Turkey and the Netherlands sharply escalated a dispute between the two NATO allies on Saturday as the Dutch blocked a campaign visit by the Turkish foreign minister, prompting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to call them "fascists." Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu talks to reporters at Ataturk airport in Istanbul on Saturday after the Netherlands barred his plane from landing in Rotterdam. Cavusoglu also referred to possible sanctions, and Rutte said consultations under such threats were impossible, forcing him to bar the visit. Other countries ban Turkish referendum ralliesAuthorities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland have also banned Turkish campaign events in the escalating dispute. Thanks to heavy PVV- pressure a few days before the Dutch elections our government did NOT allow the Turkish minister to land here!

Source: CBC News March 11, 2017 18:16 UTC