 Dozens of demonstrators gathered in Istanbul on Saturday to protest the visit of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Turkey, the protest, organized by the Socialist and Nationalist Veyton Party, called on Turkey to cut ties with NATO and denounced Blinken's trip to the region. We are here to declare, to shout, that all the attacks in the region, in Iraq, in Iran, in Libya, as well as in Palestine, are realized, perpetrated, by America, said Nariah Kayasalmaz of the Veyton Party of Blinken kicked off his latest urgent Middle East diplomatic mission in NATO ally Turkey, as fears mount that Israel's war against Hamas and Gaza may explode into a broader conflict. Blinken met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Hakan Fiden to discuss what Turkey and others can do to exert influence, particularly on Iran and its proxies, to ease soaring tensions, speed up humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza and begin an earnest to plan for reconstruction and governance of post-war Gaza, much of which has been reduced to rubble by three months of intense Israeli bombardments.