More than 500 Turkish groups support new Gaza aid flotilla

Over 500 Turkish civil society groups have come out in support for the new Gaza aid flotilla, which left Barcelona on 12 April. The flotilla is the largest so far and is currently in Syracuse, Sicily, en route to Gaza.

The flotilla expands

Global Sumud Flotilla board member Fatih Varol said that the ordinary people of Turkiye “deeply feels the suffering of Gaza”. The groups who have formally voiced their support represent around 40m Turkish people and have donated millions of euros in financial support.

The volunteer-crewed convoy is the latest to try to break Israel’s siege. Previous flotillas have been violently and illegally seized by the occupation’s military, with volunteers beaten and even raped. But opponents of genocide are refusing to be deterred from trying to bring help to the around 1.8m surviving Palestinians suffering under Israel’s constant bombing and criminal starvation blockade.

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