Turkey Netherlands Diplomatic Spat Leads To Protests Violence

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Police clashed with protesters outside the Turkish consulate in the Dutch city of Rotterdam early Sunday, as a diplomatic spat suddenly pushed relations between the two countries to a historic low.

Dutch authorities expressed unease at Ankara campaigning among the country's Turkish population, as ministers seek support for a referendum which could grant sweeping new powers to Turkey's president.

The Dutch government, which stands to lose heavily to the anti-Islam party of Geert Wilders in elections next week, said it considered the visits undesirable and "The Netherlands could not cooperate in the public political campaigning of Turkish ministers in the Netherlands."


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