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All of this comes together. the result is this terrible situation. >> the foreign minister was allowed to speak at a rally in ham burg. >> it is somewhat similar as the netherlands. you are dealing with a far more clever politician, angela merkel. she took the position they won't decide. they won't ban these rallies by turkish officials but rather let the municipalities do it at the local level, cities and towns. some have allowed it to happen. some have not. it has been murky enough so that erdogan has not been able to react as strongly against germany as he has against the netherlands. >> wh...

Reports in sweden and other european countries where these turkish rally vs. behave been p that they are somehow going to be sidelined. >> it is clearly a campaign on behalf of erdogan and his government. they have been cutting into freedom of the press. the powers of the president are considered following the failed coo a couple of months ago. i can see why many europe governments would start to resist this attempt to use their territory and the turkish population in their country as a tool to help erdogan gain more

And campaign in the netherlands anyway? >> it is part of a concerted effort by th ter erdogan government. they are trying to prepare them here and abroad, thousands of turks in europe that have turkish citizenship, to prepare them for a referendum coming up next month to give the president far more power than he currently has. so this campaign is to inform and to campaign to get turks live ago broad to vote for greater powers for president erdogan. we can't ignore the fact that this is also a piece of grandstanding by erdogan and his ministers. he has staged similar rallies and had his ministe...

Badly lose that election a few days from now. >> the dutch prime minister has been accused of bowing to the pressure because the election is js the around the corner. strong words in response from erdogan. he threatens the harshest response to the netherlands. >> they are both members of nato. so anything even coming close to out and out aggression is, of course, out of the question. we are likely to see some sort of economic sanctions perhaps recalling diplomatic personnel. who knows. it certainly is an unprecedented diplomatic row. something like this. in living memory, we haven't seen anyth...