February 2 2011 Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has refused to comment on remarks by anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders calling Turkey a totalitarian state and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan a ‘freak’. During a press conference in Ankara, the Minister refused to give the remarks the credit of a reaction, instead emphasizing the good relations…
A planned trip to Turkey by a delegation from the Dutch parliament has been cancelled. The trip was scheduled for January, and intended as a “fact finding mission” in connection with Turkey’s hopes to join the EU. Last week a representative from the foreign affairs ministry stated that Geert Wilders, leader of the right wing…
A planned visit to Turkey by Dutch members of parliament remains unconfirmed, after the Turkish Foreign Ministry announced the delegation would not be welcome if it included Geert Wilders. Foreign ministry spokesman Burak Ozugergin told AFP that the far-right politician, leader of the Freedom Party and a vocal critic of Islam, is “unwelcome” in Turkey…
