Military service for Turkish immigrants?

Dutch Integration Minister Eberhard van der Laan wants to prompt Turkey to abolish military service for Dutch citizens of Turkish origin. The conservative weekly magazine Elsevier believes this is naive: "The Turkish state will continue to impose duties on its subjects, just like the Dutch state does. The Turks are not about to be influenced by whether or not this suits Dutch integration policy. For this reason it is also naive to think it doesn't matter how many citizenships a person has. Anyone like van der Laan who worries about the influence of the Turkish military service on the Netherlands can only do two things: encourage the Turks to give up their Turkish passports at as early an age as possible, or reinstigate military service in the Netherlands, be it only for Dutch citizens of Turkish origin."

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