The ongoing incident, which began in Kayseri following accusations that foreigners had abused a Syrian seven-year-old child, has involved many cities. Images were shared on social media of groups taking to the streets in many cities, chanting slogans such as “How happy are those who call themselves Turkish” and damaging shops allegedly belonging to Syrians.
CLICK – Allegations of sexual abuse against a 7-year-old child have caused chaos in Kayseri, with several shops set on fire in a Syrian-populated neighborhood and five police officers injured.
Hasan Shenkan, spokesman for the Gaziantep Metropolitan Council (CHP), shared a video of one of the groups and said: “Dear residents of Gaziantep, please call your children home. They are behaving provocatively. Young people, go home,” he said.
In Kayseri’s Melik Gazi district, vehicles were upturned and some workplaces allegedly belonging to Syrians were set on fire after foreigners were suspected of abusing a seven-year-old child. Police teams deployed to the area have been using pepper gas, sound bombs and rubber bullets to intervene against the group, while they continue their actions. Kayseri governor Gökmen Cicek said five police officers were injured in the incident.
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Hatai
In Reyhanli district of Hatay province, images were circulated on social media of a group of people vandalizing a shop purportedly belonging to Syrians, while in Kurkan district a video was shared on social media of a group chanting slogans and vandalizing a food shop purportedly belonging to Syrians.
Kayseri
What began yesterday in Kayseri with the alleged abuse of a 7-year-old Syrian child has continued today, with a video going viral on social media of a group walking through the streets shouting, “How happy those who call me Turkish are.”
Bursa
Photographs of the moment police intervened in Bursa after a group took to the streets chanting “How happy those who call themselves Turkish” were shared on social media.
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In Kilis, several vehicles took to the streets in a convoy and police intervened, with images circulating on social media showing one group beating a man they said was Syrian.
Adana
Images of groups riding motorbikes chanting slogans as they drove through the streets of Adana were shared, and videos of Syrians being beaten went viral on social media.
Gaziantep
A video of a man, believed to be a Syrian, being stabbed while returning home from work in Gaziantep has gone viral on social media.
Izmir
A banner reading “We don’t want refugees in our homeland” was hung on Izmir’s Göztepe Bridge.
Antalya
Videos of the group marching with banners through the streets of Antalya were shared on social media.
Istanbul
Mobs attacked shops allegedly owned by Syrians in Istanbul’s Sultanbeyli district, while groups marched in the Baçlar district chanting slogans.
