Turkish-Dutch diplomatic fray and recalling the UN General Assembly Resolution "2131"

   Turkey has gone through diplomatic aggravation since firstly collided with that stumbling block on its relation with Russia when Turkish warplane shot down Russian military aircraft in November 2015 on the border with Syria. President Putin stated describing the incident, "a stab in the back by accomplices of terrorists." Secondly, the round that made the matter worse, when Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov was gunned down in December last year by a Turkish nationalist police officer believed to be an off-duty. As came out reportedly, this assassination was a retaliatory reaction to the Russian military intervention in the ongoing Syrian civil war.

Protesters wave flags outside the Dutch consulate in central Istanbul's Istiklal Avenue, the main shopping road of Istanbul, early Sunday, March 12, 2017. The escalating dispute between Turkey and the Netherlands spilled over into Sunday, with a Turkish minister unable to enter her consulate after the authorities there had already blocked a visit by the foreign minister, prompting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to call the Dutch fascists. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Most recently, a new episode of diplomatic turmoil Turkey is experiencing now with Netherlands, it broke out when the permission to Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu's airplane to land down in Netherlands was denied at official level which prompted political leadership in Turkey to firmly react to this step drove Turkish President out of diplomatic protocol describing Dutch leadership, "Nazi remnants and fascists." The visit aimed at drumming up the support of Turkish community in diaspora for the upcoming constitutional referendum on April 14.On this scene, there have been hostile calls sweeping off supporting voices to the current Turkish leadership, which are believed to be anti-JDP rule within political community of some EU's countries so far. In Germany, Turkish officials had been denied access to set up political campaigns within Turkish community, and followed by Austrian rejection as well. Therefore, Germany did take its share of Erdogan's accusations of its policies as "Nazi practices." It seemingly the Turkish communities in Europe -though they live under other rules and some aren't Turkish citizens anymore- have a political influence on the political landscape in Turkey can't be underestimated. It's a giant asset prompts Turkish officials to polarize their voices for the ongoing political reformations process.

This event sharpened my interest to look at it from another angle, the hosting countries of expat Turks who are a target to Turkish political leadership as a pressuring factor in any political process have sovereignty. It obliges Turkey to consider the rules of respecting this sovereignty. It, furthermore, reflects the Turkish diplomatic performance that was harshly criticized by Holland. However, none of the official statements mentioned that Turkish attempts of political rallying is kind of intervention in the affairs of other countries and violation of territorial integrity, considering that Turks who live now in Holland and Germany are not Turkish anymore, despite the fact that most of them still keep their Turkish citizenship.

There is nothing refers to the status of "if there is a refugee community could play an effective role in both the country of origin or hosting country, it's inadmissible to set off on political campaigns through recruiting those refugees in the soil of hosting country. But, contingent on a total agreement between rulers." I don't think that Turkish attempt to set up that campaign was out of diplomatic rules because it had already asked for the permission of Dutch government. I, therefore, can't be certain if Germany and Netherlands refused this due to the matter of sovereignty violation, or they attempt to clamp down on JDP's far-sighted goals to keep ruling the country.

It's worth mentioning, the Turkish population or "expat Turks" is estimated over 400.000 people, and in Germany alone approximately 4 million. So, this a huge existence of Turkish population in these hosting countries makes a remarkable political impact if it would be garnered wisely.

Reportedly, Holland fended off the Turkish official rallying on their soils, justifying this action in a formal statement that, "because of risks to public order and security" caused by the Turkish official visit, as well as, Germany justified with the same reason. I actually, didn't observe that there are overtly another reasons justify this stepping up against the Turkish formal visit, which is considered a violation of diplomatic rules. Holland and Germany didn't state other than the aforementioned reason. And, moreover, this diplomatic unrest takes place between countries are members of NATO. It might be an antagonistic attitude toward Turkish ruling party that has been controversially the top of topics being discussed at the international arena because of allegedly oppressive policies have been conducted by since that failed military coup on 15th of July, 2016.  

The question is, does Turkish action of recruiting its citizens who are refugees in Holland and Germany pose violation to diplomatic rules and their jurisdiction?

In terms of legality, the international laws arrange relationships among countries, or non-intervention in the affairs of other countries. Thus, for instance, there is a Declaration on the Inadmissibility of Intervention and Interference in the Domestic affairs of States (UNGA resolution 2131 XX 1965). It at the core stipulates that any kind of intervention is condemned including all forms of militarily intervention and security threats,

"No State has the right to intervene, directly or indirectly, for any reason whatever in the internal affairs of any State. Consequently, armed intervention and all other forms of intervention or attempted threats against the personality of the State or against its political, economic and cultural elements, are condemned."

It's interesting to provoke the legality behind this issue at the international arena because the issue of refugees or minorities is "a de-facto" constitutes a pressure leaf in arranging certain international affairs. The rift between Germany and Turkey over Syrian refugees is an evidence of how Turkey is trying to reap as many advantages as it can in return to offering concession in favor of this issue. Therefore, the Turkish official attempt to campaign on the hosting countries’ soil to shore up its interior political process could guarantee successes at some point. It, however, contingent on the extent of its legality and consequences aftermath. This issue is debatable has much behind to understand, because the future holds more unexpected answers in its folds to the running analyses on Turkish fate with EU where the latest diplomatic fray indicates to a relentless rejection to Turkish ruling party's policies.