Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday told Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte he had lost Turkey as a friend, despite beating the far-right in parliamentary elections.

"Hey Rutte! You may have emerged as the number one party in the election but you must know that you have lost Turkey as your friend," Erdogan said in a televised speech, amid a diplomatic crisis with The Hague due to the blocking of rallies by Turkish ministers.