A young woman from East Rutherford said she was threatened and choked by the bodyguards of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a protest outside the Turkish embassy in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday -- a melee that left protesters bloodied and politicians demanding answers.

Now Ceren Borazan says she fears for her life after receiving threats over the past few days via social media.

"All I wanted to do was use my constitutional right to peacefully protest and now I fear for my life," Borazan said in an interview Thursday afternoon. "We're not even free from Turkish fascism here in the United States."

A widely-shared video shows the well-dressed security forces of the Turkish president push past police to break up the protest outside the diplomatic residence. One woman was shown being kicked repeatedly as she lay on the sidewalk, while a man is seen being kicked in the face. A guard grabs another woman's neck and throws her to the ground.

In a Facebook post, Borazan identified herself as the woman being choked and offered explicit details of the incident.

"He put me in a headlock to the point where he popped a blood vessel in my eye. He held me and threatened to kill me," Borazan wrote. "I was scared for my life and tried to get into the car in front of me.

"Luckily there was a man in the car who helped me get into the other side of the car. I saw out of the corner of my eye that they were running behind me and I told him: "don't open the door"! I swear that man saved my life."

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She said she and others were protesting peacefully

Borazan, a college student who has been living in New Jersey since 2013, said she went down to Washington D.C. on Tuesday to attend the small protest. About 40 people demonstrated at the White House against Erdogan's visit with President Donald Trump. By the time they walked to the Turkish Embassy, the group was down to about 15. That's when, Borazan said, she and others were attacked.

Nine people were hurt and two others were arrested. The video of Borazan being choked went viral on Twitter and Facebook and was shown by many television and internet news sites.

"When he grabbed my neck, I thought he was going to kill me," she said in an interview. "He didn't care what he was doing to me. He just didn't care."

U.S. Senators John McCain, R-AZ, and Dianne Feinstein, D-CA, on Thursday sent a letter to the Turkish President calling on him to "hold accountable members of the Turkish security detail who attacked peaceful protesters outside the Ambassador’s resident in Washington."

“The actions of your staff violate the constitutional protections of freedom of the press and freedom of assembly enjoyed by all Americans,” the senators added. “Your staff’s blatant violation of these rights on American soil is an affront to those freedoms, and reflects poorly on your government. We have long supported Turkey as a member of NATO, and a key U.S. ally in the region, and we expect conduct more appropriate to our decade’s long partnership.”

Along with the threats, Borazan said she is also getting messages of support. "It's been a mix," she said. "But I'm still worried about my life and my friends’ lives."