Dutch elections: Turkish minister claims 'holy wars will soon begin in Europe' after Geert Wilders beaten
Minister claims there is no difference between liberal politicians and 'fascist' far-right leader
Lizzie Dearden
@lizziedearden
Thursday 16 March 2017 10:00 GMT
A Turkish minister has claimed "holy wars will soon begin" in Europe, in spite of the defeat of far-right leader Geert Wilders in the Netherlands elections.
Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkey’s foreign minister, did not welcome the victory for Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s centre-right People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
“Now the election is over in the Netherlands...when you look at the many parties you see there is no difference between the social democrats and fascist Wilders,” he said according to a translation by Hurriyet.