The comments came after the Dutch government canceled the Turkish foreign minister’s landing clearance and then blocked a convoy of 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 change.
Cavusoglu said the actions by the Dutch are an attempt to attract right-wing voters in the March 15 general election.
“Which steps they take, we will take 10 times more action. We are not afraid of this, but their doings are really inhuman,” Cavusoglu said in an interview with TRT television.
To prevent a female minister from entering “our territory, our consulate office”, was shameful for Europe, Cavusoglu said. The action against Turkish ministers was against the referendum in Turkey, he said. “Because they don’t want a stable, strong and more freedom Turkey,” he added.
Turkey continues diplomatic initiatives with other European countries to express Ankara’s reaction against the Dutch government, the minister said.
The foreign ministry has asked the Dutch ambassador in Ankara, who is currently on leave, not to return ’for a while’.
Dutch police dispersed Turkish citizens who took to the streets to protest police treatment of the Turkish family minister.
The Netherlands is home to some 400,000 people of Turkish origin, and Ankara is keen to harness votes of the diaspora in Europe ahead of an April 16 referendum on boosting presidential powers.
In Turkey, hundreds of demonstrators gathered in front of 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”.
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