
Erdogan Says Dutch Cabinet Acting Like 'Nazi Remnants and Fascists'
Turkey's President Erdogan reacts after his foreign minister is refused entry to Holland
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticises the Dutch cabinet after his Foreign Minister is refused permission to enter the Netherlands. The move follows the banning of a rally for Turkish voters in Rotterdam who are eligible to vote in an upcoming referendum to decide on greater powers for the Turkish presidency.
Also in today's programme, India's BJP celebrates state election wins in Uttar Pradesh. And 100 years on from Russia's revolution to overthrow Tsar Nicholas II, why is so little happening to mark the anniversary?
(Photo: Turkey's President Erdogan at a rally in Istanbul on March 5, 2017. Credit: Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images)
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