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Turkish security officers stand at a barricade outside the Dutch embassy in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, March 13, 2017. Turkey’s minister in charge of European Union affairs says his country should consider reviewing a migration deal with the European and relax controls on people reaching Europe overland. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) Image Credit: AP

Ankara: Turkey halted high level relations with the Netherlands on Monday, citing the Dutch government’s barring of Turkish politicians from holding rallies ahead of a referendum on a new constitution.

“Until the Netherlands compensates for what it has done, high level relations and planned meetings at a ministerial and higher level have been suspended,” said Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus after a cabinet meeting in Ankara.