Is deepening this hour. It all began when a minister in president erdogans government was blocked from addressing a rally in rotterdam. That prompted mr erdogan to describe the dutch government, led by mark rutte, as nazi remna nts. A second Turkish Minister has now been stopped from entering the netherlands, and in ankara, the dutch ambassador has been told he isnt welcome. Mark lowen reports. They love his nationalism, his bluntness, his standing up to the west, and today Recep Tayyip Erdogan doled it out. After his Foreign Minister was blocked from landing in the netherlands, president erdogan hit back at the dutch, his diplomacy typically undiplomatic. Translation they dont know anything about politics or international diplomacy. They are very nervous and cowards. They are nazi remnants, they are fascists. The Foreign Minister had wanted to rally turkish voters in the netherlands before a referendum on boosting mr erdogans powers. But with the dutch election next week, the governme
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has secured 49.24% of the votes in the presidential election, while his main challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, has obtained 45%, with 100% of ballots cast in Turkiye processed, according to state media.
A candidate must get more than 50% of the vote to win the highly-charged race. If no one passes that threshold, the vote goes to a runoff election two weeks later.