System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian has told Turkey's president to 'shove it', blasting him for threatening Kiwis in the wake of last week's terror attack and encouraging New Zealanders to take a stand against a "corrupt oligarchic plutocracy".

Serj, a resident of New Zealand, said an article detailing comments Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made after the Christchurch terror attacks"made him sick".

Turkish news site Hurriet Daily reported that Erdogan responded to the shootings at two mosques with a message apparently aimed at New Zealanders who might have anti-Muslim sentiments.

"Your grandparents came, some of them returned in coffins. If you come as well like your grandfathers, be sure that you will be gone like your grandfathers," he said.

"They are testing us from 16,500km away, from New Zealand, with the messages they are giving from there. This is not an individual attack, it is organised."

Serj expressed his outrage that the Turkish leader would blame a country like New Zealand which is currently "commemorating each and every precious life lost in this horrific terror attack."