18 July 2012, a group of U.S. Marines (Some reports say sailors. Some reports say soldiers, but USN & USMC personnel are not referred to as ‘soldiers’) on shore leave in Turkey were attacked.

A group claiming to be the Turkish Youth Association (TGB) attacked U.S. forces in the port city of Antalya.  TGB members verbally insulted the Marines and tried to put bags on their heads GITMO/Abu Ghraib style. Turkish police broke up the assaults and detained seven people.

People of Turkey are protesting the presence of the USS Abraham Lincoln.  The aircraft carrier left the Persian Gulf on 16 July, the same day the Pentagon announced sending yet another aircraft carrier to the volatile region.