Turkish Parliament approves Sweden's NATO bid
Turkish lawmakers have approved a long-delayed bill on Sweden’s bid to become the 32nd member of NATO.
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Turkish lawmakers have approved a long-delayed bill on Sweden’s bid to become the 32nd member of NATO.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has officially submitted Sweden's NATO membership application to parliament, bringing closer the end of a 17-m
Work is underway to persuade Turkey to drop its objections about Sweden's NATO bid.
Amid the NATO bid, Sweden's justice ministry says it had agreed to the extradition of Omer Altun, a 29-year-old Turkish citizen sentenced last year by a Turkish court to 15 years in prison.
NATO requires the unanimous approval of its 30 existing members to expand, and Turkey and Hungary are the only countries that haven't yet ratified the Nordic duo's bids.