Türkiye - March 10, 2025 Attacks on Alawites in coastal Syria were protested in Istanbul. Hundreds of people gathered at the Iskele Square in Kadıköy upon the call of the Istanbul Labor, Peace and Democracy Forces, and condemned the attacks on Alawites by the new Syrian regime forces led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and Julani. The protesters, who opened a banner reading “HTS is massacring Alawites in Syria. Don't watch in silence, don't let it happen” frequently chanted slogans such as “Murderer HTŞ, collaborator AKP,” “Murderer USA, get out of the Middle East,” and “The Syrian people are not alone.” MPs and artists also supported the protest. Kutay Soybil read the joint press release. SPEECHES 00:21:23 - 00:50:14 Ali Şeker, Republican People's Party (CHP) Istanbul MP: Massacring all people there—regardless of whether they are children, doctors, or women—based on their sect in front of their own homes is genocide. Those who remain silent in the face of this genocide are complicit in this crime against humanity. Everyone must protest this crime and take the necessary steps to put an end to it as soon as possible. All of humanity must act to stop these massacres. 01:12:28 - 01:44:12 Kanber Saygılı, President of the Shipbuilding and Maritime Transport, Warehousing, and Storage Workers' Union: In Syria, our Alawite people in particular, as well as all the peoples there, are facing a very insidious, fascist, and reactionary enemy—namely, the HTS. The massacres in Syria continue. However, standing in solidarity with the Alawite people in Syria is of great importance and value from our perspective. Because only if we stand in solidarity with them can we eliminate the HTS gangs. We declare that we will continue this solidarity as the working class. 02:02:10 - 02:49:19 Kutay Soybil: The Alawite people in Syria are not alone! We will not remain silent; we will not be spectators to this massacre. Syria has historically been a country where different ethnic groups, beliefs, and cultures have coexisted, forming a rich mosaic. Arabs, Kurds, Turkmens, Circassians, Armenians, Assyrians, Syriacs, Druze, Jews, and religious communities such as Alawites, Êzîdîs, Sunnis, and Christians are integral parts of this mosaic. On December 8, a new phase began in the Middle East when jihadist gangs, led by HTS under the influence of the US, UK, Israel, and Turkey, took control of Damascus. 03:07:27 - 03:51:03 Kutay Soybil: Last month, the murderous gang leader Julani was hosted at the Presidential Palace in Ankara. The ruling powers of this country are attempting to frame HTS’s massacres as ‘provocations by foreign powers.’ We reiterate: in Syria, the pawns of so-called ‘foreign powers’ are the jihadist gangs that have been nurtured and disguised in different forms since the US and NATO’s ‘Green Belt’ project. The very existence of these gangs is the real provocation! On one side stand NATO, the US, the EU, regional proxy states, and their mercenary death squads; on the other, the peoples of the Middle East—ignored, massacred, and colonized.