Posted on 03/11/2017 4:48:50 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
ANKARA/ROTTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands barred Turkey'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 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.
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Again, off-topic but Poland has been arguing with the EU; that’s been a big issue recently.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-summit-poland-policy-idUSKBN16I0O7
“Poland will start obstructing European Union business and “play a rough game” in Brussels after the bloc angered Warsaw by reappointing Donald Tusk as head of the European Council, the foreign minister said.
I don’t think that is their only qualm with the EU.
That article I cited says they receive a lot of Euro dollars. That the Poles in general are glad they are in the EU.
Poland doesn’t let refugees in from what I see.
Polish PM says that Poland will not accept refugees
https://www.neweurope.eu/article/polish-pm-says-poland-will-not-accept-refugees/
True. In 2014 they contributed 4 billion euro to the EU, and received 17.4 billion from the EU. So they have no real incentive to leave.
Police, Turkish protesters clash in Rotterdam.
http://www.voanews.com/a/dutch-riot-police-clash-with-turkish-protesters-rotterdam/3761954.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39246392
Yes, the Dutch are much more right in this situation, Netherlands also has their abortion ships, has had euthanasia legislation and other liberal ideas, marijuana, same sex marriage. I’m not a big fan of these kinds of laws either.
But from all I can tell, Turkey is an oppressive dictatorship; pretty bad really. Read Turkish Minute, the website I posted earlier, they’ve jailed lots of folks, they oppress Christians and Kurds.
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