Turkey and the Islamic conference

The Turkish daily "Radical" on Wednesday unveiled that the Turkish foreign minister Ismael Cim and his ministry's officials are seeking steps to be taken to alleviate the criticism to be addressed to Israel during the emergency meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference OIC due to be held on Saturday, despite the statement of the Turkish foreign ministry which strongly criticized Israel's bombardment of the Palestinian civilians.

The paper quoted an official at the Turkish foreign ministry as saying that Turkey will fight against decisions to be taken by the OIC that might increase tensions in the region, similar to the decision taken recently by the council of the Arab League in re-considering relations with Israel.