A group of Anatolian Youth Society members protested Santa Claus and Christian customs. The protest took place in Istanbul. The extremist group brought a Santa Claus doll and they first circumcised the doll and then stabbed it until it was totally destroyed. The extremists believe and say that God ordered them to do so.
The number such protests keeps an increasing trend in Turkey. Non-muslim minorities, particularly the Christians, feel uneasy due to intolerant messages given in the protests.