Turkey’s government accuses Sweden of being too lenient toward groups that Ankara says pose a security threat, including militant Kurdish groups and people associated with a 2016 coup attempt.

A series of separate demonstrations in Stockholm, including a protest by an anti-Islam activist who burned the Quran outside the Turkish Embassy, also angered Turkish officials.

NATO requires the unanimous approval of all existing members to expand, and Turkey and Hungary are the only countries that have not yet ratified Sweden’s request to join.

  • CookieJarObserver
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    1 year ago

    Not really also it would cost two. Hungary and Turkey. And “Turkeys geographically location is to important” (god i want to put a uranium firework up lil wannabe putins ass)