Nearly a dozen arrested in G20 protests in Turkey
Nearly a dozen protesters have been arrested in Turkey during demonstrations against the G20 summit near the Turkish Mediterranean coastal city of Antalya.
Police detained four protesters who were carrying placards in front of a domestic flights terminal at Antalya airport on Saturday, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
The demonstrators are said to be members of a left-wing group and held banners that read, "Murderer US get out of the Middle East."
Seven other demonstrators were also detained in separate protests in front of the German and British consulates in the city of Istanbul.
The G20 two-day summit is due to open on November 15, after a string of terror attacks in the French capital, Paris, on late Friday that killed nearly 130 people.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Saturday condemned the attacks while pledging full cooperation with France and its allies in the fight against terrorism.
"I want to emphasize one more time that, as Turkey, we're standing with France. And we are going to keep standing shoulder to shoulder against terrorism with both Lebanon, which is our neighbor, and France, which is our ally, after the terror attacks. These terror attacks which happened right before the G20 summit shows [sic] us how much we need to be united internationally," he said at a business forum in Istanbul with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe.
The Daesh Takfiri terror group claimed responsibility for the coordinated attacks, which were carried out by gunmen and bombers in several venues, including a concert hall, restaurants and the national stadium in Paris.
French President Francois Hollande denounced the assault as an "act of war."
On Thursday, twin blasts claimed by Daesh Takfiri terrorists also took 44 lives in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
Turkey’s promise to fight terror comes as Ankara has repeatedly been accused of being one of the main supporters of the militant groups operating in Syria, with reports saying that Ankara actively trains and arms the Takfiri militants there and facilitates their safe passage into the Arab country.
Turkish opposition daily Cumhuriyet published videos in a June report implicating Turkish Intelligence Service (MIT) in ensuring safe passage into Syria for Daesh terrorists.
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