Det är kanske onödigt att säga att FN:s mänskorättsråds undersökning av händelsen inte heller stämmer överens med uppgiftena i Sefik Dincs bok, men så ska man komma i håg att rådet hade sin uppfattning klar redan innan undersökningen kommit igång.
Sefik Dinc intervjuades av israeliska Channel 1 den 24 september. Han sade bl.a. "Jag såg med mina egna ögon att när soldaterna kom ner från helikoptrarna för att borda fatyget avfyrade de inga skott. Det var först när soldaterna mötte motstånd och märkte att några av deras vänners liv var i fara som de började använda skarp ammunition."
En engelsk översättning av intervjun kan läsas här ( översättning av Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center :
1. Following is a transcript of the interview granted by Şefik Dinç to Channel 1 on September 24. Dinç was interviewed by Rafael Sadi, the spokesman for the Organization of Turkish Immigrants in Israel. The interview was transcribed by the ITIC.
2. Interviewer: In your interesting book, you write that the Turkish government should not have let the flotilla set sail, why?
3. Dinç: Israel declared several times that it would not let the ships enter the Gaza Strip. In light of those statements, we did not believe that those ships could reach Gaza. The ships should not have set sail from Turkey, but things happened as they did, and they set sail after all.
4. Interviewer: According to your eyewitness account, IDF soldiers only opened fire when they felt that their own lives or the lives of their fellow soldiers were in danger.
5. Dinç: As you know, I was on board the ship. I saw with my own eyes that when the soldiers came on helicopters and started landing on the ship, they did not fire. It wasn’t until the soldiers were met with resistance and realized that some of their friends’ lives were in danger that they began using live ammunition.
6. Interviewer: Did you notice anyone using knives or iron bars?
7. Dinç: Actually, I saw no knives being used. I did see iron bars being used.
8. Interviewer: In your book, you describe cases of humane treatment from IDF soldiers [of the detained ship passengers], such as removing their handcuffs, and even an interesting encounter in Israel with a Jew of Turkish descent who gave you his mobile phone.
9. Dinç: The soldiers uncuffed some people who were having difficulties, particularly older people, women, and people who did not act aggressively. As for the Israeli policeman, his Turkish was excellent, we spoke, and he said that he had immigrated to Israel from Istanbul. He asked me if I contacted my family and whether I had a telephone to make a call. I told him I didn’t, and then he gave me his own mobile phone so that I could call my family. I thank him again.
10. Interviewer: Your book is more balanced and less one-sided. Aren’t you concerned that the Turkish government won’t like it, and that you will come under criticism?
11. Dinç: When I started writing the book, I knew that many elements in Turkey wouldn’t like what I had to say, such as members of the IHH, the Turkish government, and the Israeli government as well.
12. Interviewer: Thank you very much. I wish you continued success as an impartial journalist.
Här kan man se intervjun med engelsk textning.
Här kan man läsa utdrag från boken (engelsk översättning)
Några foton från boken av Sefik Dinc:
The text reads: Several exercises were held on board the ship to prepare in advance for a possible attack. In one exercise, the passengers were instructed on how to put on gas masks and lifebelts, and how to resist the Israeli attack. The photograph shows one of the passengers practicing with a slingshot he had brought along.
The text reads: The soldiers who rappelled from the helicopters were met with resistance from the passengers. The first three soldiers were caught, beaten with iron bars and wooden clubs, and taken to the space below the captain’s command bridge.
The text reads: After the three well-armed soldiers landed on the ship, they were beaten and taken to the ship’s interior.
Här kan man se BBC:s version av händelserna på Mavi Maramara: BBC Panorama - Vad som hände på Mavi Marmara
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