By one of those unexpected historical accidents which you simply couldn't make up, even if you tried, it seems most of the victims of the massacre were Turkish (one Turkish aid worker was interviewed here: http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-211873-100-aid-ship-returnee-what-we-experienced-was-inhumane.html).
This is a game-changer. Turkey is a rising semi-periphery, a regional great power with 70 million inhabitants, a renascent economy and a competent military. It is also a democracy (far from perfect, but they've made progress) and a NATO member. They can't be bullied, nor are they susceptible to pressure by a US Empire bogged down in economic crisis and failed colonial wars.
-- DRR