(CNN) -- As the fallout continues from the release of thousands of diplomatic cables on the WikiLeaks website, Turkey's prime minister is threatening to file a lawsuit over comments made about him in one of the messages by the U.S. ambassador to his country. Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he plans to sue over remarks from then-Ambassador Eric Edelman in 2004 suggesting that the prime minister concealed his wealth in Swiss bank accounts. Visibly angry, Erdogan told an audience in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday that he wanted the U.S. administration to take action against the diplomats who had "slandered" him. "The United States should ask its diplomats to make an explanation because no diplomat can accuse a country with slanders and misinterpretations," he said.
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Erdogan calls on the U.S. to take action against those who "slandered" him
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He says he has no money in Swiss accounts
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A U.S. diplomatic cable painted a less-than-flattering portrait of the prime minister
While apparently offering no evidence they existed, it continued: "We have heard from two contacts that Erdogan has eight accounts in Swiss banks; his explanations that his wealth comes from the wedding presents guests gave his son and that a @placeholder businessman is paying the educational expenses of all four Erdogan children in the U.S. purely altruistically are lame."