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Turkey's Erdogan renews threat to block Swedish, Finnish NATO bids
2022-10-02
[Rudaw] President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than there are in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really most important...
on Saturday warned The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
would not ratify the NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
membership bids of Sweden and Finland until the two Nordic countries "kept" promises they had made to Ankara.

"Until the promises made to our country are kept, we will maintain our principled position," Erdogan said in a speech to parliament in Ankara.

"We are closely following whether the promises made by Sweden and Finland are kept or not, and of course, the final decision will be up to our great parliament," he added.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February saw the two Nordic countries abandon decades of military non-alignment and in May apply to join NATO.

Although the Nordic countries hoped for a speedy entry, Turkey delayed the process by objecting to their membership.

Erdogan has accused both countries of being havens for Kurdish krazed killers, specifically highlighting the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), and for promoting "terrorism".

A deal was then struck between the three countries in June, which included provisions on extraditions and sharing of information, clearing the way for NATO to formally invite the two nations to join the alliance.

So far, 28 out of 30 NATO members have ratified Finland and Sweden's membership.

Only Hungary and Turkey have yet to send the membership bids to their parliaments for ratification.

In an apparently significant concession to Ankara, Sweden on Friday announced they had re-authorised exports of war materials to Turkey.

Ankara had requested the lifting of the restrictions, which were introduced in 2019 following a Ottoman Turkish offensive in northeastern Syria.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  I'll give you Turkey and a roll of 90mph tape for Sweden and Finland, and never look back.

Dump these troublesome bastids and be done with them.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-10-02 01:21  

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