Turkey: Police Tear Gas Pro-Hamas Mob Trying to Storm U.S. Airbase
The protest against America and Israel, in support of Hamas, was organized by the Turkish Islamist Group, the "IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation." The group called it a "Freedom Convoy for Palestine," which coincided with and protested against the visit of American Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Turkey.
During the event, Bulent Yildirim, the head of IHH, urged attendees not to attack the police. He claimed that the police agreed with their pro-Hamas stance and were limited in their ability to attack Israel. Yildirim himself was tear-gassed when the mob tried to attack the base.
Turkey, as a formal ally of the United States through NATO, houses American troops belonging to the US Air Force 39th Air Wing Command at Incirlik. However, despite this alliance, the government of ...