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Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (C), accompanied by Health Minister Recep Akdag (L), welcomes an activist, wounded when Israel seized a Turkish aid ship bound for Gaza, in an ambulance plane at the Etimesgut military airport in Ankara early June 3, 2010. Israel began expelling all activists seized during a raid on an aid convoy sailing to Gaza that has drawn international outrage and officials on Wednesday vowed to prevent any other ships from reaching the coastal territory. Israel had said it would deport 682 activists from more than 35 countries taken into custody after the maritime assault in which nine activists were killed on a Turkish vessel.

An activist, who was wounded when Israel seized a Turkish aid ship bound for Gaza, is taken to a hospital upon his arrival at Etimesgut Military Airport in Ankara early June 3, 2010. Israel began expelling all activists seized during the raid on the aid convoy that saw nine activists killed which drew international outrage and officials on Wednesday vowed to prevent any other ships from reaching the coastal territory.

An activist, who was wounded when Israel seized a Turkish aid ship bound for Gaza, is taken to a hospital upon his arrival at Etimesgut Military Airport in Ankara early June 3, 2010. Israel began expelling all activists seized during the raid on the aid convoy that saw nine activists killed which drew international outrage and officials on Wednesday vowed to prevent any other ships from reaching the coastal territory.

Friends and family members of Turkish activists who were deported by Israel two days after a deadly naval raid by Israeli forces in the Mediterranean Sea, wait at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, early Thursday, June 3, 2010. Hundreds of the activists deported from Israel following a bloody raid by Israeli commandos on a pro-Palestinian flotilla returned to a hero’s welcome in Turkey early Thursday.

An activist injured when Israel seized a Turkish aid ship bound for Gaza gestures as he arrives at a hospital in Ankara June 2, 2010. Israel began expelling all activists seized during a raid on an aid convoy sailing to Gaza that has drawn international outrage and officials on Wednesday vowed to prevent any other ships from reaching the coastal territory. Israel had said it would deport 682 activists from more than 35 countries taken into custody after the maritime assault in which nine activists were killed on a Turkish vessel.

A girl holds a Palestinian flag during a protest against Israel, in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, June 2, 2010. In a stunning reversal that illustrated the severity of the diplomatic fallout from its bloody raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla, Israel on Wednesday dropped plans to prosecute dozens of the captured pro-Palestinian activists, moving instead to deport all of them quickly.

Demonstrators chant slogans waving Palestinian and Turkish flags during a protest against Israel, in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, June 2, 2010. Israel quickened the pace of expelling activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla on Wednesday as the diplomatic fallout from its deadly raid on the ships widened.

Turks try to identify dead activists

ISTANBUL – An Islamic charity group that organized the aid flotilla to Gaza says its workers and relatives are trying identify nine bodies at an Istanbul morgue.

Turkish planes brought back hundreds of activists early Thursday following a bloody raid by Israeli commandos on a pro-Palestinian flotilla. The activists returned to a hero’s welcome with thousands of supporters chanting “God is Great!”

The IHH charity group says they are having difficulties in identifying five of the bodies. Four of them have been officially confirmed to be Turks.

Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc welcomed them at the airport after Turkey pressured Israel to release the detainees, most of whom are Turkish. Others were from Arab countries, Europe and the United States.AP