Erdogan says that Turkey will not support Sweden’s NATO membership
Turkey the president Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared that his country is Sweden NATO will not support the application to the member.
He made this statement at the anti-Turkey followed his protests.
In one of these actions, the participants burned the Koran. In addition, slogans supporting the Kurds were raised in this rally.
Erdogan Sweden and Finland NATO did not support his application for membership from the first day.
He accused these Scandinavian countries of supporting those whom Ankara considers terrorists:
Erdogan In his televised speech following the government meeting, he said with an appeal to Sweden:
“Since you love, patronize and protect the members of the terrorist organization and the enemies of Islam so much, then we recommend that you entrust the defense of your countries to them. When we say something, we say it honestly, when someone is dishonest and mean to us, we tell them their limits. We do not need the Swedish authorities to tell us about rights and freedom. If you care so much about rights and freedom, first Turkey You must respect the religious beliefs of the Republic or Muslims. If you don’t count, then don’t be offended by us NATO you won’t see any support in this matter.”
Despite the statements of the Swedish government
Sweden applied for NATO membership last May.
According to the alliance’s charter, for any country to become a member of the organization, all 30 NATO members, including Turkey, must ratify the application.
Prime Minister of Sweden this month Ulf Christerson said that he believes that Turkey will ratify Sweden’s application.
Sweden’s foreign minister after the burning of the Koran Tobias Billström said that the government does not support actions such as burning the Koran.
Erdogan also said in his speech:
“Freedom of speech is one of the fundamental parts of democracy, but not everything that is legal is always polite.”
Before that, Turkey invited the Swedish ambassador to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to express its protest regarding the burning of the Koran.
Moreover, the planned visit of the Swedish defense minister to Ankara cancellation had been