SHOTLIST: ISTANBUL, TÜRKİYE (OCT. 5, 2025) (ANADOLU – ACCESS ALL) 1. GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA ACTIVISTS GETTING ON SHUTTLE (TWO SHOTS) 2. VARIOUS OF ACTIVISTS GATHERING AT HOTEL IN ISTANBUL 3. ***SOUNDBITE WILL CONTINUE AS VOICEOVER OVER SUBSEQUENT SHOTS*** (SOUNDBITE) (English) BRITISH ACTIVIST SARAH WILKINSON SAYING: “It was quite amazing being actually part of the flotilla. I've never sailed before. I've never. I don't really have much boating experience. And, the incredible bonding that took place on this huge journey that took so many weeks was a really important facet. And we talked about motivation and mobilization and getting to Gaza, and the strength and the resilience of people was incredible. The sea was not necessarily our friend at all times. People got ill. They didn't leave the boats, they stayed on. They wanted to get to Gaza no matter what. And, so we faced bad weather. We faced difficulties, getting along on such tiny boats. But we did it. It's so important now for ordinary people to rise up and to join any mission that helps the people of Gaza in any way. The fact that our governments won't do it means it's down to us. And if we have to make the sacrifice and put our bodies on the line, it's appalling that ordinary people are having to learn to sail to help people that are starving, that are being starved to death by the Israeli regime in this day and age. The first thing that I thought was, 'oh God, these guys have hands and faces just like us, but they're not. They are monsters. They're trying to assert power and domination onto us. And trying the scare tactics, the fear tactics, the actual physical assaults as well as the mental assaults. It's a whole bag of crimes against humanity. If you think that you've managed to survive one day, then the next day there's a whole new set of tactics. The water was brown. So you're drinking fecal matter. You're drinking poisonous water. And they refused to allow us to have bottled water. So they denied us any ability to not drink the tap water, which was brown. The lack of food, the lack of sleep, the sleep deprivation, slamming doors, shining torches into your face to make sure that you didn't sleep. Moving you from cell to cell. Lining you up against a wall that looked like a point of execution. We had to face the wall and stand in the scorching heat for about 10 minutes. And I thought, this is it. I'm going to be executed at this point. And then they made the men turn around and face the wall. So all of these scare tactics, there's thousands of them. And they use them at every minute of every day. So I know that the Palestinians get far worse. But you get a little bit of understanding what the Palestinians have to cope with. If we were there for much longer, we would have started to die. The minute the plane took off the ground, we felt safe. We were clothed. We were given food. We were given water. We were given anything we wanted, really. And we were given hotels to stay in. It was fantastic. I felt we were rescued by Turkey. And I can't thank the Turkish government enough for all of the input. We could get out on paper and all of those testimonies now will go forward to put a case against the Israeli regime And rightly so. There's more than 46 nations. I've bonded with not just activists, but doctors, students, all sorts of professionals from all around the world. And everybody has the same feelings, the same needs, the same motivation to get to Gaza. It's incredible to meet so many people, so many foreign internationals, all with the same mindset. Everybody is against the Israeli regime. And for all the right reasons. And to see that this global movement is so strong, I think that was a real problem for the Israelis. How they deal with the entire world sailing to Gaza, which is kind of what it looked like.” 4. ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA ACTIVISTS HOLDING SIGN READING ‘WARSHIP IS COMING’ AND ISRAELI FORCES RAIDING SHIPS 5. VARIOUS OF ISRAELI DETENTION FACILITY WHERE ACTIVISTS WERE HELD 6. ISRAELI NAVAL SHIPS AND FLOTILLA VESSELS OFF GAZA 7. PLANE CARRYING ACTIVISTS LANDING IN ISTANBUL (TWO SHOTS) 8. PEOPLE WELCOMING ACTIVISTS AT AIRPORT (TWO SHOTS) 9. SECURITY CAMERA OF INTERCEPTED FLOTILLA BOATSISTANBUL, TÜRKİYE - OCT. 5: A British journalist and pro-Palestinian activist detained by Israel during a humanitarian mission to Gaza described the “inhumane and brutal” treatment she and dozens of others faced after their flotilla was attacked in international waters. A plane carrying activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla, who were attacked and detained by Israel, landed at the Istanbul Airport on Saturday. The flight, which departed from Ramon Airport in Eilat, Israel, arrived at 3.50 p.m. local time (1250 GMT). As many as 137 people from the humanitarian flotilla -- including 36 Turkish and 23 Malaysian citizens -- were aboard. Speaking to Anadolu, activist Sarah Wilkinson detailed both the purpose of the mission and the ordeal that followed. “It was quite amazing being actually part of the flotilla,” Wilkinson said. “I've never sailed before. I've never. I don't really have much boating experience. And, the incredible bonding that took place on this huge journey that took so many weeks was a really important facet. And we talked about motivation and mobilization and getting to Gaza, and the strength and the resilience of people was incredible,” she added. “The sea was not necessarily our friend at all times. People got ill. They didn't leave the boats, they stayed on. They wanted to get to Gaza no matter what. And, so we faced bad weather. We faced difficulties, getting along on such tiny boats. But we did it,” she said. Wilkinson emphasized the need for public action in support of Palestinians. “It's so important now for ordinary people to rise up and to join any mission that helps the people of Gaza in any way,” she said. “The fact that our governments won't do it means it's down to us. And if we have to make the sacrifice and put our bodies on the line, it's appalling that ordinary people are having to learn to sail to help people that are starving, that are being starved to death by the Israeli regime in this day and age.” Recalling the moment Israeli forces attacked the flotilla, Wilkinson shared her immediate reaction. “The first thing that I thought was, 'oh God, these guys have hands and faces just like us, but they're not. They are monsters',” she said. “They're trying to assert power and domination onto us. And trying the scare tactics, the fear tactics, the actual physical assaults as well as the mental assaults. It's a whole bag of crimes against humanity,” she added. “If you think that you've managed to survive one day, then the next day there's a whole new set of tactics,” Wilkinson said. According to her, the activists were held in “derelict prison” conditions, with water contaminated with fecal matter, insect-infested food and sleep deprivation tactics. “The water was brown. So you're drinking fecal matter. You're drinking poisonous water. And they refused to allow us to have bottled water. So they denied us any ability to not drink the tap water, which was brown,” she said. “The lack of food, the lack of sleep, the sleep deprivation, slamming doors, shining torches into your face to make sure that you didn't sleep. Moving you from cell to cell. Lining you up against a wall that looked like a point of execution,” she continued. “We had to face the wall and stand in the scorching heat for about 10 minutes. And I thought, this is it. I'm going to be executed at this point. And then they made the men turn around and face the wall. So all of these scare tactics, there's thousands of them. And they use them at every minute of every day,” she said. “So I know that the Palestinians get far worse. But you get a little bit of understanding what the Palestinians have to cope with. If we were there for much longer, we would have started to die,” Wilkinson added. Wilkinson said the activists erupted into cheers when they saw the Turkish plane waiting for them. “The minute the plane took off the ground, we felt safe,” she said. “We were clothed. We were given food. We were given water. We were given anything we wanted, really. And we were given hotels to stay in. It was fantastic. I felt we were rescued by Turkey. And I can't thank the Turkish government enough for all of the input,” she said. Wilkinson said testimonies from those aboard the flotilla will now be used to build a legal case against Israel over its treatment of the activists. “We could get out on paper and all of those testimonies now will go forward to put a case against the Israeli regime And rightly so,” she said. The experience, she added, forged strong bonds between participants from more than 46 countries. “There's more than 46 nations. I've bonded with not just activists, but doctors, students, all sorts of professionals from all around the world. And everybody has the same feelings, the same needs, the same motivation to get to Gaza,” Wilkinson said. “It's incredible to meet so many people, so many foreign internationals, all with the same mindset. Everybody is against the Israeli regime. And for all the right reasons,” she said. “And to see that this global movement is so strong, I think that was a real problem for the Israelis. How they deal with the entire world sailing to Gaza, which is kind of what it looked like,” she added.