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Dutch PM bars Turkish minister as rally dispute escalates
YAHOO ^ | 3/11/17 | Tuvan Gumrukcu and Thomas Escritt

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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Geert Wilders protested against Turkish campaigning in the Netherlands earlier this week. Here he is holding a sign outside the Turkish embassy. It says in Turkish and Dutch: Stay Away! This is our land!

Since Geert raised the issue, there began to be a public backlash against the idea of Turkish campaigning in the Netherlands. Because of this, Premier Rutte declined permission for the Turkish diplomat's plane to land. Turkey then decided to send another diplomat by car. She was also detained and prevented from reaching the Turkish Consulate today.

Geert tweeted today: "Go away and never come back @drbetulsayan and take all your Turkish fans from The Netherlands with you please." #byebye

Turkey has taken great offense. Geert just retweeted breaking news from Vocal Europe that "Turkish Police on the way to detain Dutch diplomats based in Ankara."

This could get ugly.

1 posted on 03/11/2017 4:48:50 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Good for the Dutch! It’s long past time when European countries repatriated all this ME trash.


2 posted on 03/11/2017 4:56:44 PM PST by vette6387
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Maybe the Dutch and the Turks will kill each other off?


3 posted on 03/11/2017 4:57:16 PM PST by Navy Patriot (America returns to the Rule of Law)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

IT’s craaazy to think that just because their white and they live there and there famblies’ been there for a while that it’s “they’re” land. No Human Is Illegal!


4 posted on 03/11/2017 4:58:16 PM PST by ichabod1 (The Wise Cracker)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

>President Erdogan

This retard allows islam to flourish in his country. He can not be trusted. Suspend any NATO or trusting agreements with his kind.

islam is evil and can never be trusted by any thinking person. Kill it now.


5 posted on 03/11/2017 5:01:45 PM PST by soycd
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

High time the Islamist Sunni Turks are put in their place - and then deported. Muslim barbarians


6 posted on 03/11/2017 5:02:27 PM PST by indcons
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

This all helps Geert, I would already be voting for him but if I were a citizen over there, it’d make me madder than hell to hear that Erdogan said the Dutch are the “remnants of the Nazis”; and all over a protest and Turkey doesn’t allow a lot of stuff, churches, etc.


7 posted on 03/11/2017 5:03:25 PM PST by BeadCounter
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To: Navy Patriot
Goodness I hope not! I want Geert to win the Dutch elections this Wednesday.


8 posted on 03/11/2017 5:03:38 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: soycd
I agree, Islam is evil. I wish Turkey had remained secular, like Mustafa Kemal Ataturk tried to make it...


9 posted on 03/11/2017 5:06:34 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: BeadCounter

I would totally vote for Geert too if I could. I hope all this mess helps him get more seats in Wednesday’s elections.


10 posted on 03/11/2017 5:07:55 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: BeadCounter

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/5584/turkey-churches

Churches in Turkey on the Verge of Extinction


11 posted on 03/11/2017 5:17:00 PM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Turks killing the US backed Kurds who are fighting ISIS... issues with Germany and now the Netherlands. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Turkey ejected from NATO eventually.


12 posted on 03/11/2017 5:31:58 PM PST by Ymani Cricket (Pressure makes diamonds - General Patton)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
I want Geert to win the Dutch elections this Wednesday.

That's fine, the guy's got balls so big he needs a wheelbarrow.

I just have zero tolerance for self inflicted wounds. No sympathy for the Dutch here.

13 posted on 03/11/2017 5:33:34 PM PST by Navy Patriot (America returns to the Rule of Law)
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To: Ymani Cricket
Ejected from Nato? I would have no problem with that!


14 posted on 03/11/2017 5:35:07 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: soycd

Kick Turkey out of NATO and give Putin Carte Blanche to do what he wants with Turkey.


15 posted on 03/11/2017 5:35:45 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Navy Patriot

How did they inflict this? Not sure what you mean. They were just standing up and saying they don’t want Turks campaigning for expanded powers for Erdogan in the Netherlands.


16 posted on 03/11/2017 5:36:32 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: BeadCounter

Erdogan has just been meeting with Putin.
http://www.msn.com/en-ca/video/news/erdogan-meets-putin-in-moscow-dw-news/vp-AAo91WP


17 posted on 03/11/2017 5:39:26 PM PST by BeadCounter
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

“Turks in the Netherlands” is the key...


18 posted on 03/11/2017 5:40:57 PM PST by Navy Patriot (America returns to the Rule of Law)
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To: BeadCounter

I still like Flynn, but all of that about being a foreign agent for Turkey made me unsure; http://www.turkishminute.com/2017/03/11/fara-filing-reveals-flynn-intel-hired-research-us-based-cleric-gulen/ But that’s off-topic. He should have known better.


19 posted on 03/11/2017 5:47:21 PM PST by BeadCounter
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To: Navy Patriot
Ah yes. Netherlands is part of the Schengen zone of the EU. Thus they have no control over their own borders. EU controls immigration, and the EU lets in everyone. Time for Nexit. Majority of Dutch now like the idea of a Nexit....


20 posted on 03/11/2017 5:47:39 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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