Türkiye: Police disperse thousands of protesters outside the U.S. military base
Police officers continue to violently disperse the protesters who gathered outside the military base near the city of Adana, for the arrival to Türkiye of the head of the US diplomacy, Antony Blinken. Authorities have reported clashes between protesters and police in other locations around the country. teleSUR
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00:00 Thousands of people gathered on Sunday in front of the U.S. military base near the city
00:04 of Adana in Turkey in solidarity with the Palestinian people and to demand the shutdown
00:08 of the base.
00:09 Our correspondent in Turkey, Yunus Soner, brings us now details of these demonstrations.
00:17 The demonstration is over in front of the Incirlik U.S. military base in Adana in the
00:23 south of Turkey.
00:28 Here in the back now, you can have a better view of the military base.
00:33 The access to this part had been closed to the public before, but don't be confused
00:39 with the Turkey flags you see there.
00:44 This is a shared base.
00:46 The Turkey armed forces also have units here, but the base is mostly known for its U.S.
00:53 operations during the Iraq war and operations in Syria, Lebanon and the eastern Mediterranean.
01:02 The demonstration is over and most of the participants have left the area.
01:08 You can still see small groups in the background facing off the police.
01:13 They are small groups trying to move on.
01:18 The police are using tear gas and pressure water, but all is sending now.
01:24 What I appreciate is that people are happy to have expressed their opinions in front
01:30 of the clear symbol of the United States in Turkey, which is this base.
01:38 We have learned some groups tried to enter the base.
01:41 Some say they were provocateurs, others that they were angry groups.
01:46 There are mixed opinions, but what is clear is that this demonstration, part peaceful
01:52 and part violent, sent a clear message to the Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who
01:59 is visiting Ankara today, to lower the tensions in the region around the tragedy provoked
02:05 by the Israeli aggression to Gaza.
02:09 Obviously, it will be very difficult for him to convince the Turkish people and even its
02:16 government, which took a stand by withdrawing its ambassador from Tel Aviv yesterday.
02:23 So the United States and its Secretary of State have a tough agenda here in Ankara.
02:28 Back to you now.
02:29 It was very difficult here in Ankara.
02:31 You have the word.
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