“Yankees Go Home“: Anti-American Rallies Held in Turkey

People took to the streets to demand the removal of the US Marine Corps landing ship USS Wasp, which had anchored in the city’s port. “The Yankees will get out of Izmir, this is our promise. Brothers, we announce this to the governor of Izmir and the government. Let the Yankees get out of the streets of Izmir. Let them pull this damn ship out of the port of Izmir,“ said a member of the Turkish Communist Party. The protests began on the same day that Türkiye applied to join BRICS.