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In May 2022, Turkey quickly blocked the Swedish NATO membership application from being processed at an accelerated pace. [15] In May 2022, Turkey vetoed Sweden's NATO membership. [16] In May 2022, Swedish prime minister Magdalena Andersson, after a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, told Swedish state television SVT that ...
When Finland and Sweden decided to apply to join NATO in May 2022, Turkey was the only NATO member to oppose their membership, due to their concerns that the countries were harboring of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Democratic Union Party (Syria) (PYD), People's Defense Units (YPG) and of Gülen movement members that Turkey sees as terrorists.
On 18 May 2022, Turkey quickly prevented Finland and Sweden from starting NATO membership negotiations. [180] On the same day, Turkey asked Finland and Sweden, to end their support for PKK, PYD, YPG and the Gülen movement and to stop their activities. [181] On 19 May Finland and Sweden announced that they could address Turkey's security ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has thrown a spanner in the works of Sweden and Finland’s historic decisions to seek NATO membership, declaring that he cannot allow them to join due to ...
NATO-member Turkey had been delaying Sweden’s membership for more than a year, accusing the country of being too lenient toward groups that Ankara regards as security threats. It sought ...
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey's parliament ratified Sweden's NATO membership bid on Tuesday, clearing the biggest remaining hurdle to expanding the Western military alliance after 20 months of delay.
Turkey has demanded that Sweden take more steps to rein in local members of the Kurdistan Workers' party (PKK), which is considered a terrorist group by the European Union and the United States. ...
On 4 July 2023, Hungary announced that they would act together with Turkey on Sweden's NATO membership. [7] In July 2023, Hungary announced that it would fully support Sweden's membership process after Turkey's objections were removed. [8] In July 2023, Hungary announced that its vote on Sweden's membership application was postponed until the ...