China has warned its citizens traveling in Turkey to steer clear of anti-Beijing protests after a number of Chinese tourists, and even Korean tourists, were reportedly attacked by demonstrators. The Ministry of Foreign affairs published a notice yesterday alerting citizens about “multiple” protests being held by Turkish nationalists against China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims in its far-western Xinjiang region. “Absolutely do not get close to or film the protests, and minimize to the greatest extent outside activities on one’s own,” the notice said. A popular Chinese restaurant in the tourist-heavy Tophane district of Istanbul was attacked last Wednesday by protestors who smashed windows, Reuters reports, citing the Turkish daily Hurriyet. 

On Sunday in Istanbul, several hundred protesters marched towards the Chinese consulate carrying flags and chanting anti-China slogans outside the building, located towards the end of a leafy uphill road from the coast of the Bosphorus strait. 

Earlier in the day, some of the protesters had burned a Chinese flag. 

In another instance, demonstrators targeted a group of Korean tourists, seemingly mistaking them for Chinese travelers, according to The National. 

Some of the protesters attacked a group of Koreans outside the Topkapi Palace, which is visited by thousands of tourists every day. 

The Korean tourists were rescued by riot police, who fired tear gas to disperse the attackers.