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Erdogan: 'SWE Should Not Expect NATO Membership w/o Returning Terrorists'

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has just finished speaking to the parliamentary group of his Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Sweden and Finland NATO applications.

  • Erdogan: '[to Sweden] You will not give up the terrorists, but you will ask us for support for NATO membership, this is inconsistent. We cannot say 'yes' to NATO membership of countries that do not extradite terrorists to us.'
  • Erdogan: 'NATO enlargement depends on respect for Turkey's sensitivities on terrorism'
  • Erdogan: 'We have no eyes on anyone's land. Our only goal is to stop actions against those who want to destabilize our country.'
Sweden home to large Kurdish diaspora, which Turkey views as security threat. Turkey demanding alleged PKK members in Sweden are extradited. However, Swedish gov't has reputation as hardline liberal and would likely be reluctant to extradite residents to Turkey.

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