A memorial site in memory of nine Turkish activists who were killed in a deadly raid by the Israeli army on a Turkish aid ship bound for the Gaza Strip last year, in the port of Gaza City, on Sep.3, 2011. arrives back in Istanbul, Turkey. Turkey said Friday Sep. 2, 2011 it was expelling the Israeli ambassador and cutting military ties with Israel over the last year's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, further souring the key Mideast relationship between Turkey and Israel. Photo by Mahmud Nassar