Turkish journalists in clashes with bodyguards during Erdoğan’s US visit

Reporters covering a speech by Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Washington DC say they were excluded and physically attackedTurkish journalists have accused Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s security detail of kicking, shoving and verbally abusing them on Thursday in an attempt to bar them from a Washington DC thinktank where the president was giving a speech.A source close to the event at the Brookings Institution told the Guardian that it was close to canceling