ANKARA - Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu Wednesday announces a series of sanctions measures Turkey will impose on Syria, including the freezing of its government assets in Turkey and a travel ban on Syrian leaders.

Turkey will suspend the relations between the Turkish and Syrian central banks, Davutoglu said at a cabinet meeting in the Turkish prime minister's office.

Turkey will also block the delivery of all weapons and military equipment to Syria through its territory, he said, adding that the Turkey-Syria High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council will be suspended until legitimate rule is established in Syria.

Turkey will impose a travel ban on the Syrian leadership who have been alleged to resort to violence and unlawful methods on Syrian people. Similar measures will also be taken against businesspeople who give strong backing to the Syrian regime.

Further, Turkey will stop all financial credit dealings with Syria and will suspend a Turkish Eximbank loan deal to finance Syrian infrastructure projects.

All operations, except for ongoing ones, with Syria will be stopped, Turkish semi-official Anatolia news agency quoted Davutoglu as saying.

The announcement came after the Arab League approved economic sanctions on Syria and a travel ban on high-ranking Syrian officials Sunday in Cairo.

The Syrian regime "has come to the end of the road" by ignoring calls from the international community to stop its bloody crackdown on protesters, the foreign minister said.

Turkey, once a close ally of Syria, has gradually toughened its criticism of the Syrian regime for its crackdown on anti-regime protests. Turkish leaders have on many occasions called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to end the crackdown and step down.