Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters try to storm air base housing US troops in Turkey

Visuals from the protests showed police firing tear gas and using water cannons to disperse crowds waving Turkish and Palestinian flags and chanting slogans

Turkish police used tear gas and water cannon as hundreds of people at a pro-Palestinian rally on Sunday

tried to storm an air base that houses US troops,

hours before US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due in Ankara for talks on Gaza.

Turkey, which has stepped up its criticism of Israel as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza has worsened,

supports a two-state solution while hosting members of the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Since the Israel-Hamas war started, protests have erupted across the country.

Türkiye won’t talk to Netanyahu – Erdogan

Ankara has withdrawn its ambassador to Israel, citing the country’s refusal to consider a ceasefire in Gaza

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has cut off contact with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

due to Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza,

he told reporters on a flight home from a summit in Kazakhstan on Saturday.

“Netanyahu is no longer someone we can talk to. We have given up on him,” Erdogan said, according to Turkish media.