Turkey is once again jeopardising Swedish accession to NATO over extradition of individuals linked to the Gülen movement from Sweden. On Wednesday Hulusi Akar, the Turkish defence minister stated that “There are commitments signed by Sweden and Finland … they must be fulfilled … the memorandum is a beginning, not an end. After these are […]
The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has threatened that Turkey may still block Swedish membership of NATO following reports of a Swedish Supreme Court decision blocking the extradition of Yilmaz Aytan. Aytan, who ran a school in Afghansitan founded by the Gülen movement, has had permanent residency in Sweden since 2018. He requested asylum following […]
Turkey has renewed efforts to extradite 33 individuals it designates as terrorists from Sweden and Finland following the signing of a trilateral memorandum between the countries removing Turkey’s veto on the Nordic nations’ accession to NATO. The Agreement In the memorandum, signed on 28 June 2022, Sweden and Finland have agreed, at clause 8, to: […]
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