. Turkey unveiled its final report on Israeli attack on Gaza-bound aid convoy on February 11, 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=364071|title=Turkey unveils its final report on Israeli attack on Gaza-bound aid convoy|publisher=Turkish Press|date=February 11, 2011}}</ref> The Israeli government-appointed ] unveiled its final report on January 2011, and found both the blockade and the force used by the Israeli soldiers to be legal. A Polish authority on admiralty law, Professor Andrzej Makowski of the Polish Naval Academy in Gdynia, also upheld this view in an extensive article in the '']'' in May 2013.<ref></ref>


====Release and return home==== ====Release and return home====
] ]
⚫ The Israeli government decided on July 23, 2010, to release the three ships of the Gaza Freedom flotilla, two of which had been moored at the ] and the third at the ] since their interception. Three Turkish ]s were dispatched to bring the ships back to Turkey. The ''Mavi Marmara'' was towed by the ''Ocean Ergun'' in a two-day ride to the Port of ], arriving an August 7, 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/dunya/15485007.asp |newspaper=] |title=Mavi Marmara gemisi Türkiye doğru yola çıkıyor |date=August 4, 2010 |language=Turkish }}</ref>


⚫ The Israeli government decided on July 23, 2010, to release the three ships of the Gaza Freedom flotilla, two of which had been moored at the ] and the third at the ] since their interception. Three Turkish ]s were dispatched to bring the ships back to Turkey. The ''Mavi Marmara'' was towed by the ''Ocean Ergun'' in a two-day ride to the Port of ], arriving an August 7, 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/dunya/15485007.asp |newspaper=] |title=Mavi Marmara gemisi Türkiye doğru yola çıkıyor |date=August 4, 2010 |language=tr }}</ref>
⚫ Nobody was permitted to board the ''Mavi Marmara'' due to investigations underway by the public prosecutor, but broken windows and bullet holes on the glass of the ] were visible in pictures released. The IHH emblem on the ship's ] was painted over in white.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/15505285.asp |newspaper=] |title=‘Mavi Marmara' İskenderun'da |date=August 7, 2010 |language=Turkish }}</ref> According to Turkish news, forensic teams identified some 250 bullet holes in the ship, many of which they claim were painted or plastered over by Israel.<ref>{{cite news |last=Aktuğ |first=Ufuk |date=August 10, 2010 |title=Mavi Marmara'da 250 mermi izi çıktı |trans_title=250 bullet scars found on the Mavi Marmara |language=Turkish |url=http://www.radikal.com.tr/Radikal.aspx?aType=RadikalDetay&ArticleID=1013066&Date=11.08.2010&CategoryID=77 |newspaper=] |accessdate=January 19, 2014}}</ref>


⚫ Nobody was permitted to board the ''Mavi Marmara'' due to investigations underway by the public prosecutor, but broken windows and bullet holes on the glass of the ] were visible in pictures released. The IHH emblem on the ship's ] was painted over in white.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/15505285.asp |newspaper=] |title='Mavi Marmara' İskenderun'da |date=August 7, 2010 |language=tr }}</ref> According to Turkish news, forensic teams identified some 250 bullet holes in the ship, many of which they claim were painted or plastered over by Israel.<ref>{{cite news |last=Aktuğ |first=Ufuk |date=August 10, 2010 |title=Mavi Marmara'da 250 mermi izi çıktı |trans-title=250 bullet scars found on the Mavi Marmara |language=tr |url=http://www.radikal.com.tr/Radikal.aspx?aType=RadikalDetay&ArticleID=1013066&Date=11.08.2010&CategoryID=77 |newspaper=] |access-date=January 19, 2014}}</ref> The ship returned to ] harbour on December 26, 2010, in a welcoming ceremony attended by thousands.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thousands greets Mavi Marmara aid ship |date=December 26, 2010 |newspaper=] |url=http://www.todayszaman.com/news-230733-thousands-greets-mavi-marmara-aid-ship.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228032842/http://www.todayszaman.com/news-230733-thousands-greets-mavi-marmara-aid-ship.html |archive-date=December 28, 2010}}</ref>
The ship returned to ] harbour on December 26, 2010, in a welcoming ceremony attended by thousands.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.todayszaman.com/news-230733-thousands-greets-mavi-marmara-aid-ship.html |newspaper=] |title=Thousands greets Mavi Marmara aid ship |date=December 26, 2010}}</ref>


===Freedom Flotilla II=== ===Freedom Flotilla II===
{{main|Freedom Flotilla II}} {{main|Freedom Flotilla II}}
A coalition of 22 NGOs announced on May 9, 2011, that a "Freedom Flotilla II" was planned for the third week of June 2011.<ref name="NYT_11May2011a">{{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/12/world/middleeast/12iht-M12-TURK-FLEET.html |newspaper=] |title=A Year After Israeli Raid, 2nd Flotilla to Set Sail for Gaza |date=May 11, 2011 |first=Susanne |last=Güsten}}</ref> The ''Financial Times'' reported on June 17, 2011, that the ''Mavi Marmara'' would not be sailing, as previously announced. The ] said that after damage caused last year to the ship, that it was not in a position to put to sea. The group stressed that it would still be part of the new flotilla; members of the group will board other ships in the effort.<ref>{{cite news |date=June 17, 2011 |author=Tobias Buck |work=Financial Times |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ec4ab2dc-98eb-11e0-bd66-00144feab49a.html#axzz1Q5NwJZP2 |title=Turkish flagship pulls out of Gaza flotilla |accessdate=June 3, 2014}}{{login required}}</ref> A coalition of 22 NGOs announced on May 9, 2011, that a "Freedom Flotilla II" was planned for the third week of June 2011.<ref name="NYT_11May2011a">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/12/world/middleeast/12iht-M12-TURK-FLEET.html |newspaper=] |title=A Year After Israeli Raid, 2nd Flotilla to Set Sail for Gaza |date=May 11, 2011 |first=Susanne |last=Güsten}}</ref> The ''Financial Times'' reported on June 17, 2011, that the ''Mavi Marmara'' would not be sailing, as previously announced. The ] said that after damage caused last year to the ship, that it was not in a position to put to sea. The group stressed that it would still be part of the new flotilla; members of the group will board other ships in the effort.<ref>{{cite news |date=June 17, 2011 |author=Tobias Buck |work=Financial Times |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ec4ab2dc-98eb-11e0-bd66-00144feab49a.html#axzz1Q5NwJZP2 |title=Turkish flagship pulls out of Gaza flotilla |access-date=June 3, 2014 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>


==Ship's registry== ==Ship's registry==
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==Sister ships== ==Sister ships==
* MS ''TDI Karadeniz'',<ref name="tg"/> since renamed MS ''Dream''.{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}} * ''TDI Karadeniz'',<ref name="tg"/> since renamed ''Dream''.<ref name="miramar">{{csr|register=MSI|id=9005871|shipname=TDI Karadeniz|accessdate=3 March 2021}}</ref>


==References== ==References==

{{Reflist|2|refs= {{Reflist|2|refs=
<ref name="eo-13224"> US Treasury, November 12, 2008 <ref name="eo-13224">{{cite press release |date=November 12, 2008 |title=Treasury Designates the Union of Good |publisher=U.S. Department of the Treasury |url=http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/hp1267.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130212752/http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/hp1267.htm |archive-date=November 30, 2010}}
<br/>• <br/>• {{cite web |title=Executive order 13224 |date=August 28, 2008<!-- see page 115--> |publisher=U.S. Department of the Treasury, ] |url=http://www.treasury.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/programs/terror/terror.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130212752/http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/hp1267.htm |archive-date=November 30, 2010}}
<br/>• {{cite news |title=US concerned over IHH-Hamas ties|work=The Jerusalem Post|url=http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=177328|author=Hilary Krieger|date=March 6, 2010|accessdate=January 2012}} <br/>• {{cite news |title=US concerned over IHH-Hamas ties |work=The Jerusalem Post |url=http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=177328 |author=Hilary Krieger |date=March 6, 2010 |access-date=January 30, 2012 }}
<br/>• {{cite web|title=Portrait of IHH |url=http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/hamas_e105.htm|publisher=Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center|date=2010-05-26|accessdate=January 2012}} <br/>• {{cite web |title=Portrait of IHH |url=http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/hamas_e105.htm |publisher=Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center |date=May 26, 2010 |access-date=January 30, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530032406/http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/hamas_e105.htm |archive-date=May 30, 2010 }}
<br/>• {{cite news |title=The Terror Finance Flotilla|url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/terror-finance-flotilla|author=Jonathan Schanzer|work=The Weekly Standard|date=2010-05-31|accessdate=2012-01-13}} <br/>• {{cite news |title=The Terror Finance Flotilla |url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/terror-finance-flotilla |author=Jonathan Schanzer |work=The Weekly Standard |date=May 31, 2010 |access-date=January 13, 2012 }}
<br/>• {{cite news |title=Germany outlaws charity over alleged Hamas links|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/germany-outlaws-charity-over-alleged-hamas-links-1.301483|work=Haaretz|author=DPA|date=July 12, 2010|accessdate=2012-01-13}}</ref> <br/>• {{cite news |title=Germany outlaws charity over alleged Hamas links |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/germany-outlaws-charity-over-alleged-hamas-links-1.301483 |work=Haaretz |author=DPA |date=July 12, 2010 |access-date=January 13, 2012 }}</ref>


<ref name="live rounds">http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/15session/A.HRC.15.21_en.pdf <ref name="live rounds">{{harvnb|HRC report|2010|p=26}}
<br/>• http://english.aljazeera.net/video/middleeast/2010/06/201063123021327499.html <br/>• {{cite AV media |title=Interview with Jamal Elshayyal |date=June 3, 2010 |work=] |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/video/middleeast/2010/06/201063123021327499.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325153704/https://www.aljazeera.com/video/middleeast/2010/06/201063123021327499.html |archive-date=Mar 25, 2019}}
<br/>• {{cite news |last=Katz |first=Yaakov |title=Navy commandos:'They came for war' |url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=177040|work=The Jerusalem Post |accessdate=March 20, 2011}} <br/>• {{cite news |last=Katz |first=Yaakov |title=Navy commandos:'They came for war' |url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=177040 |work=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=March 20, 2011 }}
<br/>• {{cite news |date=June 2, 2010 |title=Details emerge of bloodshed aboard Gaza-bound ship |url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i4FlVwMgaQcImeSQwTKnGrH2VZUAD9G3CKJO0 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5qHYg61LU |archivedate=June 6, 2010}}</ref> <br/>• {{cite news |title=Details emerge of bloodshed aboard Gaza-bound ship |date=June 2, 2010 |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i4FlVwMgaQcImeSQwTKnGrH2VZUAD9G3CKJO0 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5qHYg61LU?url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i4FlVwMgaQcImeSQwTKnGrH2VZUAD9G3CKJO0 |archive-date=June 6, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}} }}


==External links== ==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Mavi Marmara (ship, 1994)}} *{{Commons category-inline|Mavi Marmara (ship, 1994)}}
*, ''Newsweek'' (June 3, 2010)


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MV Mavi Marmara
MV Mavi Marmara leaving Antalya for Gaza on May 22, 2010.
History
Comoros
NameMV Mavi Marmara
OwnerIHH (İnsani Yardım Vakfı)
OperatorIHH (İnsani Yardım Vakfı)
BuilderTürkiye Gemi Sanayii A.Ş.
Yard number302
CompletedNovember 9, 1994
HomeportMoroni, Comoros (2010). Previously Istanbul, Turkey
IdentificationIMO number: 9005869
General characteristics
TypePassenger ship
Tonnage4,142 GT
Length93 m (305 ft)
Beam20 m (66 ft)
Draft4 m (13 ft)
Installed power4,400 kW
Propulsion2
Speedmax. 9.9 knots (18.3 km/h; 11.4 mph)- avg. 7.2 knots (13.3 km/h; 8.3 mph)
Capacity1,080 passengers
Blockade of the
Gaza Strip
Crossings
2004 - 2009
2010
2011 - present
Groups involved

MV Mavi Marmara is a Comoros-flagged passenger ship, which was formerly owned and operated by İDO Istanbul Fast Ferries Co. Inc. on the line Sarayburnu, Istanbul-Marmara Island-Avşa Island in the Sea of Marmara. Built at the Golden Gate Shipyard by Turkish Shipbuilding Co. in 1994, the ship has a capacity of 1,080 passengers. It is best known for its participation in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and the deadly confrontation that took place on it during the Gaza flotilla raid.

History

Gaza Freedom Flotilla

Main article: Gaza flotilla raid

The MV Mavi Marmara was purchased in 2010 by the IHH, a Turkish NGO active as a charity organization in more than 115 countries. The group has represented its Turkish language name in English in various ways, "IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation" among them. It has held Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council since 2004, and is endorsed by international figures that include South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire.

The German IHH is classified in Israel and Holland as a terrorist organization. Much of their money goes to the Union of Good, which is designated as a Specially Designated Terrorist Group by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control and banned by Executive Order 13224. In 2010, the US State Department expressed great concern over the group's links with senior Hamas officials. Israel's Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, an NGO with close ties to the Israeli Defense Forces, along with multiple Israeli governmental officials have alleged that the IHH supports terrorism, has smuggled arms on behalf of terrorist groups, and has links to al-Qaeda and other Jihadist groups. The IHH denies these claims, and Greta Berlin, a director of the Free Gaza Movement, called the claims "utterly scurrilous", characterizing them as an attempt by the Israeli government to discredit the movement.

However, IHH Turkey has denied any links to the group in Germany and, as of 2016, continues to work on projects in Gaza. Turkish legal authorities are investigating allegations that one of the key figures behind the May 2010 Gaza flotilla, Fehmi Bülent Yıldırım, was involved in transferring funds to al-Qaida, the Turkish daily Habertürk reported on June 15, 2012.

The IHH acquired the Mavi Marmara at a cost of $800,000, to be defrayed by public donations, as no shipowner was willing to risk their vessel on the journey. The ship took part in a flotilla of ships operated by activist groups from 37 different countries with the intention of directly confronting the Israeli blockade over Gaza. On May 30, 2010, while in international waters and en route to Gaza, Israeli Naval Forces communicated that a naval blockade over the Gaza area was in force and ordered the ships to follow them to Ashdod Port or to be boarded. The ships declined and were boarded in international waters. The boarding started at 2 am on May 31, 2010, and was completed by 8 am. Reports from journalists on the ship and from the UN report on the incident concluded that the Israeli military opened fire with live rounds before boarding the ship.

Violent incident

Passengers on the ship actively attempted to thwart a landing on the ship by Israeli commandos. In the violent clash that followed, nine activists were killed (according to the UN Report), and a tenth died four years later of his wounds. Several dozen activists were claimed to be injured, some seriously. Israel claimed 10 of its soldiers were injured, one seriously.

The U.N. report stated that knives from the ship's kitchens (plus one traditional, ceremonial knife), some catapults (slingshots) and metal pipes the passengers cut from the ship's railings were found. Turkey unveiled its final report on the Israeli attack on the Gaza-bound aid convoy on February 11, 2011. The Israeli government-appointed Turkel Commission unveiled its final report in January 2011, and found both the blockade and the force used by the Israeli soldiers to be legal. A Polish authority on admiralty law, Professor Andrzej Makowski of the Polish Naval Academy in Gdynia, also upheld this view in an extensive article in the Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs in May 2013.


Release and return home

Mavi Marmara making a tour of Istanbul harbour on the occasion of her return to Istanbul

The Israeli government decided on July 23, 2010, to release the three ships of the Gaza Freedom flotilla, two of which had been moored at the Port of Haifa and the third at the Port of Ashdod since their interception. Three Turkish tugboats were dispatched to bring the ships back to Turkey. The Mavi Marmara was towed by the Ocean Ergun in a two-day ride to the Port of Iskenderun, arriving an August 7, 2010.

Nobody was permitted to board the Mavi Marmara due to investigations underway by the public prosecutor, but broken windows and bullet holes on the glass of the pilothouse were visible in pictures released. The IHH emblem on the ship's port side was painted over in white. According to Turkish news, forensic teams identified some 250 bullet holes in the ship, many of which they claim were painted or plastered over by Israel. The ship returned to Istanbul harbour on December 26, 2010, in a welcoming ceremony attended by thousands.

Freedom Flotilla II

Main article: Freedom Flotilla II

A coalition of 22 NGOs announced on May 9, 2011, that a "Freedom Flotilla II" was planned for the third week of June 2011. The Financial Times reported on June 17, 2011, that the Mavi Marmara would not be sailing, as previously announced. The IHH said that after damage caused last year to the ship, that it was not in a position to put to sea. The group stressed that it would still be part of the new flotilla; members of the group will board other ships in the effort.

Ship's registry

  • ex MS Beydağı

Sister ships

  • TDI Karadeniz, since renamed Dream.

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