Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Turkey and Sweden of being “a focus of terror and home to terror.” He also claims the countries' alleged links to terror organizations meant they should not join NATO.
, the country's president flatly stated in a video released Thursday.
"We have told our relevant friends we would say ‘no’ to Finland and Sweden’s entry into NATO, and we will continue on our path like this," President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a group of Turkish youth in the video for Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day, a national holiday.application to join the Western military alliance is crucial because NATO makes decisions by consensus. Each of its 30 member countries has the power to veto a membership bid.
A full recording of Erdogan's conversation with the youth for the holiday that marks the beginning of the Turkish War of Independence in 1919 is expected to be released Thursday night. It was not immediately clear when the conversation took place.In the remarks made available earlier Thursday, Erdogan accused the two prospective NATO members and especially Sweden of being "a focus of terror, home to terror.
Turkish officials, including the president, also have pointed to arms restrictions on Turkey as a reason for Ankara’s opposition to the two countries becoming part of NATO.
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