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Agence France-Presse: Turkish referendum campaign in Europe fires up tensions

By Agence France-Presse.
A man waves a Turkish flag in front of the Dutch Consulate where protesters have briefly replaced the Netherlands' national flag with a Turkish one on March 12, in Istanbul. Protestors briefly took down the Dutch flag at the Dutch consulate in Istanbul and replaced it with a Turkish one, AFP journalists saw, as tensions escalated in a diplomatic row. Turkey's Family Minister Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya was back in Istanbul after being expelled from the Netherlands and escorted back to Germany by Dutch police, condemning The Hague's "ugly" treatment.
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ISTANBUL – Turkey’s family minister flew home to Istanbul on Sunday after Dutch authorities expelled her for seeking to woo the vote of expatriate Turks for a key referendum at home.

A crowd waving Turkish flags greeted Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya at the airport, where she said she and her entourage were subjected to “rude and tough treatment”.

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