Syria and Turkey: A path to reconciliation, or a defeat of the opposition?
Al Jazeera
Anti-Syrian riots in Turkey and protests in Syria are a symbol of a period of flux in relations between the countries.
Plumes of smoke rise into the night sky as shops burn and mobs unfurl Turkish flags in the central province of Kayseri, chanting that they want refugees out.
The video is just one of many that emerged in early July, purporting to show anti-Syrian street violence in Turkish cities.
The period saw unrest and tension, fuelled by growing anti-Syrian sentiment in parts of Turkey as well as fears among Syrians opposed to the government of President Bashar al-Assad – both in Turkey and Syria – that is edging closer to normalising relations with the Turkish government.
Anti-Syrian riots broke out in Kayseri on June 30 after accusations that a Syrian man had sexually abused a seven-year-old Syrian girl in the Turkish city.
The rioters set Syrian-owned shops on fire and flipped cars as they demanded the expulsion of Syrians from Turkey.
