Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday threatened that the Netherlands would "pay a price" after expelling a Turkish minister from the country.

"Hey Holland! If you are sacrificing Turkish-Dutch relations for the sake of the elections on Wednesday, you will pay a price," an angry Erdogan told a ceremony in Istanbul, referring to the upcoming legislative polls in Turkey's NATO ally after Family Minister Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya was expelled.