© Reuters. Turkish cops utilize water cannons and tear gas to distribute Pro-Palestinian demonstrators throughout a demonstration versus the U.S. and Israel near the Incirlik Air Base, which is real estate U.S. soldiers, in Adana, southern Turkey November 5, 2023. REUTERS/Dilara Senka
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By Dilara Senkaya and Mehmet Emin Caliskan
ADANA, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish cops utilized tear gas and water cannon as numerous individuals at a pro-Palestinian rally on Sunday attempted to storm an air base that houses U.S. soldiers, hours before U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due in Ankara for talks on Gaza.
Turkey, which has actually stepped up its criticism of Israel as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza has actually aggravated, supports a two-state option while hosting members of the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Given that the Israel-Hamas war began, demonstrations have actually emerged throughout the nation.
Previously today, the IHH Humanitarian Relief Structure, an Islamist Turkish help company, arranged a convoy to take a trip to the Incirlik air base in the Adana province in southern Turkey to object Israeli attacks on Gaza and U.S. assistance for Israel.
Incirlik, which has actually been utilized to support the worldwide union combating Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, likewise homes U.S. soldiers. IHH’s demonstration required Incirlik to be closed.
Video from the demonstrations revealed cops shooting tear gas and utilizing water cannons to distribute crowds waving Turkish and Palestinian flags and shouting mottos. Protesters fell barriers and encountered cops in riot equipment.
Protesters were likewise seen tossing plastic chairs, rocks, and other products at cops, who fired smoke bombs at crowds. Scuffles broke out in between the crowds and security forces
IHH President Bulent Yildirim attended to crowds in Adana and prompted them to avoid assaulting cops.
” Pals, it is incorrect to toss rocks or do comparable things since both the cops and soldiers would wish to go to Gaza and battle and they will go when the time comes,” he stated.
” Our rage is big. We can not hold it in. However Turkey is doing what it can,” he included. IHH ended its rally earlier than prepared due to the clashes with cops.
The rally comes hours before Blinken is anticipated to show up in Ankara for talks on Gaza with his Turkish equivalent Hakan Fidan on Monday, and after duplicated criticism by Ankara towards the West over assistance for Israel.
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