Some may think it should be the responsibility of the Dutch government to take any additional security measures. But in fact Turkey is responsible for the lives of all diplomats that are present in its territory. Taking the issue lightly will have dire consequences.

That lesson should have been learned after the assassination of the late Russian ambassador, Andrey Karlov, which happened only three months ago.

According to a report in daily Milliyet, the Russian Embassy in Ankara had asked several times for increased security measures at all of its diplomatic missions in Turkey just a few days prior to the assassination.