On Sunday, hundreds of people at a pro-Palestinian rally attempted to storm the airbase where US troops were stationed.
This came hours before US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Ankara for talks on the Gaza Strip.
Protests erupted across Turkey since the outbreak of the military conflict between Israel and Hamas. As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza worsened, the country intensified its condemnation of Israel, supporting the two-state solution.
Earlier this week, the IHH Humanitarian Aid Foundation, an Islamist Turkish aid agency, organised a convoy to travel to Incirlik airbase in southern Turkey to protest Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip and US support for Israel. The foundation called for the closure of Incirlik, which also housed US troops.
IHH President Bulent Yildirim addressed protesters in Adana, urging them to refrain from attacking police.
“Friends, it is wrong to throw rocks or do similar things because both the police and soldiers would want to go to Gaza and fight and they will go when the time comes. Our rage is huge. We cannot hold it in. But Turkey is doing what it can.”
The organisation ended the protest earlier than planned due to clashes with police.
The new rally takes place on Monday, hours before Blinken’s arrival in Ankara, where he will meet with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan to discuss the situation in Gaza.
