Letter To Turkish Prime Minister
On 26 March 2013, the Turkish Prime Ministry's Office received a letter from Mr. Plaut addressed to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey. The letter attacked the Turkish Prime Minister and Turkey's illegal occupation of Northern Cyprus. It accused the Turkish Prime Minister of being behind the Gaza Flotilla "terrorist attack" on Israeli soldiers. Mr. Plaut apologized for Israel not killing a larger number of "terrorists" on the flotilla ship. He claimed it was time to give back "occupied Constantinople" to its "true owner", namely, Greece.
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