Mass rallies and protests against NATO recently unfolded in various parts of Türkiye.

In connection with the NATO summit meeting taking place in this country, a great number of people from all walks of life turned out onto the streets, holding placards inscribed with slogans such as “NATO wants war, but workers want peace”, “No NATO, no war”, and “Budgets for the people, not for NATO”, and chanted anti-war and anti-NATO slogans.

Workers, citizens and party figures held large-scale rallies in Istanbul and protested against NATO, which is pressuring its member states to increase defence spending.

The rally participants demanded the dissolution of NATO, saying that the expansion of war budgets threatens the security of society and imposes a greater economic burden on ordinary people.

Protesters in Izmir asserted that NATO military bases must be driven out, saying they do not want imperialist war centres in their country.

An anti-NATO protest also took place in Ankara, and in the process of suppressing the protest, the police committed the outrage of seizing over 100 people.