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Sunday, December 10, 2006

Criticism of Election Manipulation Angers Dutch Turks | The Brussels Journal

"Criticism of Election Manipulation Angers Dutch Turks
From the desk of Paul Belien on Sun,:51

The Turkish authorities deny any wrongdoing in the Koser Kaya case. Last Thursday Dutch television revealed that Ankara influenced the 22 November general elections in the Netherlands. Fatma Koser Kaya, a Dutch woman of Turkish origin, was elected against all odds as a member of the Dutch Parliament after an email called upon Dutch voters of Turkish origin to vote for the woman because “the Turkish community is threatened by assimilation” and “no-one can represent Turks better than Turks.” The email was sent from the Turkish ministry of Religious Affairs to several thousand Dutch voters of Turkish origin."

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