{"id":11240,"date":"2017-03-11T09:24:34","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T09:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/turkey-referendum-fm-cavusoglu-defiant-on-dutch-visit\/"},"modified":"2017-03-11T09:24:34","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T09:24:34","slug":"turkey-referendum-fm-cavusoglu-defiant-on-dutch-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/turkey-referendum-fm-cavusoglu-defiant-on-dutch-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey referendum: FM Cavusoglu defiant on Dutch visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Berlin. Photo: 8 March 2017\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/185E3\/production\/_95111899_387fa491-ebbc-4f07-84ac-9d69e47d4674.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  EPA<figcaption>Image caption                                      Mevlut Cavusoglu warned Turkey would retaliate if his visit to Rotterdam were blocked                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says he will visit Rotterdam on Saturday, despite a Dutch ban on addressing a public rally in the city.<\/p>\n<p>He warned Turkey would impose heavy sanctions if his visit were blocked.<\/p>\n<p>Citing security concerns, Rotterdam&#039;s mayor had earlier said that Mr Cavusoglu could not campaign there to win support among expatriates for next month&#039;s constitutional referendum.<\/p>\n<p>Similar meetings in Austria, Germany and Switzerland have also been banned.<\/p>\n<p>The cancellations in Germany led Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to accuse Berlin of &quot;Nazi practices&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>That comment drew a sharp response from German leaders, with Chancellor Angela Merkel describing the comparison as &quot;unacceptable&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Erdogan is seeking new powers in the 16 April vote.<\/p>\n<p>He is targeting millions of expatriate voters eligible to cast a ballot in the referendum - including 1.4 million in Germany.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Turkey says &#039;No&#039; to saying &#039;No&#039;, ahead of its referendum<\/li>\n<li>Why is German-Turkish reporter in detention?<\/li>\n<li>Erdogan rallies not welcome in Austria<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb said earlier this week that the owner of the hall scheduled to hold Mr Cavusoglu&#039;s event in the city on Saturday had withdrawn authorisation, but the foreign minister could still visit.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He has diplomatic immunity and everything so we will treat him with respect, but we have other instruments to prohibit things happening in public spaces,&quot; Mr Aboutaleb said, quoted by Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n<figure>                                                                                                       Image copyright                  AP<figcaption>Image caption                                      Mr Cavusoglu&#039;s planned visit to the Netherlands has prompted demonstrations by anti-Islam groups                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There was also uncertainty about whether an event he was due to attend in Zurich, Switzerland, on Sunday would go ahead after one venue refused to hold it.<\/p>\n<p>Another event in Zurich scheduled for Friday and featuring a senior official was cancelled, as were rallies in the Austrian towns of Hoerbranz, Linz and Herzogenburg.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch and Austrian governments have also criticised the Turkish government&#039;s drive to take its referendum campaign to Turks based in EU countries.<\/p>\n<p>Relations between Turkey and European countries have deteriorated since last July&#039;s attempted coup in Turkey. Germany has been critical of the mass arrests and purges that followed - with nearly 100,000 civil servants removed from their posts.<\/p>\n<p>Many European nations have expressed deep disquiet about Turkey&#039;s response to the coup attempt and its perceived slide towards authoritarianism under President Erdogan.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey is a key partner in an arrangement attempting to limit the movement of migrants into the EU, but has threatened to &quot;open the gates&quot; if the EU reneges on commitments to provide aid, visa-free travel for its nationals and accelerated membership talks.<\/p>\n<p><a rel='nofollow' href=http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-39241417 target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright EPAImage caption Mevlut Cavusoglu warned Turkey would retaliate if his visit to Rotterdam were blocked Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says he will visit Rotterdam on Saturday, despite<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}