Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Turkish Youth Association members attack US forces in AntalyaA group of Turkish Youth Association (TGB) members have attacked American forces in Turkey’s southern city of Antalya where the USS Abraham Lincoln has docked.On Tuesday, a group of seven TGB members attacked American soldiers who had left the US aircraft carrier and entered the city to do shopping. The group verbally assaulted the US forces and tried to put bags over the soldiers’ heads when police intervened and arrested them. Following their arrest, another group of TGB members gathered in front of the police station to protest the detention of their friends. The detained members were later released. Meanwhile, a number of the Turkish Labour Party members staged a sit-in in one of the squares in Antalya to protest the presence of the aircraft carrier in the city’s harbour, shouting anti-American slogans.
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