Deputy Prime Minister Lodewijk Asscher is worried about the atmosphere among Turkish Dutch. He speaks of a "low point" after the affair Ebru Umar.
Columnist Umar could almost three weeks Turkey not because they would have Turkish President Erdogan insulted on Twitter.
'Fuck Erdogan, "she wrote, among other things. The issue also caused strong reactions in the Netherlands. She received support, but also a lot of criticism from a large group of Turkish Dutch Erdogan supporters.
At present, Umar is in a "safe house" somewhere in the Netherlands because of threats made against her. According Asscher feel many Turkish Dutch apparently so connected to the political debate in Turkey that they can not abide their opinions and even go threatening."I think that's a problem," he said in the program With Eye on Tomorrow. "The lack of freedom that are now appearing in the Turkish society, threatens to be imported to the Netherlands."
Geert Wilders
Asscher called the threats "really terrible." According to the Deputy Prime Minister, we have a lot of freedom, "but a threat that someone scares, which is of a different order, there is no excuse for it." He hopes not that Umar should be just as secure as Geert Wilders. "Geert Wilders is already very long, very serious threat, which is a horrible thing. With huge impact on how you live your life."
The deputy prime minister earlier this year set itself a cynical post on his Facebook page in response to many racist comments on social media. He said the people who called him "Dog Zionists" or his claims with "Asscher", a reference to the notorious German SS and his Jewish background. " Always laughing ," he wrote. "May I suggest careful the next time you place such a reaction to show the tweet or post in first to your mother, or your daughter, for that matter?"
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