Turkey has issued a warning to its residents dwelling in or planning to journey to European nations, citing Islamophobia and anti-Turkish demonstrations.

The warning comes after protests in Sweden final weekend the place an anti-Islam activist burned the Koran and pro-Kurdish teams protested towards Turkey.

The Turkish overseas ministry urged its residents to take precautions and steer clear of demonstration areas.

It additionally stated they need to go to native authorities in the event that they face xenophobic or racist assaults.

Turkey strongly condemned far-right activist Rasmus Paludan’s burning of the Koran in Stockholm, which he repeated in Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen, on Friday.

Ankara additionally summoned the Dutch ambassador after one other far-right activist tore pages of the Koran in The Hague.

The Turkish authorities additionally stated there was a rise in anti-Turkish protests by “groups with links to terror groups” – a reference to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, which has waged a decades-long insurgency towards Turkey.

Pro-Kurdish teams have been demonstrating in Sweden, waving the flags of the PKK and its associates.

The protests are a response to Sweden and Finland’s promise to forestall the PKK’s actions of their nations with the intention to acquire Turkey’s approval for his or her Nato bids.

Following the protests, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Sweden to not anticipate help for its membership bid for the army alliance.

Turkey additionally indefinitely postponed a key assembly in Brussels that might have mentioned Sweden and Finland’s Nato membership.