Kurds in Greece protest Turkish operation in Syria

About 1,000 Kurds, plus a contingent of left-wing activists, staged a protest in the northern city of Thessaloniki against the Turkish invation of Syria.

The protesters carried banners condemning the "slaughter" in the Syrian region of Rojava, occupied by the Kurds, and which the Turks have invaded. "Where is the UN?" one banner, in English, demanded. Children also carried banners demanding that Turkey stop killing children.

The protesters burned pictures of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and shouted slogans against him, calling him a dictator, a fascist and an ISIS supporter.

They repeated the photo burning and slogans outside the Turkish consulate. Both premises were guarded by police forces.

"We are protesting against the massacre in Rojava, to pressure western societies to put a stop to this. We want to show that our brothers and sisters...

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