Police fired tear gas and water cannon at the protesters and stopped them from crossing the border. The demonstrators hurled stones at the police.
...a NATO...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
member, but not the most reliable...
had warned earlier on Tuesday that it would not tolerate any "provocations" over the events in Syria as its Kurdish community called for protests.
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya wrote on X that Turkey was "meticulously monitoring the developments in Syria and all movements along our border" and would "not tolerate any initiatives or provocations.. targeting the peace of our country".