1. Wide of Turkish President Abdullah Gul 2. SOUNDBITE: (Turkish) Abdullah Gul, Turkish President: "This is not true. I'm hearing it from you, I have also had another reporter mention this to me. There was never a meeting scheduled between us. As you know here, one of the parties would request a meeting then a meeting is scheduled, but that has not happened. There was never a meeting planned." 3. Mid of Gul 4. SOUNDBITE: (Turkish) Abdullah Gul, Turkish President: "It is up to Israel and they have to do what is necessary since they are the ones that created this incident within the framework of international law. When that is done then we can speak about going back to the old times." 5. Mid of Gul 6. SOUNDBITE: (Turkish) Abdullah Gul, Turkish President: "We are not hostile, or enemies with Israel. The people are not hostile to the people of Israel. You must also consider the fact that Turkey has been a country that has supported Israel in a region where Israel is more or less alone. We cannot continue to act in that way if Israel acts as if nothing has happened. So as long as Israel doesn't take into consideration what has happened and act on it, then it will not be possible for us to have these relations, but Israel should also assess the value of good relations with Turkey because Turkey has been the only Muslim country in the region who has had such close relations with Israel." 7. Mid of Gul 8. SOUNDBITE: (Turkish) Abdullah Gul, Turkish President: "We cannot on the other hand accuse Iran by saying that they are making nuclear weapons. What the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) wants is for Iran to be more transparent. There is an expectation from Iran to be more transparent. And as a party of the NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) is making use of the IAEA and what is expected of Iran is to be more open, more transparent." 9. Wide of Abdullah Gul STORYLINE: A planned meeting between Israeli President Shimon Peres and his Turkish counterpart was cancelled because of the Israeli leader's refusal to apologise for the deadly commando raid on a Turkish-led flotilla that tried to breach Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip, Israeli officials said on Monday. In the latest bid to repair Israel's relations with its only Muslim ally in the region, Peres told reporters he had agreed to join Turkish President Abdullah Gul at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, then accepted Gul's invitation to meet on the sidelines. But Israeli officials said Gul then set unacceptable conditions for the meeting. Gul on Monday denied that any such meeting had ever been planned. "There was never a meeting scheduled between us," the Turkish president told The Associated Press. A report by Turkey's state-run Anatolia news agency quoted Gul as telling reporters in New York on Sunday that he would not meet with Peres because of a scheduling problem. Some reports had suggested that the two men would meet in a sign of a thaw in strained relations between the two formerly close allies. Relations between the two countries have been deteriorating and hit a low point after the May raid in which nine people, including eight Turks and a Turkish-American, were killed when Israeli commandos boarded a Turkish ferry that was part of the aid flotilla heading to Gaza. Turkey has demanded an Israeli apology for the raid and compensation for the victims' families. "It is up to Israel and they have to do what is necessary since they are the ones that created this incident within the framework of international law," Gul said. "We are not hostile, or enemies with Israel," he added. On the issue of Turkey's neighbour Iran, Gul said he would like to see Iran be more transparent with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/464f83fb7e10251636374c9ac0d020ed Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

• published: 28 Jul 2015
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