2017 Dutch–Turkish diplomatic incident

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In March 2017, the Netherlands and Turkey were involved in a diplomatic incident, triggered by Turkish efforts to hold political rallies on Dutch territory and subsequent travel restrictions placed by Dutch authorities on Turkish officials seeking to promote the campaign for a 'yes' vote in the upcoming Turkish constitutional referendum to Turkish citizens living in the Netherlands. Such foreign campaigning is illegal under Turkish law.

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The Netherlands barred the aircraft of Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu from landing and expelled Turkish Minister of Family and Social Policies Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya from the country, when both tried to speak at rallies. In response, Turkey expelled the Dutch Ambassador from the country and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called the Dutch "fascists" and "remnants of Nazism" and accused the Netherlands of "massacring" Muslims in Srebrenica during the Bosnian War in 1995. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte called Erdoğan's remarks "unacceptable" and a "vile falsification of history" and demanded an apology. [1] Rutte also called for talks to resolve the impasse, adding that Turkey had crossed a diplomatic line.

Background

The Turkish referendum held on 16 April 2017 concerned a series of constitutional amendments that, if approved, would transform the country from a parliamentary democracy into a presidential system, under which President Erdoğan would be able to stand in two more elections, theoretically allowing him to govern as a powerful head of state until 2029. Critics of the proposed changes have expressed their fears of increased authoritarianism, whereas supporters claim the new system would make the Turkish state stronger and safer. [2]

In the 'Yes' campaign's attempt to persuade Europe's Turkish diaspora (many of whom still hold Turkish citizenship and thus are allowed to vote on the referendum) several high-ranking Turkish government officials sought to campaign in European cities with large Turkish populations. This included the Dutch city of Rotterdam, which contains a large portion of the 400,000 people of Turkish origin living in the Netherlands. The Turkish plans to campaign in European cities met a mixed reception in many European states, including the Netherlands. [3]

Overseas election campaigning, even in diplomatic missions, is illegal under Turkish law; yet most political parties in Turkey, including the ruling AKP, have flouted this law. [4] [5]

The Turkish referendum came at a time when the Netherlands, too, was scheduled for its general election, which was held on 15 March 2017. [6]

Escalation

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Protesters at the Consulate General of the Netherlands in Istanbul

On 3 March 2017, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte got confirmation from the Turkish authorities that a campaign rally was planned on Dutch territory, [7] on 11 March. [8] That day he announced on his Facebook page that the Dutch authorities would not cooperate. [7] On 6 March, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs received diplomatic mail requesting the admission of the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu with the intention of attending a campaign meeting. [7] The same day, the Dutch foreign minister Bert Koenders replied in a note verbale that such a visit would not be allowed. [7] This led to a series of telephonic contacts between Koenders and Çavuşoğlu, as well as between Rutte and the Turkish prime minister Binali Yıldırım. [7] According to Çavuşoğlu, the Dutch government told him that it objected to a visit because it feared that it would lead to an electoral victory of the anti-Islamic Party for Freedom. [8] The Dutch government has denied that such a motive was ever communicated to Çavuşoğlu. [8] Dutch diplomatic sources have indicated that Çavuşoğlu offered Koenders to postpone a visit to a date after the Dutch elections on 15 March, e.g. to 18 March, but that this option was refused by Koenders who wanted to avoid any suggestion of a connection between the two events, fearing it might give the impression that the Dutch government deliberately escalated the situation. [7] As an alternative for a ministerial visit to a mass gathering, the Dutch authorities offered to allow the visit of Turkish ex-parliamentarians, or Çavuşoğlu visiting some closed session. [7] When no consensus was reached, the Dutch made a final offer on 10 March: Çavuşoğlu would be allowed access to the Turkish embassy in The Hague. [7] This was accepted by the Turks. [8] Then the Dutch demanded that no more than fifty people were invited to the meeting and the session would not be made public beforehand. [7] While Turkey considered this condition, a third one was made in the evening: the names of those invited would have to be disclosed beforehand to the Dutch authorities. [8] On 11 March 03:00, [8] it was added that if Turkey would not accept this offer, landing rights might be refused. [7] Turkey considered this to be an unacceptable infringement on its sovereignty and a deliberate attempt by the Dutch to sabotage the visit. [8] Koenders told the Dutch press that the Netherlands would not facilitate a planned visit by Çavuşoğlu to Rotterdam on 11 March, meaning that he would not meet with Çavuşoğlu in any official capacity and that the Dutch state would not provide support in any way during his planned visit. Koenders cited risks to public order and security for the decision, and further stated that, although the Dutch government did not approve of the planned visit, he would not infringe upon the constitutional right of freedom of assembly. [9] Çavuşoğlu was very dismayed by what he saw as a Dutch ultimatum. [7] He publicly requested "all Turkish citizens in the Netherlands" to come to the Turkish consulate in Rotterdam on 11 March. In an interview with CNN Türk around 09:00 he claimed to have been threatened by the Netherlands and announced "heavy sanctions" if his visit was prevented. [8] Koenders watched the CNN programme; when he heard the remarks by Çavuşoğlu, he said "This is the signal" and immediately phoned Rutte. [7] On 11 March, around 10:00, Rutte denied Çavuşoğlu's government plane the right to land on Dutch soil. [10]

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Mounted police in front of the Turkish consulate, Rotterdam

Meanwhile, Geert Wilders, the leader of the anti-Islamic Party for Freedom, had on 8 March demonstrated against the visit in front of the Turkish embassy in The Hague, heading a small group of party candidates. [7] Together with member of parliament Sietse Fritsma, he held a banner with the words Blijf Weg! Dit is ons land ("Stay Away! This is our country"). [7] On 11 March, Wilders too became aware of Çavuşoğlu's remarks; on 11:20 he sent a tweet to his many Twitter followers to re-tweet to Rutte: "don't let the Turkish minister into the country; do NOT let him land here". [7] Later that day, Wilders in an interview with Al Jazeera claimed it was pressure from his party that convinced Rutte not to grant landing rights. [7]

At the time, the Turkish Minister of Family and Social Policies, Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya, was touring Germany. [7] A visit to the Dutch town of Hengelo, close to the German border, had already been scheduled. [7] On 11 March, the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service received information that Kaya would try to reach Rotterdam by car. [7] She could freely cross the border because of the Schengen Agreement. [8] A crisis centre was established on the twenty-third floor of the Rotterdam World Port Center to coordinate police actions. [7] Earlier, the Turkish consul in Rotterdam had indicated to the Mayor of Rotterdam, Ahmed Aboutaleb, that there were no plans for such a visit. [7] It now proved impossible to contact the consul, which gave Aboutaleb the conviction that the consul knew of Kaya's attempt. [7] A motorcade was intercepted but the car with the minister managed to drive away. [7] It reached a small yard at the rear of the Turkish consulate. [7] The Dutch police stopped Betül Sayan Kaya's entourage just metres from the Turkish consulate building. [11] About twenty police officers, forming a special forces unit, the Dienst Speciale Interventies, masked and equipped with body armour and automatic weapons, arrested ten members of Kaya's bodyguard, on suspicion of illegally carrying firearms. [7] A German source had indicated they had obtained a German weapons permit. [8] No arms were discovered. [7] Two other men were also arrested, who later proved to be the Deventer Turkish consul and the chargé d'affaires of the Turkish embassy. [8] They in principle enjoyed diplomatic immunity. [8] The twelve arrested men were detained for two hours and their passports were seized. [8] A stand-off ensued for several hours in which the Turkish minister refused to leave the car. [7] Just after midnight, a special heavy tow truck, a lift flatbed, was driven into the yard and prepared to vertically hoist the 3.5 tonne car onto the flatbed, with the minister still in it, to transport her back to Germany. [7] The minister now left the car and demanded entrance to the consulate invoking the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. [7] The Dutch police had orders to arrest the minister if necessary. [12] Ultimately, she gave in to the police demands to leave the country. At the time, many news sources assumed that she had been declared persona non grata. [13] She was, loudly protesting, taken to another car, a black armoured Mercedes, [8] by masked Dutch police officers who accompanied her to a police station at Nijmegen near the Dutch–German border. [7] Her passport was seized. [8] She was not allowed to leave the station for one and a half hours, while being reunited with the ten bodyguards. [7] [8] She returned to Germany under German escort. [7] Sporadic rioting occurred among the about a thousand pro-Erdoğan protesters who had come to the Turkish consulate. They were met by Dutch riot police, who arrested twelve people for violent assault and not following police instructions. [14] [15] [16] Kaya's passport was returned on 12 March, 18:00, to the Turkish consul. [8] In April 2017, Kaya's lawyer said they would file a complaint against the Dutch government at court claiming that her expulsion from the Netherlands was illegal because she was not given a written statement of the reasons for the expulsion. [17] However, on 2 May the case was dropped when it transpired that Kaya had never been formally declared persona non grata and that from a judicial point of view she had left the Netherlands voluntarily. [18]

The Dutch actions prompted President Erdoğan to characterise the Dutch as "fascists" and "remnants of Nazism" and to accuse the Netherlands of mass murder in Srebrenica, which resulted in a hardening of positions on both sides. [19] [1] Rutte called Erdoğan's remarks "unacceptable" and a "vile falsification of history", and demanded an apology.

Rotterdam councillor Turan Yazır, a Dutch-Turkish citizen and supporter of Fethullah Gülen, was granted leave of absence after receiving threats and having his details published by the Daily Sabah newspaper, which also accused him of working with Geert Wilders. [20]

Reactions

Dutch reaction

Turkish reaction

International reaction

International organisations

  • Amnesty International – The organisation said that no fundamental human rights were violated by the police actions in Rotterdam. [43] [44]
  • Flag of Europe.svg EU – On 13 March, the European Commission urged Turkey to "moderate its tone" in order to avoid further escalation of the incident. It added that Turkish insults towards the Netherlands, accusing them of being Nazis or fascists, is a mode of rhetoric which has no place in Europe. [45] On 15 March, the President of the European Council Donald Tusk said in a speech in the European Parliament that Turkey's comments were "completely detached from reality". [46] Tusk included a statement in Dutch saying: "Nederland is Europa en Europa is Nederland ... We zijn allemaal solidair met Nederland" ("The Netherlands are Europe and Europe is the Netherlands ... We are all in solidarity with the Netherlands"). [47]
  • Flag of NATO.svg NATO – NATO called for calm and for both sides to de-escalate the situation. [48]

Governments

  • Flag of Austria.svg Austria – Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said that Turkey was not welcome to hold rallies in Austria, stating that doing so could hinder integration and increase friction between Austrians and Turkish immigrants. [49]
  • Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark – Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen expressed his concern about the political developments in Turkey, and announced his intention to postpone the visit of the Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım to Denmark. [50]
  • Flag of France.svg France – Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault called Erdoğan's comments "unacceptable" and for Turkey to abide by the European Convention on Human Rights. [48]
  • Flag of Germany.svg Germany – Chancellor Angela Merkel stated that she was not opposed to Turkish ministers holding rallies in Germany, providing that they had previously been announced. However, Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière said that Turkey had no business to campaign in Germany. [49] Merkel defended the Netherlands and rejected Erdoğan's accusations towards the Netherlands as "completely unacceptable comments". She further stated that "the Netherlands could count on her full support and solidarity". [51]
On 20 March, Chancellor Merkel told President Erdoğan that his comparing German officials to Nazis must stop. She also said that permission that had been granted for rallies to be held in Germany might be rescinded. Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said that he had let his Turkish counterpart know that "a line had been crossed". [52]

Later developments

On February 5, 2018, the Dutch Foreign Ministry announced that it was formally withdrawing its ambassador from Turkey and that it would not accept any new ambassador appointed by the Turkish government. The ministry added that on-going talks aimed at resolving the dispute had come to a halt, and that neither of the parties involved had agreed to normalize diplomatic ties. [54]

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