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| Dutch PM bars Turkish minister as rally dispute escalates | ||
| 2017-03-12 | ||
| [GEO.TV] The Netherlands barred ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... 's foreign minister from landing in Rotterdam on Saturday in a row over Ankara's political campaigning among Turkish emigres, leading President Tayyip Erdogan to brand its fellow NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and structure.... member a "Nazi remnant". The dispute escalated in the evening as Turkey's family minister was prevented by police from entering the Turkish consulate in Rotterdam. Hundreds of protesters waving Turkish flags gathered outside, demanding to see the minister. Two Dutch broadcasters said the minister, Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya, was detained by Dutch authorities to prevent her addressing the crowd. RTL said Kaya was declared an "undesirable alien" and would be escorted to Germany. The decision to detain the minister came as roughly 2,000 pro-Erdogan protesters were gathered outside the consulate in Rotterdam. The news of plans to return her to Germany drew boos and whistling through the crowd as police in riot gear and on horseback warned that they would use force to disperse protesters. Turkey's foreign ministry said it did not want the Dutch ambassador to Ankara to return from leave "for some time". Turkish authorities sealed off the Dutch embassy in Ankara and consulate in Istanbul in apparent retaliation and hundreds gathered there for protests at the Dutch action. President Erdogan is looking to the large number of emigre Turks living in Europe, especially in Germany and the Netherlands, to help clinch victory next month in a referendum that would give the presidency sweeping new powers. German Chancellor Angela Merkel ...current chancellor of Germany and the impetus behind Germany's remarkably ill-starred immigration program. Merkel used to be referred to by Germans as Mom... has said she will do everything possible to prevent Turkish political tensions spilling onto German soil and four rallies in Austria and one in Switzerland ...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell... have been canceled due to the growing dispute. Erdogan has cited domestic threats from Kurdish and Islamist holy warriors and a July coup bid as cause to vote "yes" to his new powers. But he has also drawn on the emotionally charged row with Europe to portray Turkey as betrayed by allies while facing wars on its southern borders. The Dutch government had banned Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu from attending a rally on Saturday in Rotterdam but he said he would fly there anyway, saying Europe must be rid of its "boss-like attitude".
After several hours of a calm, but tense demonstration by more than 1,000 people outside the Turkish consulate, AFP correspondents saw police, some carrying out mounted charges on horseback, begin to forcefully disperse the protesters. The port city’s mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb told news hounds police had moved in to try to break up "a few groups," but that the situation in the city center was stabilizing as police "try to get everyone to return home." But after initially dispersing, the crowd began to gather in smaller groups again, with the police once again moving in, an AFP correspondent said.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-03-12 08:30 |
| #2 Kick Turkey out of NATO and treat them as a hostile nation, including economic measures. |
| Posted by: Injun Bucket8891 2017-03-12 05:48 |
| #1 Erdogan is now demanding earth and water from Europe. Whether European nations give in or not, there's no return to the post WW2 status quo regarding Turkey and the West. |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2017-03-12 05:17 |