ANKARA:Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan prompted a fresh outcry in The Netherlands on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) with a jibe about the Srebrenica massacre, warning of retaliation in a spiralling diplomatic crisis. Ankara had a day earlier announced it was suspending high-level relations after The Netherlands prevented two Turkish ministers from holding rallies to woo expatriate support ahead of the referendum. “The Netherlands and the Dutch, we know them from the Srebrenica massacre,” he said. ‘The best answer’Erdogan’s latest broadside against Merkel infuriated Germany, which had also last week prevented Turkish ministers from holding rallies in the country. “Our nation on April 16 at the ballot box… will give the best answer to Turkey’s enemies,” Erdogan said.

Source: Manila Times March 14, 2017 21:45 UTC