Wilders: Gül is no friend of the West
On Wednesday and Thursday, Mr Gul will travel to The Hague and the southern province of Limburg. The president will open a special Turkish pavilion in the town of Venlo, the birthplace of Geert Wilders.

Wilders, whose anti-Islam Freedom Party props up the minority government in parliament, has said several times that Gül is not welcome in the Netherlands. Turkey’s Islamic regime, he says, is no friend of the West and therefore no friend of the Netherlands.

It is the second time that a Turkish president has visited the Netherlands. The first time was in 2001 by the then president Ahmet Necdet Sezer. In 2007, Queen Beatrix paid an official visit to Turkey.

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