Wilders has outraged Muslims by comparing the Quran to Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” and calling for an end to Muslim immigration to the Netherlands. He has defended his right to criticize the actions of a minority he says poses a threat to society.
During European Parliament elections in early summer, running an anti-Muslim and anti-Turkey campaign, Wilders got 17 percent of the vote, and his Party for Freedom became the second-largest party after the Christian Democrats and before the Socialists in what was once known to be one of the most liberal countries on earth. In his victory speech Wilders said: “Should Turkey as an Islamic country be able to join the European Union? We are the only party in Holland that says it is an Islamic country, so no, not in 10 years, not in a million years.”
In its report, posted from Amsterdam, Anatolia said that the delegation from the Dutch House of Representatives is expected to be in Turkey between Jan. 4 and 9, while noting that Wilders most recently visited Turkey in 1983.
