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Turkey threatens to stall NATO process if Nordic nations fail to act

Turkey on Wednesday said the NATO accession process for Sweden and Finland would not move forward unless they addressed Ankara's security concerns, in talks...

Prominent Swedes call on gov’t not to hand over dissidents to Erdoğan

Seventeen prominent Swedish figures have released a letter urging their government not to bow to pressure from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who demanded...

Sweden not funding or arming ‘terrorist organizations,’ PM tells Turkey

Sweden does not fund or arm terrorist organizations, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said Wednesday, refuting Turkish claims and opposition to its NATO bid over...

‘Turkey should even consider leaving NATO,’ far-right leader says on Nordic nations’ bids

Leader of Turkey's far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Devlet Bahçeli, an ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has said that even leaving NATO should...

Erdoğan conditions support for Nordic nations’ NATO bids

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday said Turkey would not look "positively" on Sweden and Finland's NATO bids unless its terror-related concerns were addressed,...

Turkey discusses opposition to Nordic NATO bids with Western leaders

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday said he was talking to Western leaders about Turkey's objections to NATO membership for Sweden and Finland, which...

Biden rallies behind NATO bids as Finland, Sweden plan to address Turkey’s concerns

US President Joe Biden on Thursday strongly backed NATO membership bids by Finland and Sweden in the face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine as...

Erdoğan ‘determined’ to block Nordic NATO bids

Turkey is "determined" to block Sweden and Finland's bids to join NATO, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Thursday, calling Stockholm in particular a "complete...

Erdoğan urges NATO allies to ‘respect’ concerns over Finland, Sweden

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has threatened to block Finland and Sweden from joining NATO, urged the alliance's members on Wednesday to "respect"...

Turkey repatriates 12 ISIL militants to Finland: report

Turkey has repatriated 12 Finnish detainees from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group, the Interior Ministry announced, part of...

Turks among top asylum seekers in Finland in 2019

The Finnish Immigration Service (MIGRI) on Monday announced that most of the new asylum seekers last year arrived from Turkey and Russia. “Most of the Turkish applicants referred...

Finland suspects illegal visas issued at embassy in Turkey: report

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Finnish Border Guard suspect three employees of the Finnish Embassy in Ankara of issuing illegal visas,...

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