Sparks between Turkey and Holland as Erdogan calls the Dutch ‘Nazi remnants’ – Telegraph.co.uk

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The escalating dispute between Natoallies Turkey and the Netherlands hit a new low in the early hours of Sunday, with a Turkish minister escorted out of the country as persona non grata, less than a day after Turkey's foreign minister was denied entry, prompting president Recep Tayyip Erdoan to call the Dutch "Nazi remnants."

Mr Erdoan reacted furiously to Holland's decision prevent his foreign minister from entering the country in order to hold a pro-government rally with Turkish citizens living in Rotterdam.

"They are very nervous and cowardly. They are Nazi remnants, they are fascists," the Turkish leader told a crowd of his supporters in Istanbul.

Hours later, Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya, Turkey's family and social policies minister, had arrived in the country from Germany but was prevented from entering her country's diplomatic compound in Rotterdam, setting up an extraordinary standoff with armed police. She was later sent under escort back to Germany.

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