Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday told Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte he had lost Turkey as a friend, despite beating the far-right in parliamentary elections. “Hey Rutte! You may have emerged as the number one party in the election but you must know that you have lost Turkey ...
Turkey said on Thursday there was “no difference” between the ruling Dutch liberals and the “fascist” anti-immigration politician Geert Wilders, after Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte defeated the far-right in elections. With Turkey locked in an explosive crisis with the European Union that erupted in the run-up to the polls, ...