Hundreds of Turks have gathered outside the Chinese Embassy in Ankara to denounce violence in western China that has left 156 dead. Members of a civil servant's union and a far-right nationalist group separately laid black wreaths in front of the embassy Wednesday. They dispersed peacefully. A similar protest was held outside the Chinese Consulate in Istanbul. Also on Wednesday, a lawmaker from Turkey's ruling Islamic-rooted party resigned from a Chinese-Turkish parliamentary friendship group to protest the Chinese government for its handling of the incidents. A consumers' group meanwhile called for a boycott of Chinese goods, The Associated Press reported. Turkic-speaking Uighurs are ethnically linked to Turks, and Turkey has a large Uighur community.
