"Unless they make up for it by this evening, our ambassador will return on the first plane tomorrow," President Abdullah Gul was quoted as saying by the NTV news channel.
Ankara was demanding a formal Israeli letter of apology for the incident, according to media reports.
Gul's warning marked another high in tensions between the two regional allies since Israel's war on the Gaza Strip last year prompted an unprecedented barrage of criticism from Ankara.
Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon embarrassed Ambassador Oguz Celikkol Monday, making him sit on a low couch and removing the Turkish flag from the table in a meeting called to convey Israeli protests over a Turkish television series.
Turkey on Tuesday demanded "an explanation and apology" over the incident, which Celikkol described as a "mise en scene," saying he was led to believe he had been invited for introductory talks and not a protest.
In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: "The foreign ministry's protest to the Turkish ambassador was just in its essence but should have been conveyed in an acceptable diplomatic manner."
And Ayalon said: "In the future, I will clarify my position in diplomatically acceptable ways."
But an unnamed Turkish foreign ministry official told Anatolia news agency that the Israeli statements were "inadequate."
Speaking during a visit to Cyprus Wednesday, Israel's ultranationlist Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said his country had no desire to fall out with Turkey but urged Ankara to show reciprocal "respect."
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