People shout slogans during a protest in front of theDutchConsulate in Istanbul,Turkey,March 12, 2017. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
ANKARA, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned Dutch charge d'affairs and demanded an official apology after a Turkish minister was barred from meeting Turks living in the Netherlands.
Ankara also called for a comprehensive probe into what it described as disproportionate use of force on Turkish demonstrators.
Daan Feddo Huisinga, the Charge D'Affairs of Dutch Embassy, was given two diplomatic notes, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
The first diplomatic note decried what was described the mistreatment of Turkish Family Minister Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya and Turkish diplomats, saying it clearly violated the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
The 1961 convention is an international treaty specifying the privileges of a diplomatic mission that enables diplomats to perform their functions without fear of coercion or harassment by the host country.
The second diplomatic note concerned the mistreatment of the Turkish community and citizens who exercised their right to peaceful demonstration in Rotterdam.
On Saturday evening, hundreds of Turkish citizens demonstrated in Rotterdam against the ministerial visiting ban.
Local police used batons, dogs and water cannons. Turkey regard this as a disproportionate use of force.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry called for punishments for security forces who "prevented the Turkish community from exercising their right to peaceful demonstration and mistreated them."
