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Turkey claims that a holy war “to end all holy wars” will soon begin in Europe following the defeat of far-right leader Geert Wilders in the Netherlands elections. Turkey’s foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, said he did not welcome the victory for Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s centre-right People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). “Now the election is over in the Netherlands…when you look at the many parties you see there is no difference between the social democrats and fascist Wilders,” he said. “All have the same mentality. Where will you go? Where are you taking Europe?

The diplomatic scandal between Turkey and the Netherlands continued for a fourth day on Tuesday, just hours ahead of the Dutch general election on Wednesday, when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan once again accused the Netherlands of state terrorism and having a “rotten” character as the diplomatic spat between the two countries deepens, adding he would mobilize the Islamic world to fight xenophobia, racism and Islamophobia.

Turkey has threatened to flood Europe with millions of potential terrorists following an escalation in tensions between Turkish and European authorities.  Diplomatic relations between Turkey and the Netherlands have reached a new low, with Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus claiming that politicians in Europe live under a “facist, neo nazi influence.” This comes after the Dutch government banned Turkish ministers from campaigning in the country.

Authored by Patrick Buchanan via Buchanan.org,

Not long ago, a democratizing Turkey, with the second-largest army in NATO, appeared on track to join the European Union.

That’s not likely now, or perhaps ever.

Last week, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan compared Angela Merkel’s Germany to Hitler’s, said the Netherlands was full of “Nazi remnants” and “fascists,” and suggested the Dutch ambassador go home.

What precipitated Erdogan’s outbursts?

As we noted moments ago, the tit-for-tat aggression resumed its escalation between Turkey and the Netherlands, with Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus exclaiming from Ankara that "Europe's politicians are under fascist, neo-nazi influence" and in response, Turkey will suspend all high-level diplomatic meetings and cancel all flight permissions for Dutch politicians.