Turkish Ultra-Nationalist Youth Group Hoods U.S. Navy Sailors in Istanbul

The Youth Union of Turkey (TGB), a secular nationalist youth organization, announced on its social media account that its members hooded U.S. Navy Sailors in Istanbul on Tuesday. The flagship of the U.S. Navy’s 6th Fleet, the warship LCC 20 Board ‘USS Mount Whitney’ anchored in Sarayburnu Harbor, İstanbul on Monday evening. It is unclear how many U.S. Navy Sailors were attacked by the group. The TGB activists put a sack over the head of the U.S. Navy Sailors who got off the ship and published the photo over its social media account. The activists described their action as revenge…