With a leading Turkish newspaper quoting Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday as threatening to sever diplomatic ties with Israel over the Gaza flotilla incident unless it apologizes for the raid or accepts an international investigative committee, many are wondering what such a move would mean in practical terms.
Sources in the Foreign Ministry, however, are not particularly worked up by the threat, both because it was not delivered through formal channels but rather through a newspaper interview, and because of the feeling that it is just that – a threat – and that it was unlikely Ankara would actually follow through."
