TURKISH ANTI-NATO PROTESTS IN ANKARA Posted on January 22, 2013 by Alexandra Valiente

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Alexandra Valiente

Turkish students hold a poster with photos of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L), US President Barack Obama (C) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel looking like Adolf Hitler, during an anti-NATO protest in Ankara on December 21, 2012.

Turkish protesters have rallied in the capital, Ankara, to protest against the deployment of NATO Patriot missiles along their country’s border with Syria.

The demonstrators urged the parliament on Tuesday to take action and cancel the deployment of NATO missiles and troops in Turkey.

Anti-Patriot protesters also gathered in front of the German Embassy in Ankara.

The protest comes a day after four batteries of Patriot missiles, two each from Germany and the Netherlands, reached Turkey.

“Germany, take your Patriots and get out of Turkey,” the protesters chanted on Tuesday.
A similar anti-Patriot protest was held in front of the US Embassy on Monday, where angry protesters condemned what they called Ankara’s interventionist policies towards Syria.

Also on Monday, a group of Turkish protesters tried to get through the barricades at Incirlik Air Force Base in Adana in protest to the arrival of Patriot anti-missile batteries. About 25 protesters were arrested.

The United States, Germany and the Netherlands have agreed to deploy two batteries of Patriot missiles each, under the command of NATO, along the Turkish-Syria border after the military alliance approved a request by Turkey for the deployment of the surface-to-air missiles in the border region on December 4, 2012.

The three countries will also send nearly 350 troops each to Turkey. A number of American, German and Dutch soldiers are already stationed in the country.

Turkish people have held several protests against the military plan.
The Syrian government has also censured the plan, calling it another act of provocation by the government of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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Popular Protest against Deployment of Patriot Missiles in Turkey

Jan 22, 2013

ANKARA, (SANA) – Mass crowds gathered in front of the German Embassy in the Turkish capital Ankara on Tuesday in protest against Berlin’s participation in a NATO mission of deploying Patriot missiles on the Turkish territories under a pretext of confronting any possible Syrian threat.

According to the Agence France-Presse (AFP), dozens of protesters chanted slogans in condemnation of the German move.

On Monday, members of the Communist Party of Turkey staged a protest at Iskenderun Port against the arrival of the Patriot missiles in the port, expressing their rejection of deploying these missiles on the Turkish territories.
The participants chanted slogans condemning the NATO, the deployment of the Patriot missiles, the US President Barack Obama and the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Such protests come amid growing popular rejection in Turkey of the hostile policies adopted by Erdogan government towards Syria.

R. Raslan/ H. Said

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