Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
Lodewijk_Asscher_2015_(1)
Lodewijk Asscher (Photo: Rijksoverheid.nl/Wikimedia Commons) - Credit: Lodewijk Asscher (Photo: Rijksoverheid.nl/Wikimedia Commons)
Politics
Turkey
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Nazism
fascism
accusations
Turkish referendum
Lodewijk Asscher
Deputy Prime Minister
Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment
Mark Rutte
Prime Minister
Bert Koenders
ministry of foreign affairs
Monday, 13 March 2017 - 11:25
Share this:
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • whatsapp
  • reddit

Dutch Deputy PM calls on Turkey to retract Nazism, fascism accusations

Deputy Prime Minister Lodewijk Asscher called on Turkey to retract its accusations of Nazism and fascism against the Netherlands. If the country does not do so, the relationship between the Netherlands and Turkey will remain difficult, Asscher said, according to RTL Nieuws.

Asscher added that the Dutch government will not take any measures against the Ankara government, even if they refuse to retract the statements. According to him, it is important that calm returns. But "a different form of communication must come from Turkey", he said.

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the Netherlands of fascism and Nazism over the weekend. That happened after the Dutch government refused entry into the country to Turkish Ministers who wanted to campaign for a referendum that would give Erdogan more power.

On the television program Buitenhof, Minister Bert Koenders of Foreign Affairs said it "would be nice" if the Turks apologized, but he assumes that this won't happen. Prime Minister Mark Rutte later demanded an apology.

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • Dance Valley director arrested on suspicion of rape
  • “Idiotic” that tents were taken from asylum seekers, says activist; Red Cross closed
  • Insight into vaccine effectiveness against monkeypox in Sept. at earliest: Virologist
  • Over 400,000 Dutch smokers invited to get screened for lung cancer
  • Leaked healthcare agreement pulls funding from community care, general practitioners
  • Amsterdam shuts another cafe for six months due to recent explosion

Top stories

  • NS workers announce relay-strikes starting next week
  • Dutch economy recorded strong growth in second quarter despite inflation
  • Housing corporations want to lower low-income households' rents next year
  • Broad compensation won't help purchasing power: DNB
  • Covid hospital patient total holds below 700 for 6th day; Infections at 10-week low
  • It's up to employers to increase wages and protect purchasing power, Dutch gov't says

© 2012-2022, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Partner content