ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — The escalating dispute between Turkey and the Netherlands spilled over into Sunday, with a Turkish minister unable to enter her consulate after the Dutch had already blocked a visit by the foreign minister, prompting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to call the Dutch fascists and “Nazi remnants.” From keeping Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu from landing in the Netherlands in the morning to Turkish officials closing off the Dutch Embassy in the evening and calling its ambassador no longer welcome, relations between the two sank ever deeper in the diplomatic standoff over the right of Turkish officials to speak about their political plans at rallies in Europe. Outside the Turkish consulate in Rotterdam, about 1,000 pro-Turkish protesters refused to go away after the Minister of Family and Social Policies Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya was kept out after traveling to the city from Germany. She insisted the “Netherlands is violating all international laws, conventions and human rights by not letting me enter.” The mayor of Rotterdam issued an emergency order late Saturday in an attempt to contain a pro-Turkish demonstration which has turned into a flashpoint of the quickly deteriorating relations. Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb said he needed special powers… Read full this story
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