two US soldiers in civilian clothing were attacked and physically assaulted by a nationalist Turkish group over the weekend video on X shows members of the turkey youth group tgb holding a man down they put a white hood on his head while chanting quote Yankee go home go y the US Embassy to Turkey posted a statement on X saying we can confirm reports that US service members embarked aboard the USS Wasp were the victims of an assault in ismir today and are now safe we thank Turkish authorities for their rapid response in ongoing investigation local authorities said five other US soldiers joined in as the incident unfolded police intervened and 15 members of the Nationalist group were detained there is now an investigation underway