Video: Egypt tourists attacked in Turkiye’s Taqsim Square

Footage circulating on social media shows Egyptian tourists coming under attack in Istanbul’s Taqsim Square after they complained that the bill they received at an eatery had been inflated and included dishes they neither ordered nor received.

The Egyptian men are seen to be physically assaulted and a brawl breaks out in the famous square.

فيديو متداول يُظهر اعتداء مجموعة من الأشخاص الأتراك على سائحين مصريين في منطقة تقسيم بمدينة #إسطنبول وفقا لناشري الفيديو ..الخلاف كان بسبب اعتراضهم على الفاتورة حيث تم تسجيل أطباق لم يطلبوها ولم يستلموها.. #تركيا#شاهد_سكاي pic.twitter.com/Q8SxTsTU02

— سكاي نيوز عربية (@skynewsarabia) September 19, 2023

There has been a rise in anti-Arab sentiment in Turkiye in recent years, mostly targeting Syrian refugees who fled the devastating civil war in their country, which has killed at least 500,000 people and forcibly displaced millions.

Last week, a man was apprehended after assaulting a Kuwaiti tourist in the northern city of Trabzon.

The tourist, identified as 46-year-old Mohammed Al-Ajmi, was apparently knocked to the ground unconscious, to the horror of his family and passers-by. The Turkish judiciary said that an investigation into the incident has been launched.

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