First published at 19:18 UTC on May 13th, 2022.
5/13/2022 Machine translation:
However, not everyone within NATO Alliance is happy with the possibility of new members on the group...
On Today, May 13, 2022, during an interview about the possibility of Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden …
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5/13/2022 Machine translation:
However, not everyone within NATO Alliance is happy with the possibility of new members on the group...
On Today, May 13, 2022, during an interview about the possibility of Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden joining the Alliance, the President of the 🇹🇷 Republic of Turkey, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that he is not in favor of the possible entry of the two Nordic countries to the Alliance, mainly 🇸🇪 Sweden.
On the interview, Mr Erdogan said Scandinavia countries have become a safe haven for terrorism
— “They are even members of the parliament in some countries,” he said. “Sweden has become a home for PKK (the Kurdish Libertarian-Socialist/Separatist Militant Group) and other terror groups. We don’t view their NATO membership positively”
As many observers noted, Sweden’s lax attitude towards PKK and also towards the "FETO", the Gulenist Movement, is well-known in the greater Turkish public opinion
During the Interview, Mr. Erdogan says Turkey won’t repeat the same mistake (with Sweden) which it has done during Greece’s accession to NATO.
— “They are using the NATO against us,”
Greece returned to NATO’s military wing in 1980 after withdrawing in 1974, after the War against Turkey over the Turkish Intervention/Invasion of Northern Cyprus and the Collapse of Greek Military
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