On the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs website contains a declaration stating that the Turkish community in the Netherlands by the government “xenofobisch, Islamophobic and racist” is treated. Turkey is angry about the actions of Minister Asscher around four Turkish organizations, A survey of Turkish youth which would show sympathy for extremism and the two Turkish-Dutch MPs who left the PvdA. Turkey speaks of “unfounded racist attacks”. The Turkish ambassador Den Haag weakened hereinafter bit and says Turkey Netherlands never want to accuse of racism or xenophobia. It only comes to expressing concerns about some of the integration debate, in which the Turkish-Dutch negatively portrayed.

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