Two US Marines were attacked by a mob of Turkish nationalists during their port visit to Izmir, leading to the arrest of 15 people, according to the US Sixth Fleet.
A group of two women and 13 men from the Turkish Youth Group attacked the Marines from the USS Wasp who were dressed in civilian clothes, the Izmir Governorship said in a post on X. The Turkish Youth Union is a nationwide youth and student organisation that is known for anti-American and anti-imperialist views. They are affiliated with the Turkish “Vatan Party,” a nationalist political party in Turkey. The group’s president was also arrested.
The organisation shared a video of Turkish nationalists attacking and throwing sacks over the heads of two US Marines, yelling “Yankee, go home.”
The video uploaded on X shows US Marines dressed in civilian attire shouting for help while being attacked by a mob of anti-American men.
Meanwhile, the Turkish Communist Party launched a demonstration in İzmir against the presence of the USS Wasp.
“We do not want the US ship that brought war and death to Palestine in Izmir,” the protesters said.
While some X users denounced the attack in which US Marines were “humiliated” as “disgusting”, other surprisingly said, “Yeah. This should happen everywhere.”
And this has surely happened in Japan not once many times.
