
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Ankara would respond 10 times stronger to the Dutch governments decision to prevent a Turkish minister from entering the country.
The comments came after the Dutch government canceled the Turkish foreign minister's flight permit and then blocked a convoy carrying the Family Minister from entering the Turkish consulate in Rotterdam.
The ministers were due to meet Turkish residents ahead of the April 16 referendum in Turkey on constitutional reform.
Cavusoglu said the actions by the Dutch are an attempt to attract right-wing voters in the March 15 general election.
"We will take 10 times more action," he said in an interview with state-run TRT television, describing their actions as "inhuman".
To prevent a female minister from entering our territory, our consulate office, was shameful for Europe, according to Cavusoglu.
Turkey continues diplomatic initiatives with other European countries to express Ankara's reaction against the Dutch government, the minister said.
The Turkish foreign ministry has asked the Dutch ambassador in Ankara, who is currently on leave, not to return 'for a while'.
Meanwhile, Dutch police dispersed Turkish citizens who took to the streets to protest police treatment of the Turkish family minister.
In Turkey, hundreds of demonstrators flocked to the Dutch missions in Ankara and Istanbul to protest the moves by the Dutch government.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described the actions as a measure by Nazi remnants and fascists.
Source : QNA
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