Turkey announced a series of political sanctions against the Netherlands on Monday over its refusal to allow two Turkish ministers to campaign there, including halting high-level political discussions between the two countries and closing Turkish air space to Dutch diplomats.
Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus, briefing journalists after the weekly council of ministers meeting, said the sanctions would apply until the Netherlands takes steps "to redress" the actions that Ankara sees as a grave insult.
Kurtulmuş said that Ankara had decided to halt all high-level political discussions with the Netherlands in an ongoing political spat.
"The Turkish Council of Ministers has decided to bar the Dutch ambassador from returning to Turkey. We have decided not to allow Turkey-bound Dutch diplomatic flights," he said.
Another sanction advises parliament to withdraw from a Dutch-Turkish friendship group.
"TURKISH SANCTIONS NOT TOO BAD"
The Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Tuesday said that Turkish sanctions against the Dutch government in the wake of a diplomatic clash were "not too bad" but were inappropriate as the Dutch have more to be angry about.
FURTHER SANCTIONS MAY FOLLOW
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday a diplomatic row with the Netherlands could not be dismissed with an apology, and that further actions could be taken.
On Saturday, Family Minister Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya was denied entrance to the consulate after a visit to Germany, with Dutch police blocking her car. Both Dutch and German authorities called off Kaya's campaign meetings which were to come ahead of a Turkish referendum on constitutional changes.
Kaya decided to travel to the Netherlands after the Dutch authorities refused to let Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoglu land over security concerns.
