Spanish and Greek Communists condemn attacks on Turkish anti-NATO rally

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Solidarity With the TKP and the Comrades Arrested and Injured in the Struggle Against NATO: Communist Party of the Workers of Spain

A new NATO Summit will be held on July 7-8, in Ankara (Turkey). The Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) has organized an anti-NATO Summit in the country, with hundreds of activities, public events, exhibitions, demonstrations, and even an international event, running from July 4 to 12.

The imperialist NATO event is marked by the reinforcement of internal control within the country. The Turkish Erdoğan Government has increased the level of repression, including a ban on mobilizations from late June until the end of the Atlantist Summit.

Despite the heavy surveillance, the TKP has evidenced the Turkish communists will not fall down to State threats and violence.

This Sunday —July 5— massive demonstrations have been held in six Turkish cities. They have been violently attacked by the police. Hundreds of TKP comrades were arrested, and dozens were injured (head wounds, broken bones, and even cardiac complications) in the demonstration in Ankara — banned by the AKP Government.

The PCTE sends a message of solidarity to the TKP and its militants, which we extend to the comrades arrested and injured, as well as to their families and friends. The PCTE denounces police violence, surveillance, and the AKP repression against the TKP for raising the anti-NATO banner high, for its resolve in the struggle against imperialism and their wars, and for its resounding defiance to NATO.

Immediate freedom without charges for all the arrested!

Fighting against NATO is not a crime; it is a honor and a revolutionary duty!

Down with imperialism!

PCTE

July 5, 2026

The KKE condemns the attack on the rally of the Communist Party of Turkey against the NATO summit in Ankara

In a statement regarding the attack on a rally organised by the Communist Party of Turkey to protest against the NATO summit in Ankara, the Press Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) points out:

“The KKE strongly condemns the police attack and general repression unleashed by the Turkish government against yesterday's rally organised by the Communist Party of Turkey in Ankara, which expressed opposition to the NATO Summit and its imperialist plans hostile to the peoples.

We denounce the ban on rallies and all forms of protest imposed in the Turkish capital, which has been turned into a fortress to protect the NATO summit.

The KKE expresses its unwavering solidarity with the Communist Party of Turkey and the protesters, and demands the immediate release of the 120 people arrested.

Hands off the Turkish communists and the Communist Party of Turkey!”

See also: Turkish Communists defy NATO Summit protest ban