ANKARA, Turkey, July 08, SPA -- Hundreds of Turks have gathered outside the Chinese Embassy in Ankara to denounce violence in western China that has left 156 dead. Members of a civil servant's union and a far-rightnationalist group separately laid black wreaths in front ofthe embassy Wednesday. They dispersed peacefully. A similarprotest was held outside the Chinese Consulate in Istanbul. Also on Wednesday, a lawmaker from Turkey's rulingIslamic-rooted party resigned from a Chinese-Turkishparliamentary friendship group to protest the Chinesegovernment for its handling of the incidents. A consumers'group meanwhile called for a boycott of Chinese goods, The Associated Press reported. Turkic-speaking Uighurs are ethnically linked to Turks,and Turkey has a large Uighur community.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/682500