List of conditions by Turkey to admit Finland and Sweden to NATO.
Analytical website Bloomberg published a list of Turkey’s requests for Finland and Sweden to join the NATO alliance, including the lifting of Washington’s sanctions against Ankara.
Following Finland and Sweden’s bid to join NATO, Turkey announced its opposition to the two European countries joining the NATO alliance, after which the analytical website Bloomberg published a list of applications for Finland and Sweden to join NATO. .
According to the report, Turkey’s list of requests to NATO, Finland and Sweden includes the lifting of sanctions on Ankara over the purchase of Russian S-400 missile defense systems, as well as Turkey’s re-inclusion in the US F-35 advanced aircraft program.
On May 15, Finland and Sweden officially announced their intention to join NATO under the pretext of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. To join NATO, all members of the coalition must unanimously support the two European countries ‘request to join NATO, but Turkey has said it will not accept the request because Helsinki and Stockholm have a “clear position” against the Turkish Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). The PKK and the Turkish People’s Liberation Front (DHK / C), which Ankara considers terrorist, have not adopted.
According to the report, Sweden and Finland have a history of granting asylum to people from Turkey, most of them Kurds, who have sought asylum due to internal conflicts in their country, and Ankara sometimes considers granting asylum to these people unacceptable.
According to Bloomberg, quoting three senior Turkish officials, the Turkish government has asked Sweden and Finland to “openly condemn not only the PKK but also its affiliates” before joining the NATO alliance.
According to the report, as Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşo .lu confirmed yesterday (Monday), Ankara has asked Sweden and Finland to lift trade restrictions imposed on Turkey. Bloomberg sources have asked to remain anonymous, saying that the list of requests from Turkey to Finland and Sweden is very long.
