Turkey summoned a top U.S. diplomat to its foreign ministry on Sunday, a day after the U.S. Embassy's
Twitter account liked a tweet regarding Devlet Bahceli, the leader of the nationalist party who has recently fallen ill.
The tweet said
Turkey should be ready for a political realm without Bahceli, who has had health issues in recent weeks, which lead to speculation regarding the seriousness of his condition.
The dispute comes at a time when relations between the NATO allies are strained due to Turkey's threats of an incursion into northeastern
Syria, after Ankara accused
Washington of stalling efforts to establish a 'safe zone' there together.