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Turkey is to dispatch two ships of humanitarian materials worth 20 million U.S. dollars to the Gaza Strip, an international Turkish non-governmental organization announced here on Tuesday.

The announcement was made by Bulent Yildirim, President of the Foundation for Human Rights and Freedom and Humanitarian Relief, at a press conference held in front of the Mavi Marmara ship in Istanbul.

The president said that “a passenger ship and a cargo vessel will leave for Gaza on May 15. The humanitarian relief goods include medicine, medical equipment, medicine for cancer treatment, toys and educational facilities for children as well as building materials.

He said that another six ships from Britain, Cyprus, Ireland, Greece and Malaysia will join in Turkish ships on the way to Gaza. More than 50 countries support their action.

This will be the biggest relief fleet going to Gaza since 1948, he said.

He said that the Turkish ships will take five days to Gaza and will unload relief goods in five days and then return to Turkey.