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Izmit, Mar 13 (DHA) - Members of the youth wing of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) protested against the Netherlands by squeezing oranges and drinking the juice in the northwestern province of Izmit.
The group unfurled banners bearing the writing “Fascist Netherlands” and “Fascist Rutte” in front of a restaurant before a meeting.
Speaking at the protest, AKP Izmit youth wing head Emre Kahraman said the Netherlands is “does not even have the value of orange peel.”
“The Netherlands, which has brought humanity below sea level, like its own land, is a fascist country and blocked our minister from meeting our voters. [Dutch police also] dispersed disgracefully the Turkish people who protested against their unethical attitude. The Netherlands, which does not even have the value of orange peel, has taken a step that it will later regret” Kahraman added.
Tension between the Netherlands and Turkey rose after the rejection of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu’s landing request, after he attempted to attend a referendum campaign meeting in the country.
After the Dutch government canceled Çavuşoğlu’s flight permit to the Netherlands on March 11 it then blocked a convoy carrying Family Minister Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya from entering the Turkish consulate in Rotterdam. Kaya was escorted by the Dutch police to Germany after she was declared persona non grata.