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ANKARA, March 12 (Xinhua) -- TurkishleadershasthreatenedDutchgovernmenttoretaliateinthe "harshestways" afterTurkishministerswerebarredfromholdingralliesinRotterdamforareferendumonconstitutionalamendmentstoexpandthepresident'spowers.
"YouwillpaythepriceifyousacrificetiesbetweenTurkey-Netherlands. Wehaveyettodowhatisrequired," TurkishPresidentRecepTayyipErdogansaidonSunday.
"IthoughtthatNazismwasover, butIwaswrong. Infact, NazismisuponitsfeetintheWest," hesaid.
"We'llrespondinharshestway," theTurkishPrimeMinisterBinaliYildirimsaidonSundayspeakingatarallyinwesternTurkey. "HeyEurope, pleasedon'tmeddleinTurkey'sinternalaffairsandpoliticsanddon'ttakeaside," hesaid.
DiplomatictensionsbetweenthetwocountriesescalatedontheweekendaftertheDutchauthoritiescanceledTurkishForeignMinisterMevlutCavusoglu'sflightpermissiontotheNetherlandsandthenblockedTurkishFamilyMinisterFatmaBetulSayanKayafromenteringtheTurkishconsulateinRotterdamonSaturday. Assheinsistedtoentertheconsulatecompound, theministerwasdeclared "personanongrata" anddeportedtoGermany.
DutchpoliceintervenedhundredsofTurkishprotestersthatweredemonstratinginfrontoftheTurkishconsulatecompoundaftertheTurkishministerwasblockedfromentering, withsevenTurkswereinjuredand 12 othersweredetained.
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