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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the Netherlands will "pay the price" for its "shameless" treatment of its family minister, The Independent reports, referring to Turkish president’s speech at an awards ceremony in Istanbul.

"They will certainly pay the price, and learn what diplomacy is. We will teach them international diplomacy," Erdogan said, as quoted by the newspaper.

Moreover, Erdogan accused the Dutch government of "Nazism and fascism," saying only those types of regimes would bar foreign ministers from travelling within their countries.
"I have said that I had thought that Nazism was over, but that I was wrong," he added. "Nazism is alive in the West."

The source reminds, that the row over Ankara's political campaigning among Turkish immigrants in the Netherlands and Germany has escalated in recent days, with Erdogan labelling the Netherlands a "Nazi remnant" after it prevented Turkish politicians from holding rallies.

The Dutch government first barred Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu from flying into Rotterdam and later stopped Family Minister Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya from entering the Turkish consulate there, before escorting her back to Germany. Dutch police used dogs sand water cannons to disperse hundreds of protesters gathering outside the Turkish consulate in Rotterdam.

Several demonstrators were beaten by police with batons while others threw bottles and stones, a witness told Reuters.