Turkey upset over PM Rutte telling Turkish-Dutch to leave

The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement saying that Prime Minister Mark Rutte's statements about Turkish-Dutch in the program Zomergasten was inappropriate, ANP reports. On the Dutch television program, Rutte was shown a film of a group of Turkish-Dutch demonstrating in Rotterdam following an attempted coup in Turkey in July. In the film the demonstrators confront a NOS journalist, making it impossible for him to do his job and making it clear that he should "fuck off". "My primary first feeling is: fuck off yourself. Go back to Turkey", Rutte said on the show. He added that the majority of Turkish-Dutch are well integrated, but there is a minority of "Turks in the Netherlands" that stand outside society. Turkey thinks these statements inappropriate. According to the Turkish Ministry, the statements can be used against Turkish-Dutch. In a time when aversion to foreigners is increasing in Europe, the statements harm the joint efforts to get Turkish-Dutch to fully participate in society, according to the statement. A spokesperson for Rutte confirmed that the Prime Minister "took note" of the statement and still stands by his words, ANP reports. VVD leader Halbe Zijlstra called the Turkish statement a ridiculous reaction" that gives people that behave badly support.