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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would not allow Sweden and Finland to join NATO because of their attitude to the Kurdish militant, throwing keys to plans to strengthen the Western military alliance after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
At the press conference at Ankara Monday night, Erdogan poured cold water in the hope that Turkey’s opposition to the enlargement plan could be easily completed. The statement was the clearest indication that he intended to block membership for the two countries, or at least extract concessions for it, because they announced their intention to join for the weekend.”Both of these countries do not have a clear attitude towards terrorism” and “Sweden is a place to nest for terrorist organizations,” Erdogan said. He also said that Turkey would not allow countries to bring down “sanctions” in Turkey to join NATO, a real reference for restrictions on the sale of weapons worn by several European countries.
The essence of this problem is Erdogan’s deep hatred of NATO allies for what he saw as their rejection to seriously consider Ankara’s concern about Kurdish militants operating in Turkey and crossing its borders in Syria and Iraq. Turkey wants the perception of the threat to be recognized by all NATO members, and said the risk priority must be harmonized throughout the alliance.Secretary General Nato Jens Stoltenberg said he hoped to work through the last minute wrinkles for enlargement plans. But that seems impossible to happen soon, with Erdogan said on Monday that officials from Sweden and Finland planned to visit Ankara for talks should not bother coming.
Most disputes lead to how allied countries distinguish between two Kurdish groups related to Turkey. While Turkey, the United States and Europe are in harmony by considering the Kurdistan Worker Party, or PKK, a terrorist organization in Turkey, the US and Europe has armed the affiliation of Syrian groups, YPG. Turkey considers YPG and PKK as a branch of the same group.Western support for Kurdish fighters in Syria was accelerated after the Islamic State captured the large Syria and Iraqi plots starting in 2014. The US and several European governments channel support, including weapons, to YPG to help restore jihad profits.
Turkey, worried about the prospects of the fully armed Proto-Kurdi army that could help the aspirations of the Separatat Kurdish, sending their troops to Syria to push the group away from its border. Many European Union countries, including Sweden and Finland, then responded with restrictions on weapons sales to Turkey. “We’ve Called on These Countries, Along with Existing NATO Members, To Stop Supporting These Terrorists and End The Practice of Restricting Arms Exports To Turkey Since It is Against the Spirit of the Alliance,” Turkey’s Foreign Minister Sunday at an alliance meeting.
Earlier Monday, Turkish State News Agency Anadolu explained a detailed account about Turkey’s special complaints about the alleged support of Sweden and Finland for Kurdish militants.It was reported that Swedish anti-4 anti-tank weapons were used by YPG in an attack on Turkish troops in Syria, without claiming that Sweden gave ammunition in the weapons of several military weapons worldwide. It also highlighted the alleged contact between Swedish and Kurdish senior officials.
Turning to Finland, Anadolu quoted what he said was Helsinki’s opposition to Turkish cross-border military operations against Kurdish militants, and 2019 decisions to disapprove new defense export licenses to Turkey, the year of the foreign ministers of the European Union together promised to limit the sale of weapons to Turkey for its military operations in Syria.A senior Turkish official confirmed that Anadolu’s report reflected Ankara’s concern.Why U.S. and Turkey does not agree on Syrian Kurds: QuickTake Question and AnswerOn Monday, Finnish Foreign Minister repeated his surprise at Turkish intervention which was late in the application of his country.
Speaking in Parliament in Helsinki, Pekka Haavisto said Cavusoglu had told him on May 5 that Finland’s actionsion to NATO would be a “very easy process in Turkey,” and that President Sauli Niinisto had delivered a similar message by Erdogan.”Since then, this additional question arose, related to PKK,” said Haavisto. “We have a clear answer. We did not bargain, we responded: PKK was banned in Finland, because it was also in the list of EU terrorist organizations. “
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