Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stands firm on Ankara’s demand for Sweden to extradite wanted individuals to Türkiye, before the Nordic country could join the NATO security alliance
"Despite our warnings, unfortunately, there was no action on stopping PKK/PYD demonstrations," the president said, mentioning inadequate measures against terrorism by Sweden.
"We've told them , 'Look, if you don’t extradite the terrorists you have, then we can’t ratify this in our parliament’,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a youth meeting on Sunday. “First of all, they need to extradite nearly 130 terrorists in order for their bids to pass our parliament, unfortunately, they have yet to do this," he added, speaking in Mugla province in southwestern Türkiye.
Under a June memorandum between Türkiye, Sweden, and Finland, the two Nordic countries pledged to take steps against terrorists in order to gain membership in the NATO alliance, which they are seeking in light of the nearby Russia-Ukraine war.
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