
Türkiye is forced to suspend diplomatic contacts at a high level with the Netherlands against the backdrop of the ongoing diplomatic conflict. This was stated by the Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmush, reports the BBC.
"We do exactly the same thing that they do in relation to us. We will not allow flights with diplomats from the Netherlands to land in Turkey or use our airspace. Creating this crisis are responsible for its settlement," Kurtulmush said.
The minister emphasized that Ankara demands from the authorities of the Netherlands an apology for refusing to let higher Turkish officials into the country. “It was decided not to allow the ambassador’s ambassador to Turkey on vacation until our requirements are met,” Kurtulmush said. “The government recommended that the parliament dissolve the inter -parliamentary group of friendship with the Netherlands.”
The minister also announced the possibility of revising the agreement with the European Union on migration.
On March 11, the Government of the Netherlands withdrew permission to land the aircraft of the Foreign Minister of Turkey, Mevlyut Chavushoglu . The authorities said that the official of the official in Rotterdam is a public danger.
The Turkish authorities planned to hold a series of rallies with the participation of ministers in order to convince compatriots living in Europe to support changes in the Constitution in a referendum scheduled for April 16. However, the mayor of Rotterdam Ahmed Abutaleb banned a rally in connection with the difficulty of ensuring security and said that the country's authorities would not allow the head of the Turkish Foreign Ministry to participate in it.
After that, Chavushoglu threatened the Netherlands with the introduction of strict sanctions in case of ban on entry into the country. In The Hague, it was noticed that in such a situation, "achieving a reasonable solution is impossible."
Later on the same day, the police stopped in Rotterdam a car with the Turkish Minister for Family and Social Policy Fatma Bethul Sajan Kaya. She came from Germany and intended to get to the Turkish consulate, near which she was expected by several dozen compatriots. However, the police forced her to return to Germany, and dispersed the demonstrators. Protesters threw bottles and stones into law enforcement officers. Horse units, as well as police officers with dogs and water bodies, were involved in the acceleration.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the Netherlands authorities were “as cowardly”, and called the refusal to let in the chavuschla “relics of Nazism and fascism”. The temporary attorney in the affairs of the Netherlands in Ankara Dana Housing was called to the Turkish Foreign Ministry in connection with the incident.
On Sunday, Erdogan urged international organizations to impose sanctions against the Netherlands . He said that the Netherlands behave like a banana republic, and criticized European countries for not condemning the official Hague for the expulsion of Turkish ministers.
The leader of the opposition Republican People’s Party of Turkey Kemal Kylychdaroglu called on the government to suspend relations with the Netherlands. “This issue has nothing to do with a referendum. This is a national question. The debt of any political party - regardless of whether it is right or left - to protect the rights of Turkey. We are ready to fulfill it,” he said.
Meanwhile, Chavushoglu, speaking at a meeting with compatriots in the French city of Metz,, following Erdogan, accused the official Hague of fascism. "The Netherlands are called the center of democracy, but I would put such a definition in quotation marks, because in fact it is the center of fascism," the official said. He assured that Türkiye would continue to pressure the Netherlands until he receives an apology.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said everything would do everything to reduce the confrontation, which he called the worst event from his country over many years. He called the idea of apology "strange." “This man (Erdogan. - Ed.) Yesterday I introduced us to the Nazis, and the country is Nazi. I intend to repay the conflict, but I will not bring apologies,” he explained.