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Turkey’s Autocratic President Tells NATO Allies, ‘Nazism Is Alive in the West’
(CNSNews.com) – In one of the worst diplomatic rows between NATO allies in decades, Turkey’s Islamist president has compared the Dutch government to Nazis after it prevented two Turkish ministers from addressing rallies in the Netherlands in support of the Turkish leader’s attempts to significantly expand his powers.
“Nazism is alive in the West,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told supporters in Istanbul on Sunday.
Ahead of a referendum next month on changes to the constitution, Erdogan has been eager to promote the “yes” vote among large Turkish expatriate communities, especially in Germany and the Netherlands.
But the European governments are reluctant to allow the potentially volatile rallies to take place.
Source URL: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/turkeys-autocratic-president-tells-nato-allies-nazism-alive-west