Turkish police have fired tear gas to disperse a pro-Palestinian rally outside a military base housing US troops and weapons, an AFP photographer at the scene said.

The protest outside the Incirlik Air Base in southeastern Turkey was organised by the IHH humanitarian relief fund, which in 2010 led a flotilla to Gaza that sparked Israeli raids in which 10 civilians died.

Images on social media showed several hundred people waving Palestinian flags and running across a field chased by the police, who also used water cannons at Incirlik.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or arrests. US officials issued no immediate comment.

The Mediterranean coastal base is owned by Turkey but used by the US Air Force and occasionally by Britain’s Royal Air Force, providing them with strategic access to large parts of the Middle East.

The IHH protest was timed to coincide with a visit to Ankara by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is due to meet Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Monday.