Just don't mention that Turkey was good to the Jews after 1492 !!!

Just don't mention that Turkey was good to the Jews after 1492 !!!

Israel says "go home" to Turkish construction workers

ANKARA - Do?an News Agency (DHA)

Hundreds of Yilmazlar Holding employees staged a protest Dec. 28 in Tel Aviv, demanding that their work permits be extended. DHA photo

Hundreds of Turkish workers currently in Israel working for Yilmazlar Holding have been told to leave the country following the non-renewal of their work permits and visas.

The workers were asked to leave Israel by Jan. 31, according to a written statement from Yilmazlar Holding. "This is a new crisis with Israel," the company said, adding that on top of Israel's request for the workers to leave, the government did not extend their visas.

The 800 workers, who staged a protest Dec. 28 in Tel Aviv, had been working as part of a tank modernization deal between Israel and Turkey since 2002.

"Their contracts originally continued until 2015. A written warning from Israel to the workers has left them in a tough situation. [We have] informed the Prime Ministry and the government. This is unacceptable," the company said.

"Thousands of Israeli companies are active in Turkey without any trouble," the statement said. "We expect the Turkish government to intervene. We are seeing that the Turkish government has left us at the mercy of the Israeli government. We invite the government to fulfill its duty."

The workers owe their current jobs to Israel's winning the $860 million tender to modernize 170 M60 battle tanks for Turkey in 2002. The agreement at the time said Israel should get at least $180 million worth of supplies from Turkey.

However, Israel was not able to do so and in 2003, Y?lmazlar Holding came into the picture when the use of a Turkish workforce in Israel was proposed as compensation.

As part of this "offset agreement," 800 Turkish workers received special permits to work in Israel.

A fine of 10 percent of the original $180 million, levied on Israel due to its failure to supply parts from Turkey, was also set in motion by the company, which then paid the received money to Turkey.

"The three-year work permits were extended three times," the company said. "The last extension expired as of Jan. 1." Yilmazlar applied in Turkey to assist in having the permits extended, but did not receive any reply from the Turkish Undersecretariat for Defense Industries.

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Comment :-

The report is not fullly correct. It was the Turkish government, who did not renew the agreement with Israel of 2003 per January 1st. The reasons for that lie in the Turkish policy towards Israel.

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