Rotterdam

Turkey has summoned Dutch chargé d'affairs to the Turkish Foreign Ministry for the third time since March 11 and has demanded an official apology after a Turkish minister was barred to meet with Turks living in the Netherlands, as well as a comprehensive probe on security officials staging disproportioned use of force on Turkish demonstrators. 

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has ruled out any apology for banning Turkish ministers from joining pro-Ankara rallies here, while adding that he hoped a diplomatic row could be defused.

The President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday that the Netherlands was acting like a 'banana republic' and should face sanctions for barring Turkish ministers from speaking in Rotterdam, fuelling a row over Ankara's political campaigning abroad, according to Reuters.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on March 12 he would do everything to "de-escalate" a diplomatic confrontation with Turkey he described as the worst the Netherlands has experienced in years, after two major incidents on March 11.

Turkey told the Netherlands that it would retaliate in the "harshest ways" after Turkish ministers were barred from speaking in Rotterdam.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has called on the government to suspend relations with the Netherlands following an escalating diplomatic row over the country's refusal to permit a Turkish minister to enter the consulate in Rotterdam, showcasing the party's support for the government on the issue.

Turkey told the Netherlands on March 12 that it would retaliate in the "harshest way" after Turkish ministers were barred from speaking in Rotterdam in a row over campaigning among Turks living in the country.

Turkey told the Netherlands on March 12 that it would retaliate in the "harshest way" after Turkish ministers were barred from speaking in Rotterdam in a row over campaigning among Turks living in the country.

The escalating dispute between NATO allies Turkey and the Netherlands hit a new low Sunday, with a Turkish minister escorted out of the country less than a day after Turkey’s foreign minister was denied entry, prompting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to call the Dutch “Nazi remnants.”

Turkey's family affairs minister has said her convoy was blocked by Dutch police from entering the Turkish consulate in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has labeled Dutch authorities "Nazi remnants, fascists" in reaction to the government's withdrawal of permission for Turkey's foreign minister to land to speak at a pro-Erdogan rally in Rotterdam.