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The ministries of foreign affairs, spiritual and political leaders of a number of states condemned the burning of a copy of Quran, Islam's holy book, outside Turkish Embassy in Stockholm during a political …
Turkish officials have canceled Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson’s visit to the republic slated for January 27 due to anti-Turkish protests in Stockholm, Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Saturday. "At …
Turkish officials warned that Sweden cannot expect Turkey's support for its NATO membership, as long as it continues to "ignore terrorist provocations." “If Sweden wants to get Turkey’s support in the issue of …
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg believes Finland and Sweden will soon join the alliance with Türkiye’s approval, days after Stockholm said it had done everything it could to satisfy Ankara’s reservations about its …
Sweden is confident that Turkey will approve its application to join the NATO military alliance, but will not meet all the conditions Ankara has set for its support, Sweden's prime minister Ulf Kristersson said. "Turkey …
Türkiye expects Sweden and Finland to take "concrete steps" to become NATO members as terror propaganda in these countries is still ongoing, national defense minister Hulusi Akar said on Tuesday. "We are closely …
Sweden's extradition to Turkey last week of a Kurdish man with alleged terrorism links is a "good start", but Stockholm needs to do more before Ankara can approve its NATO membership, Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said on …
Sweden extradited the first person convicted for membership in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which Ankara considers a terrorist organization, to Turkey. This marks Sweden’s first concrete step on implementation of the NATO …
Hungary has promised to ratify the NATO bids of Finland and Sweden in early February of 2023, Finnish foreign minister Pekka Haavisto said. "This was a positive message ... It specifically emphasized that Finland and Sweden are …
Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom could not confirm after a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu that his country would complete its bid to join NATO in 2023, but said there was progress on this score. "We …
A second meeting of the permanent joint mechanism between Türkiye, Finland and Sweden was held Friday in Stockholm. The trio signed a trilateral memorandum June 28 at the NATO summit in Madrid to address Türkiye’s …
Turkey expects Sweden to join NATO but wants it to make specific steps on implementing the Madrid memorandum on joining the alliance, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday following talks in Ankara with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf …
On Saturday, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said that the Swedish authorities would not cooperate with organizations linked to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). "We should not have political cooperation with …
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Oct. 26 he would go to Türkiye "in the near future" to discuss Finland and Sweden’s nearly completed process to join the military alliance. …
Sweden’s new Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on October 26 spoke by phone with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, as the Nordic country struggles to overcome Ankara’s blocking of its NATO application. …
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Friday he will meet with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson to discuss the Nordic country's bid to join NATO, as well as the extradition of people Ankara considers terrorists. …
Türkiye reiterated its extradition demands for members of the PKK and Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ) during talks with a Swedish delegation in Ankara as part of Sweden and Finland's bid to join NATO. The meeting, led by …
Sweden’s negotiations with Türkiye on its bid to join NATO were made more difficult when members of a local political party took a photo with flags of the PKK/YPG terrorist organization, Foreign Minister Ann Linde said. Linde …
Sweden's government has decided to extradite a man to Turkey wanted for fraud, it said on Thursday, the first case since Turkey demanded a number of people extradited in return for allowing Stockholm to formally apply for NATO membership. …
Turkey will not support Sweden’s and Finland’s accession to NATO until they implement their commitments concerning combating terrorism, Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Sunday. "It is wrong to expect …
