A number of Alawite organizations in Turkey held a protest in front of the Syrian embassy, reports Agos, the Armenian weekly newspaper in Istanbul.

Also, the demonstrators laid a black wreath, with the inscription "End the Alawites’ Genocide," outside the embassy building.

Also, the picketers accused the Turkish authorities of the massacre of the Christian and Alawite population in Syria, claiming that with their support, the Syrian authorities are turning a blind eye to these massacres.