Turkey's opposition has been pressuring the government to take a harder line on the US capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, following Ankara’s muted response to the kidnapping.

Ozgur Ozel, chairman of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), accused President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of being afraid of Trump.

“Your friend Trump has arrived - he violates international law, bursts into your brother Maduro’s bedroom with his wife, ties his hands, blindfolds him, and takes him away.

"How tragic that you now remain silent in the face of this picture?” Ozel said during a rally on Saturday.

Ozel was referring to Erdogan’s personal relationship with Maduro.