Publish Date: 6 November 2023 - 15:04

TEHRAN, Nov. 06 (MNA) – US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, was hardly given a warm welcome in Turkey this morning, starting with a snub by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who was visiting his family’s hometown of Rize.

Blinken was greeted by protests outside the foreign ministry in Ankara, and amid news of demonstrators attempting to storm an air base in southern Turkey housing US troops.

Turkey has been highly critical of the Zionist Israeli regime over its aggression on Gaza Strip.