Three American sailors from a NATO ship docked in Eminönü were assaulted by members of the Turkish Youth Union (TGB), who put sacks over the sailors’ heads, threw dye on them, and called the US troops “murderers” in a video of the incident released by the group. The US Embassy called the incident “appalling.” The Foreign Ministry denied reports that the Turkish Consulate in Mosul, Iraq was hit by coalition airstrikes yesterday; Turkey has refused to respond to allegations that the consulate has been used as an Islamic State headquarters since the group took it over in June. A journalist who had criticized an official of the Islamist AK party in Yozgat was beaten with iron rods by unnamed assailants. At least 63 people have been killed in a wave of unsolved murders in eastern Turkey over the past three months.
