{"id":1485263,"date":"2022-05-20T08:15:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T12:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1485263"},"modified":"2022-05-20T08:15:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T12:15:46","slug":"turkey-set-to-block-sweden-finland-nato-bids-over-home-to-terrorists-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/turkey-set-to-block-sweden-finland-nato-bids-over-home-to-terrorists-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey Set to Block Sweden, Finland NATO Bids Over \u201cHome to Terrorists\u201d Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fturkey-set-to-block-sweden-finland-nato-bids-over-home-to-terrorists-claims%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1485263&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/uk-defensive-alliance-sweden-finland-nato-membership\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NATO\u2019s expansion<\/a> amid the most significant threat to Europe since World War II appears unlikely as Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan\u00a0on Thursday reiterated his opposition to NATO membership for Sweden and Finland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Erdogan had suggested in recent days that he could cause trouble for Stockholm and Helsinki as they tried to join the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/russias-war-against-nato-not-ukraine-chechen-leader-claims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">30-member alliance<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the Turkish President\u2019s comments Thursday spelled out a more definite conclusion to the European nations bolstering their security defenses through NATO.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/Turkey-Erdogan-Sweden-Finland-NATO.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"FILE - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives for a welcoming ceremony for his Algerian counterpart, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, in Ankara, Turkey, on May 16, 2022.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      FILE &#8211; Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives for a welcoming ceremony for his Algerian counterpart, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, in Ankara, Turkey, on May 16, 2022.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Burhan Ozbilici, File)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/turkey-risks-sweden-finland-nato-bid-political-agenda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TURKEY RISKS &#8216;HISTORIC&#8217; SWEDEN, FINLAND NATO BID BY PRIORITIZING POLITICAL AGENDA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to a group of young Turks in a video posted to his Twitter, Erdogan accused Sweden and Finland of being a\u00a0&#8220;home to terror[ists]&#8221; \u2013 a comment that references his displeasure at their refusal to extradite individuals Turkey has deemed &#8220;terrorists.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;NATO is a security organization, we cannot accept the presence of terrorist organizations in it,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haberler.com\/guncel\/son-dakika-cumhurbaskani-erdogan-isvec-ve-14953701-haberi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Erdogan said<\/a> according to a translation by Turkish media.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/turkey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Turkish president<\/a> accused not only the two European nations, but top NATO nations like the U.S., of turning a blind eye to &#8220;harassment&#8221; its claims to have endured from members of the\u00a0Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).<\/p>\n<p>The PKK has been designated a terrorist group by the U.S., the European Union and Turkey.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/finland-sweden-nato-expansion-roadblocks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FINLAND, SWEDEN, NATO&#8217;S ROAD TO EXPANSION AND ROADBLOCKS: WHAT TO KNOW<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the group\u2019s relation to affiliate members fighting ISIS in Syria under the People\u2019s Protection Forces (YPG) \u2013 which is backed by some Western nations \u2013 has strained geopolitical ties.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Regarding NATO, Sweden and Finland are all the ones that host our terrorist centers in their own countries. And they will host the PKK, the YPG,&#8221; he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg championed the bids by Sweden and Finland to join the alliance Wednesday and claimed, &#8220;All allies agree on the importance of NATO enlargement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We all agree that we must stand together, and we all agree that this is a historic moment which we must seize,&#8221; he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Stockholm and Helsinki will need the green light from all 30-member nations, including Turkey, in order to get in with the security alliance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/AP22138254843182-e1652880779551.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Finland&#039;s Ambassador to NATO Klaus Korhonen, left, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Sweden&#039;s Ambassador to NATO Axel Wernhoff attend a ceremony to mark Sweden&#039;s and Finland&#039;s application for membership in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday May 18, 2022.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Finland&#8217;s Ambassador to NATO Klaus Korhonen, left, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Sweden&#8217;s Ambassador to NATO Axel Wernhoff attend a ceremony to mark Sweden&#8217;s and Finland&#8217;s application for membership in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday May 18, 2022.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Johanna Geron\/Pool via AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Diplomats from both nations are expected to travel to Turkey to engage in negotiations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Though Erdogan on Tuesday told them they &#8220;shouldn\u2019t bother&#8221; coming.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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