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Ankara is closing its airspace to Dutch diplomats until the Netherlands meets Turkish requests, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said during a news conference following a weekly cabinet meeting, according to Associated Press.

Kurtulmuş also said the Dutch ambassador to Turkey, who was traveling when the diplomatic row started between the two countries, will not be allowed to return.

He added that Turkey’s government plans to advise the country’s parliament to withdraw from a Dutch-Turkish friendship group. 

The Turkish Deputy PM said the political sanctions will apply until the Netherlands takes steps to “redress” its actions. 

“There is a crisis and a very deep one,” he said. “[But] we didn’t create this crisis, or bring to this stage.”

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