Today, March 12, the president of Turkey, Mr. Erdogan, called the Dutch Nazis and fascists because the Netherlands refused to allow the Turkish foreign minster and the minister of housing to stage political events in Holland to convince the more than 400,000 Turks who live there to vote to extend the populist president greater political powers. Well, first of all, Turkish law forbids that diplomatic facilities abroad be used for political events and causes. Secondly, Holland like many countries does not want to be a stadium for foreign political rallies. If Mr. Erdogan is willing to ignore Turkish laws, maybe he should not exercise greater power. Of course that makes me a facist too in his eyes. It would appear that Mr. Erdogan like other national leaders of little repute sees things through the glasses of his own ambitions.
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