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Dutch expel Turkish minister
    2017-March-13  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

    DUTCH police used water cannon and horses early yesterday to break up protests outside the Turkish Consulate in Rotterdam as the city expelled a Turkish minister, amid an escalating diplomatic row with Ankara.

    After several hours of calm demonstrations, police moved in to disperse over 1,000 people gathered close to the consulate, charging the crowd on horseback and using dogs to regain control.

    Protesters hit back, throwing rocks at riot police, while hundreds of cars jammed the streets blaring their horns and revving their engines.

    Tensions finally tipped over into violence after a day of fast-moving events, triggered when Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said he planned to attend a pro-Turkish government rally in Rotterdam.

    The Netherlands, which holds general elections Wednesday, had repeatedly said Cavusoglu was not welcome to campaign for Turkey’s April referendum in the country and refused his plane permission to land.

    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reacted angrily accusing the Dutch — who were once under Nazi occupation — of being “the vestiges of Nazis.”

    The Dutch decision to ban Cavusoglu from visiting came after Germany and other European nations also blocked similar campaign events.

    “They are the vestiges of the Nazis, they are fascists,” Erdogan told an Istanbul rally Saturday, days after he angrily compared moves to block rallies in Germany to “Nazi practices.”

    But later, Turkey’s Family Minister Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya appeared at the scene after reportedly travelling by car overland from Germany.

    She was stopped just outside the consulate by Dutch police, and after several hours of negotiations, she was escorted back to the German border.

    Kaya was “on the way from Rotterdam to Germany,” mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb told reporters, adding: “She has been expelled back to the country she came from.”

    The Dutch Government criticized Kaya as “irresponsible” for attempting to visit after being told she was not welcome and said it told Turkey it could not compromise on public order and security.

    Cavusoglu meanwhile flew to France where he is expected to address a rally yesterday in the eastern city of Metz. A French official said the visit had been cleared by the foreign ministry in Paris.

    As the row raged, Turkish foreign ministry sources said the Dutch embassy in Ankara and consulate in Istanbul had both been sealed off for “security reasons.”

    Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Erdogan’s criticism was “crazy.”

    “I understand that they are angry but this is way out of line,” he said. “I really think we made the right decision here.”

    The Turkish foreign ministry said the Dutch charge d’affaires in Ankara was summoned and told Turkey did not want the Dutch ambassador — currently on holiday — to return “for a while.”

    (SD-Agencies)

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