Anti-Islam populist Wilders protests outside Turkish embassy
Mar 8, 2017 | 5:00 AM
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A rally in Rotterdam to seek support for a “yes” vote in a Turkish referendum on constitutional reform that would give President Recep Tayyip Erdogan more power was cancelled Wednesday, amid security concerns.
Rotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb wrote in a letter to city aldermen that the owner of a hall in the city that was to have hosted the meeting had cancelled. Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu had planned to address the rally.
Aboutaleb added that even if the venue had not pulled the plug on the meeting that he likely would have banned it “because of the risk to public order and security.”
Tensions have been high in Rotterdam’s Turkish community since last year’s failed coup aimed at toppling Erdogan.
