Erdogan said the authorities will take retaliatory measures against the background of the closure of the consulates of several countries

He recalled that the head of the Turkish Foreign Ministry had previously summoned all the ambassadors of these countries and put forward an ultimatum to them. 

“Either they stop acting like this, or the price will be high.

We have a cabinet meeting on Monday.

We will make the necessary decisions there," TASS quoted Erdogan as saying.

Speaker of the Turkish Parliament Mustafa Şentop earlier questioned the existence of evidence of a terrorist threat in Istanbul from countries that closed their consulates.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, commenting on the information that some European states have closed their consulates in Istanbul due to the threat of terrorist attacks, said that these countries can hardly be called allies and friends.