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>> let's talk about this right now with netherland's based freelance journalist, robert chessle. >> robert, let's back up and talk about the genesis of this. this protest in rotterdam, who was holding it and what was it to bb? >> what we discovered late last night is that it was orchestrated by the consul general of turkey in the netherlands at the rotterdam consulate. he and others were calling on turkish/dutch people to come to the consulate to hold a demonstration as a show of force. basically, this is an example of election time grandstanding, let's say, polling time grandstanding. turkey ...

People campaigning and rallying to get them to vote to give erdogan more power. the netherlands is about to face a general election on wednesday. so prime minister could not possibly allow a huge, turkish campaign to take place. this is basically election-time grandstanding from both sides. >> the back and forth between turkey and the netherlands. >> it is unprecedented, unprecedented that a minister of a foreign country is detained and deported from the country. sme she is not even allowed tone ter her own country's territory. the consulate is the territory of turkey, even though it is

Newsroom." our top story, a diplomatic balt is brewing between turkey and the netherlands. they refused to let the turkish foreign minister's plane land for a rally. protests have broken out and turkey has sealed off dutch diplomatic reasons for what it calls security reasons. dutch police also blocked turkey's family affairs minister from entering the turkish consulate. >> reporter: the manager of this location has higher orders to ask you to leave holland today. >> we can escort. >> reporter: the team is here to escort you on the fastest route to germany by following the team in your own c...