Erdogan urges uproar for Gaza, protesters attack US interests
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan calls for demonstrations at Ataturk Airport in support of Palestine.
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Protests outside Israeli consulate in Istanbul, Turkey (Social media)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on the Turkish people to take to the streets and demonstrate in support of Palestine at Ataturk Airport, today, Saturday.
Turkey🇹🇷 MASSIVE protest in support of the Palestinian people🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/lcjNVu8e6I
— Dr. Anastasia Maria Loupis (@DrLoupis) October 20, 2023
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, through a post on X, urged citizens to participate in the Great Palestine Gathering. His post included a picture of the Turkish and Palestinian flags next to al-Aqsa Mosque.
Yarın milletimizin her bir ferdini, Ä°stanbul Atatürk Havalimanı’nda gerçekleÅŸtireceÄŸimiz, Filistinli kardeÅŸlerimizle dayanışmamızı tüm dünyaya bir kez daha göstereceÄŸimiz #BüyükFilistinMitingi’ne davet ediyorum. 🇹🇷🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/0dq3qXXM1C
— Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan (@RTErdogan) October 27, 2023
Meanwhile, the city of Istanbul saw angry demonstrations, with protesters attacking US stores in rejection of the unlimited support for the Israeli occupation.
🇹🇷🇵🇸 Furious demonstrators are in front of the Israeli consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, to protest the aggression against Gaza.
— Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinklle) October 27, 2023
Follow @stairwayto3dom (source) pic.twitter.com/rNImneZAAV
#BREAKING Some demonstrators in Gaziantep, Turkey, attacked Starbucks branches to protest Israel... pic.twitter.com/A3g62KBDpo
— Intelligence FRONT (@Intelligencefnt) October 27, 2023
Demonstrators also launched fireworks at the Israeli consulate in Istanbul in support of Gaza and raised slogans and chanted in support of al-Qassam Brigades and other Palestinian Resistance factions.
#BREAKING A protest is being held in front of the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul,Turkey
— Intelligence FRONT (@Intelligencefnt) October 27, 2023
Fireworks were thrown at the consulate building. pic.twitter.com/KSUSNqFbVK
This comes at a time when the Palestinian Resistance continues to shower Israeli settlements and sites with rockets. Meanwhile, al-Qassam Brigades announced in a statement that they are “confronting an Israeli ground incursion into Beit Hanoun and east of Bureij.”
Al-Quds Brigades also announced that “its advanced groups are at the battlefronts, confronting enemy forces repeatedly attempting to advance toward the Gaza Strip.”
Al Mayadeen’s correspondent reported that violent confrontations are currently taking place east of Jabaliya camp in the northern Gaza Strip.
Our correspondent in occupied Palestine reported, yesterday evening, Friday, that violent confrontations broke out between the Resistance and the Israeli occupation in several areas on the eastern outskirts of the Gaza Strip.
He revealed that al-Qassam Brigades were confronting a ground incursion into Beit Hanoun and east of al-Bureij.
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