Anti-NATO Protest Begins
Hundreds marched through Istanbul on Sunday to voice their opposition to NATO ahead of the bloc’s upcoming summit in Ankara, accusing the alliance of fuelling wars and calling for it to leave the region.
Footage shows protesters chanting as they carried flags, sign and banners reading, ‘NATO chain will be broken,’ ‘no to NATO’ and ‘murderer USA, get out of the Middle East.’
“For days they have placed Ankara under lockdown because NATO leaders are coming. […] We do not want NATO or its member states in this country. I came here to tell them, once again and as loudly as possible, that they are not welcome,” said Senem Guneysu, a protester.
Criticism Of NATO
One protester accused NATO of using military interventions to advance Western interests.
“Since its founding, NATO has served one purpose: to preserve capitalism through bloodshed, bombs, oppression and exploitation,” the protester asserted.
“This so-called defence alliance carries out its interventions by engineering regime change in countries that do not conform to Western imperialism, fuelling sectarian conflicts, arming militant groups, planning military coups and operating through clandestine networks, turning countries into bloodbaths,” she continued.
Summit Faces Opposition
Demonstrators also criticised the upcoming summit, arguing it would focus on expanding military operations rather than promoting peace.
“NATO is the war organisation of the imperialist states. They are meeting in Ankara to plan new massacres,” another protester claimed.
The demonstration is part of a series of anti-NATO protests held in Turkish cities this week, including in Ankara.
Protesters are calling for Turkey to immediately withdraw from the alliance and for foreign military bases in the country to be closed, as Ankara prepares to host the NATO summit on July 7 and 8.
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