Recep Tayyip Erdogan is threatening Sweden with a "shocking response" if it joins NATO.

 Recep Tayyip Erdogan is threatening Sweden with a "shocking response" if it joins NATO.

 

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey, suggested that Ankara might consent to Finland joining NATO without consenting to a comparable request from Sweden. Erdogan condemned Sweden for holding back dozens of individuals it claims are connected to militant Kurdish groups. You will give us back these terrorists if you are determined to join NATO, he declared.

 

The remarks by the Turkish president were made against the backdrop of a number of contentious demonstrations in Stockholm, including one in which a copy of the Qur'an was burned in front of the Turkish embassy. These demonstrations included one in which discussions on Sweden and Finland's request to join the alliance were put on hold.

 

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey, suggested that Ankara might consent to Finland joining NATO without consenting to a comparable request from Sweden. Erdogan condemned Sweden for holding back dozens of individuals it claims are connected to militant Kurdish groups. You will give us back these terrorists if you are determined to join NATO, he declared.

 

The remarks by the Turkish president were made against the backdrop of a number of contentious demonstrations in Stockholm, including one in which a copy of the Qur'an was burned in front of the Turkish embassy. These demonstrations included one in which discussions on Sweden and Finland's request to join the alliance were put on hold.

 

"We told Sweden to turn over the 120 people on our list who are terrorists... I apologize if you refuse to surrender them "Turkey remarked.

Kurds living abroad are more numerous in Sweden than in Finland. It appears to be having intense discussions with Ankara on joining NATO

Sweden was urged by Turkey to break its ties with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which is regarded as a "terrorist group" by Sweden, the United States, and the European Union.

 

As a result, Sweden acceded to Turkey's request for a constitutional reform that would allow it to enact more stringent anti-terror regulations. An embargo on supplying military hardware to Turkey that Sweden and Finland had put in place following Ankara's military intervention in Syria in 2019 has also been lifted.

 

The recent rallies in Stockholm, which included one by a Kurdish support organization that hung an effigy of Erdogan from a light, have drawn harsh criticism from Turkey toward Sweden. Erdogan stated earlier this month that elections in Turkey may take place on May 14.

 

Since then, Pekka Haavisto, the foreign minister of Finland, has suggested that talks should come to a halt because Turkey's conversations have "heated up" due to the "pressure" of the impending elections.

 

The diplomat also emphasized that Finland should join concurrently with Sweden, which was a change from his earlier statement that Finland might have to join before Stockholm's request was decided upon.

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