President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday the Netherlands was acting like a “banana republic” and should face sanctions for barring Turkish ministers from speaking in Rotterdam, fuelling a row over Ankara’s political campaigning abroad. The Netherlands are acting like a banana republic,” Erdogan said in a speech in Kocaeli province, near Istanbul. Rather than the Netherlands apologising for refusing the Turkish ministers entry, Turkey’s president should apologise for comparing the Netherlands to fascists and Nazis, he said. European Parliament Vice President Alexander Graff Lambsdorff demanded a ban on Turkish ministers campaigning in the EU. “The European Union should agree on a line that Turkish ministers are not allowed to campaign in the EU,” he said.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 12, 2017 17:03 UTC