Between finland, sweden and turkey have stalled due to a number of issues, including turkey’s demands that the nordic nations deport those it views as terrorists. finland and sweden launched their bid to join nato after russia invaded ukraine, fearing for their safety and ending a decades long stance of non-alignment. turkish president recep tayyip erdogan has been angered by a series of controversial protests in sweden, including the burning of a quran.
Talks between finland, sweden and turkey began in late 2018, shortly after russia invaded ukraine. since then, tensions have escalated due to turkey’s demands that the nordic nations deport those it views as terrorists. the situation has been further aggravated by a series of controversial protests in sweden, including the burning of a quran, which has angered turkish president recep tayyip erdogan.
Talks have been hindered by turkey’s demands, as well as the protests in sweden. turkey is calling on sweden to distance itself from the kurdistan workers party (pkk), which is regarded as a terrorist group by turkey, the us and the eu. furthermore, turkey is also asking for other political concessions, including the deportation of critics of mr erdogan, and kurds that it claims are terrorists. exacerbating tensions further, turkish elections were brought forward by a month to 14 may, which has caused discussions to become “heated” within turkey.
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