Turkey Blocks Access to NATO Airbase

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The US airbase in the İncirlik quarter of the city of Adana, in southern Turkey, were closed by Turkish police Saturday, Hurriyet reported. The report followed images on twitter showing Turkish police sealing off the airbase. Incirlik is a critical American airbase, from which NATO forces launch airstrikes against ISIS. It also contains nuclear weapons.

According to RT, some 7,000 police armed with rifles in heavy armored TOMA vehicles surrounded the Incirlik air base, a move which a Turkish government minister called a “security check.”

#Tatvan derken#incirlik üssünde olağanüstü hareketlilik.#PÖH giriş çıkışları tutmuş tetikte bekliyor. pic.twitter.com/TSsqHW9Ydk
— Levent Tekin (@Levent_Tekin) July 30, 2016