This is
terrifying:
Members of the nationalist Turkish Youth Union (TGB) followed three NATO soldiers, who were thought to be U.S. citizens, as they exited the USS ROSS, which is currently docked on the coast of the Sarayburnu neighborhood of Eminönü for four days after returning from a NATO exercise in the Black Sea.
The TGB members shouted slogans “Yankee Go Home,” “Damn American Imperialism” and threw red dye on the soldiers while also putting sacks over their heads. The alleged U.S. soldiers in civilian clothing escaped by running away.
“You declared that you are a member of the U.S. army. We define you as murderers. We want you to leave our land,” a man is heard shouting at the soldier in the video released by the group.
See the attack here:
The U.S. Embassy in Ankara has
condemned the attack:
In a statement posted on Twitter, the US embassy in Ankara described the footage of the incident, which was posted on social networks, as "appalling".
"While we respect the right to peaceful protest and freedom of expression, we condemn today's attack in Istanbul," it said.
The embassy said it had "no doubt the vast majority of Turks would join us in rejecting an action that so disrespects Turkey’s reputation for hospitality."