Diplomatic crisis has often helped boost Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s popularity. Prickly Turkey-Europe relations nose-dived over the weekend, as the Netherlands prevented Turkish ministers from addressing election rallies, and Mr. Erdoğan called the Dutch “Nazi fascists” who would “pay the price.” He continued the rhetoric on Tuesday, blaming the Dutch for not stopping the Srebrenica massacre by Bosnian Serbs in 1995. The crisis, on its face, should bolster Erdoğan.

Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/far-erdo-fanning-turkeys-diplomatic-crisis-europe-153448484.html

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