Turkish-Dutch relations strained after Turkish FM’s denied entry

Turkish-Dutch relations strained after Turkish FM’s denied entry
Turkish prime minister says his country will strongly retaliate to Dutch authorities’ "unacceptable treatment" towards Turkish ministers who were prevented from addressing Turkish citizens in the Netherlands.

In a written statement released early on Sunday, Binali Yildirim also urged Turkish nationals living in Europe to remain calm and not fall for provocations. He also asked them to cast their votes in the April 16 referendum saying it would be best response to the European nations.

Yildirim said that Europeans who speak of democracy, freedom of expression and human rights have failed their class.

Earlier on Sunday, Turkey’s Family Affairs Minister Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya was declared ’persona non grata’ in the Netherlands and was escorted by Dutch police to the border with Germany in an unacceptable manner, which she said "tramples on all democratic and human values."

In a similar context, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan slammed on Saturday the decision by the Dutch government to withdraw permission for Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to fly to Rotterdam to address a rally of Turks.

Rotterdam city authorities had banned Cavusoglu from addressing a meeting there in support of Turkey’s constitutional change which is being put to a referendum in April.

“They neither know politics nor international diplomacy …These are the remains of Nazis, they are fascists,” Erdogan said.

Following the incident, Turkey’s foreign ministry summoned the Dutch charge d’affaires, ministry sources said.

The row first erupted after Dutch officials on Friday said they would not welcome a visit by Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu if he was to address a political rally in Rotterdam on Saturday.

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