Turkish Foreign Minister's Swiss Visit Postponed

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Chairman of the Union of European-Turkish Democrats in Switzerland Murat Sahin said that the visit of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to Switzerland has been postponed.

Members of the police stand in line during a gathering of demonstrators waving Turkish flags outside the Turkish consulate in Rotterdam, on 11 March 2017 after Netherlands refused Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu permission to land for a rally to gather support for a referendum on boosting Turkish president Erdogan's powers. - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The visit of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to Switzerland has been postponed, chairman of the Union of European-Turkish Democrats (UETD) in Switzerland Murat Sahin said.

Ankara officials have been trying to secure the support of Turkish community abroad to pass the constitutional amendments that would enlarge the powers of the Turkish president over the legislature and the judiciary.

"Minister's Cavusoglu Swiss visit scheduled for tomorrow [Sunday] has been postponed for another date," Sahin posted on his official Facebook page.

On Saturday, the Dutch authorities refused to let Cavusoglu land over security concerns. The foreign minister had planned to hold a Turkish expat rally at the Turkish embassy in the run up to April's constitutional referendum. The incident followed rally bans in several other European countries.

The Turkish referendum on constitutional amendments, that would give more powers to the president, will take place on April 16.

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