Tag: Erdoğan
President Niinistö: Sweden’s security is not vulnerable if Finland joins NATO first
Although both Nordic countries have held negotiations with NATO, Turkey and Hungary have not yet ratified their offers. The biggest obstacle has been Turkey, which has expressed its opposition to Finland’s and Sweden’s view of the PKK, which it considers a terrorist organization. However, his visit to Ankara last Friday the president Erdoğan said that […]
NATO negotiations, elections and exciting summer plans: Finland in the world press
Sweden saw the meeting as a step forward despite Turkey’s blockade and objections. “The most important thing today is that we have gathered,” the Swedish negotiator Oscar Stenström told reporters at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Politico reported. Stenström added that the countries have agreed on further meetings. The article also discusses the alliance’s speculation about […]
So the Kurdish question is sacrificed to appease Erdoğan
Swedish Radio’s presenter Johar Bendjelloul tells about Swedish politicians who quickly changed their position on Kurdish groups after Sweden applied for membership in NATO. Hear how groups previously seen as allies are now being described as dubious with links to terrorists. The news podcast Today’s Eco brings you a story every weekday morning with host […]
Chang Frick: “I think the useful idiot is Ulf Kristersson”
Since 2014, Chang Frick runs the immigration-critical news site Nyheter Idag and is the most well-known profile in the so-called alternative media world. He has a background as a Swedish Democratic municipal politician in Kristianstad. He is interviewed by Johar Bendjelloul. Recently, it has not been his publications that have been in focus, but his […]
Niinistö on NATO membership: “If not before Vilnius, why after?”
“If not before Vilnius, why after,” he remarked interview for STT. Both Finland and Sweden heard several encouraging statements about a smooth accession process last spring, he reminded, but the process has turned out to be very different. The bumpy road has not only caused headaches for the two aspiring member states. “I see that […]
Turkey’s trauma becomes Erdoğan’s fate test
Turkey’s president has declared seven days of national mourning following the earthquake in the early morning of February 6. Although the extent is not yet fully known, it is clear that what happened is a historical disaster and a national trauma for Turkey. Few things test a country’s structures and leaders like a natural disaster. […]
Haavisto: Finland has the patience to wait for NATO accession
According to Haavisto, attitudes towards Finns’ membership application have “advanced” in Turkey. The Turkish media reported about a week ago that Turkey has suspended its ratification negotiations with Finland and Sweden. At the time, Haavisto estimated that the negotiations would probably be on hold for a few weeks. President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced […]
Monday’s papers: Erdoğan hints at NATO acceptance for Finland, discovery expeditions, slippery roads
Most morning newspapers report that the Turkish president has expressed his support for Finland’s NATO membership, but is still delaying Sweden’s application.
Haavisto: Finland and Sweden continue their journey to NATO
Last week, Turkey broke off tripartite talks on Finland’s and Sweden’s membership applications in response to the burning of a Koran outside its embassy in Stockholm. Rasmus Paluda, a Danish-Swedish far-right decision-maker. Helsingin sanomat newspaper was revealed Last week, the decision-maker received support for his protest Chang Fricka Swedish journalist who has collaborated with an […]
Magdalena Andersson (S): The government has gone further than the agreement with Turkey requires
Social Democrats party leader Magdalena Andersson is interviewed about the NATO process, what the Social Democrats want with nuclear power and what she wants to do in the meantime in opposition. This week, Turkish President Erdoğan said that Sweden should not expect Turkey’s support with the NATO application, after first a doll representing Erdoğan was […]
Niinistö: "Serious discussion" Erdoğan is ahead
The Finnish president hopes that the country’s NATO membership application will proceed before the alliance’s Vilnius summit in July.
We believe they are ready: USA for Sweden, Finland for NATO candidacy
“The issue of Sweden and Finland is not a bilateral issue. We have been very clear in public, and we have also been very clear in private about our views on Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership candidates. We believe they are ready, we believe they are ready. should be added to the world’s strongest defense […]
Finland and Sweden are still striving for NATO together, Haavisto assures
“Together with Billström, we have decided that despite all these objections, Finland and Sweden will continue their joint journey to NATO. We are working together to take action so that both countries can have their membership ratified and we will become NATO members at the same time, he said. quoted saying YLE in Parliament. He […]
Defense Minister Savola: Erdoğan’s portrait as unnecessarily provocative
The Finnish Defense Minister visited Sweden and his Swedish counterpart on Monday to discuss, among other things, defense cooperation, support for Ukraine and the NATO application process.
Halla-aho: Erdoğan’s extradition demand “pulled out of a hat”
Jussi Halla-ahothe chairman of the parliament’s foreign affairs committee on Monday evaluated at YLE A-studio, that the number is not based on anything concrete. “It’s more or less a number pulled out of a hat that was used to raise the stakes in response to the provocation in Sweden,” he analyzed, referring to a recent […]
Haavisto: Finland has not received updated requirements from Turkey
Finland’s foreign minister said the Turkish president’s latest comments were likely related to the picture of Erdoğan in front of Stockholm City Hall last week.
Monday’s papers: Conditions in Turkey, police confrontation and well-educated foreigners
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan demanded that Finland and Sweden hand over 130 people that Turkey considers terrorists.
Therefore, Erdoğan wants to invade northern Syria
On November 13, a bomb detonated on Istanbul’s main pedestrian street Istiklal and several people were killed. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan blames the Kurdish YPG militia, which he considers to be an offshoot of the terror-labeled PKK guerrillas. But the Kurdish groups deny any involvement. After the deed, Turkey has begun bombing targets in […]
Tuesday’s papers: Energy crisis postponed, Erdoğan’s election and mental health crisis
Turkey could still delay Finland’s NATO membership – but does it matter?
Erdoğan’s list of demands to admit Sweden into NATO
Sweden’s prime minister and foreign minister have described the Kurdish armed YPG militia in Syria as “dubious” due to close ties to the terrorist group PKK. Even Sweden’s previous government has written in the tripartite agreement between Turkey and Finland that it will not support the militia YPG or its political branch PYD. But while […]
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Turkey has so far put an end to Sweden’s NATO application, because the country believes that Sweden supports terrorism. During the day, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara. Hear directly from the press conference with analysis in the studio.
Tuesday’s papers: Energy crisis postponed, Erdoğan’s election and mental health crisis
Turkey could still delay Finland’s NATO membership – but does it matter?
Tobias Billström (M): Membership in NATO is the overriding value
The moderate foreign minister Tobias Billström, who was previously migration minister in the coalition government, says that he is currently recalibrating the foreign administration. Ahead of Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s meeting with Turkish President Erdoğan on Tuesday, Tobias Billström distances himself from the Kurdish militia in Syria YPG and their political branch, the PYD party. […]
Therefore, Erdoğan slows down Sweden in NATO
There are only two countries that have not yet approved Sweden’s NATO application – Hungary and Turkey. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has made clear demands on Sweden in order for him to agree to admit Sweden into the defense alliance. The list of demands includes, among other things, that Sweden hand over a number of […]
Turkey is again asking for legal assistance against the man from Tampere who insulted Erdoğan
Turkey is again trying to make a dual citizen of Turkey and Finland living in Tampere guilty of insulting its president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The latest request for mutual legal assistance arrived at Finland’s Ministry of Justice shortly after Erdoğan began to publicly present his country’s conditions for supporting Finland’s NATO membership. Turkey has previously […]
The US Congress supports Finland’s NATO membership
The US House of Representatives voted on Monday to approve Finland and Sweden joining NATO, but the final decision will be made by the Senate, which has not yet voted on the matter. The US Senate is the legislative body responsible for deciding international treaties, and it requires a two-thirds majority to pass a measure. […]
Niinistö: Finland’s NATO process does not affect relations between Turkey and Russia
A closer relationship between Turkey and Russia will have little effect on Finland’s NATO membership process, President Sauli Niinistö told MTV News in a television interview on Friday. Turkey’s ties with Russia are stronger than with other NATO countries, the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the President of Russia Vladimir Putin meet in Iran […]
Canada, Denmark and Norway ratified Finland’s membership in NATO
Finland’s and Sweden’s membership applications were ratified almost immediately by Canada, Denmark and Norway. According to Helsingin Sanomat. Estonia is expected to do the same on Wednesday. Applications must be ratified by all 30 NATO member states before those invited become full members. National ratification processes are expected to vary in length from days to […]
There will be no changes to Finnish legislation from the agreement with Turkey, says Foreign Minister Haavisto
Foreign minister Pekka Haavisto (Green) told Yle on Friday morning that no agreement was reached on the signing of a trilateral memorandum between Finland, Turkey and Sweden in Madrid on Tuesday. With the signing of the protocol, Turkey promised to support the Nordic countries’ NATO applications, but the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on […]
Ministry of Justice: No new extradition requests have been submitted from Turkey
According to the Ministry of Justice, Finland has not received any new extradition requests from Turkey in recent days. Earlier this week, Turkey reiterated its demand that Finland and Sweden hand over terrorist suspects. Minister of Justice of Turkey Bekir Bozdag told Russian NTV on Wednesday that the country plans to extradite 12 people from […]
Niinistö: The memorandum with Turkey was about invitation, not ratification
“We have to take it one step at a time, that’s the situation we are in,” he added. “Ratification is another matter or another operation.” Finland, Sweden and Turkey signed a tripartite memorandum on Tuesday after nearly four hours of negotiations in Madrid in connection with the NATO summit in Spain. According to Article 10 […]
Biden: Putin got Finland “natized”.
President of the United States Joe Biden joked to reporters about how the Russian president Vladimir Putin united Europe in opposition to Russia at a press conference at the end of the NATO summit in Madrid on Thursday. "[Putin] wanted to Europeanise Europe. He received the Finnish NATO Association." The President of the United States […]
NATO leaders are holding the last day of the summit
MADRID – NATO leaders meet on Thursday in Madrid, Spain, for the last day of a summit that has included approval a new strategic concept for the alliancementions “Russia’s aggression”, “systemic challenges from the People’s Republic of China” and the “deepened strategic partnership” between the two countries as its main priorities. In this document, the […]
New NATO’s strategic concept is aimed at Russia, China
Madrid, Spain – NATO’s heads of state and government meeting in Madrid on Wednesday approved a new one Strategic concept for the Alliance, cites “Russia’s aggression”, “systemic challenges from the People’s Republic of China” and the “deepened strategic partnership” between the two countries as its main priorities. In this document, the Western military alliance formed […]
Turkey demands the extradition of 33 terrorist suspects from Sweden and Finland
Turkey is seeking the extradition of 33 terrorist suspects from Finland and Sweden, Turkish Minister of Justice Bekir Bozdag told Russian NTV. The request is part of a tripartite memorandum signed between Turkey, Sweden and Finland on Tuesday night, which led Turkey to accept the Nordic NATO applications. According to the news agency AFP, the […]
The expert was surprised by the sudden breakthrough in negotiations between Finland, Sweden and Turkey
Alaranta estimates that expectations were not particularly high despite the cautious optimism shown by the President of the Republic on Monday Sauli Niinistö and the Prime Minister of Sweden Magdalena Andersson. “After the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan left Ankara last night, the statements were quite harsh, “he recalled in a special broadcast on […]
President Niinistö: Turkey agrees to support NATO and Swedish NATO offers
According to a statement issued by the President’s Office on Tuesday evening, Turkey supports Finland’s and Sweden’s applications to join NATO. Sauli Niinistö. The announcement came after Niinistö together with the Prime Minister of Sweden Magdalena Anderssonmet with the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan On the sidelines of the NATO summit in Madrid, where […]
Stoltenberg: The Madrid Summit is not a deadline for Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO membership
NATO’s June summit in Madrid, which will bring together member countries and key partners, will begin on Wednesday. President Sauli Niinistö and the Secretary of State Pekka Haavisto (Greens) are one of those who travel to the top from Finland. Although Finland’s hopes to celebrate joining NATO in Madrid, along with Sweden, waned when Turkey […]
Finland’s NATO outlook looks brighter, the president says
According to the President, Finland’s progress towards NATO membership, which is hampered by Turkey’s demands, looks a little brighter Sauli Niinistö. According to the President, the positive assessment was based on several discussions he had with the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Niinistö will comment on the matter Monday after meeting with a delegation […]
HS: Most Finns would not make significant concessions to Turkey to join NATO
According to the newspaper, the increase coincided with a decrease in the share of uncertain respondents. Only 11% of respondents expressed opposition to membership and 10% were unsure. Helsingin Sanomat also surveyed the public’s views on the possibility of amending legislation or compromising certain key principles in response to Turkey’s membership conditions. As many as […]
Germany "very sure" Finland and Sweden join NATO
Germany is "very sure" that an agreement can be reached on the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO, a source in the German government told the news agency. Reuters. However, the source considered it unlikely that a consensus would be reached before the NATO summit in the Spanish capital, Madrid next week, as Turkey […]
Monday papers: NATO discusses Turkey, #MeToo, Midsummer weather
Negotiations between Finland, Sweden and Turkey on the Nordic NATO membership applications will resume on Monday, Ilta-Sanomat says. The President’s Office tweeted on Sunday about the resumption of talks hosted by the NATO Secretary General. Jen Stoltenberg In Brussels. Turkey has repeatedly expressed its opposition to Finland’s and Sweden’s membership of NATO, as it is […]
Stoltenberg: Settlement of a dispute between Turkey, Finland and Sweden "soon"
Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg At a press conference on Thursday, NATO reiterated NATO’s continued negotiations with Turkey on the accession of Finland and Sweden to the alliance. The press conference followed a meeting of NATO Defense Ministers on Wednesday, which was also attended by the Finnish Minister of Defense Antti Kaikkonen (Center). Mr […]
Thursday’s leaves: Flights, fertilizer and four elections
The country’s largest daily circulation, Helsingin sanomat newspapercontains an analysis of the possible effects of the forthcoming foreign and domestic elections on Finland’s pending NATO membership. Turkey, Finland and Sweden will have parliamentary elections in the next 12 months, and the US by-elections are only five months away. According to HS, although NATO membership enjoys […]
Tuesday’s newspapers: Turkey, ticks and three-euro gas
Helsingin sanomat newspaper includes presidential analysis Sauli NiinistöThe Kultaranta talks at the two-day foreign policy summit stated that the event presented a cold reality: there is no solution in sight of Turkey’s opposition to Finland’s and Sweden’s accession to NATO. As few people outside Turkey seem to know what Turkey really wants to block the […]
Tuesday’s newspapers: Nuclear power, summer weather and Finland’s rocky road to NATO
According to a recent survey, most Finns are in favor of building a new nuclear power plant. Financial messages reports. The results come from a recent survey commissioned by Uutissuomalainen, TS writes that 55 percent of respondents are in favor of construction and 19 percent are against. In addition, 26 percent said they were insecure […]
Tuesday’s newspapers: Russia’s sanctions, expensive groceries and Turkey’s targets
Several publications report on the outcome of the EU leaders’ meeting in Brussels. The main goal of the meeting was to reach an agreement on new sanctions against Russia. Meeting attended by the Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP), saw EU leaders agree to ban oil imports from Russia, Helsingin sanomat newspaper write. The ban covers […]
Vanhanen: Finland is ready to continue the debate on its way to NATO
“The decision was based on a thorough analysis of the security environment and the democratic process. Applying for membership has received widespread public support. “ Vanhanen hoped that membership would be ratified without undue delay, and decided not to mention Turkey. President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has accused Finland and Sweden of securing terrorists […]
Historical crises where Turkey has been seen as NATO’s black sheep
Turkey joined NATO in 1952 and has the second largest army in the Defense Alliance. Over the years, there have been several occasions where Turkey has ended up on a collision course with other countries in the alliance. When Turkey invaded Cyprus in 1974, it triggered one of the worst crises in NATO history and […]
Reuters: Turkey’s decision unlikely ahead of NATO summit
Negotiations between the Finnish, Swedish and Turkish authorities to resolve Turkey’s objections to NATO’s accession to the two Nordic countries are unlikely to be completed before next month’s NATO summit. report news agency Reuters. Negotiations, which began on Wednesday and ended on Friday, have made little progress and no date has yet been agreed for […]
Macron and Erdoğan discuss Finland’s NATO membership
President of Turkey Recep Tayiip Erdoğan discussed with his French counterpart the efforts of Finland and Sweden to join NATO, Emmanuel Macronon Thursday. The Swedish news agency TT reports that Erdoğan has said that the two countries’ contacts with people and organizations affiliated with the PKK and its Syrian branch of the YPG are in […]
Representatives from Finland, Sweden and Turkey met to discuss NATO offers
Mr Kalın said the Turkish delegation had begun talks with a view to reiterating the Turkish president’s position Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. According to Kalın, Turkey has repeatedly demanded the extradition of 12 “terrorists” from Finland and 28 from Sweden. He added that the Nordic countries have also provided financial and other support to groups that […]
Finland and Sweden begin talks with Turkey on NATO protests
On Wednesday, Finnish and Swedish diplomats began talks with Turkish representatives in the capital, Ankara, to discuss Turkey’s opposition to the two Nordic countries joining NATO. Finland and Sweden submitted their applications for membership at the same time last week, but Turkey blocked the preliminary examination of the bids. President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan […]
Haavisto: Finland, Sweden will send delegations to Ankara on Wednesday
Finland and Sweden to send delegations to Ankara on Wednesday to discuss Turkey’s opposition to NATO membership applications from the two Nordic countries, Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (Green) has revealed. "We will send our delegation to visit Ankara, in fact both Sweden and Finland. This will happen tomorrow, so the dialogue will continue," Haavisto […]
Haavisto: Resolving the NATO dispute between Finland and Turkey will take weeks of negotiations
Turkey has also called on countries to lift their arms embargo imposed because of its military intervention in Syria. “I said a few days ago [that it’d take] days or weeks, but maybe as a precaution I will now say that it will take weeks, ”Haavisto told YLE in Joensuu on Sunday. “I’m optimistic that […]
Reuters: Erdogan plans to talk to Finnish leaders on Saturday
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he is talking to "Finnish leaders" on Saturday, according to a report news agency Reuters, but has not specified with whom he intends to talk. Erdoğan told reporters on Friday that he would continue to oppose Finland’s and Sweden’s accession to NATO unless Turkey’s demands were met. […]
Friday’s newspapers: Turkish bullying continues, electricity prices rise and Lions face Britain
Finland is at the center of a dispute between Turkey and NATO when a member of the military alliance published its list of requirements for Finland’s and Sweden’s accession to NATO. Finnish President Sauli Niinistö and the Prime Minister of Sweden Magdalena Andersson traveled to Washington DC to meet with the President of the United […]
Ukraine’s summary: why Turkey wants to block Sweden and Finland from joining NATO
During the past week, further details emerged about Finland’s and Sweden’s intention to join NATO, until the nations formally submitted the paperwork on Tuesday. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called it “a historic moment” and it really marks a significant transition from neutrality for these two countries. One implication of the war in Ukraine is […]
"The door to NATO is open" Biden tells Finland and Sweden that Turkey is blocking talks
President of the United States Joe Biden has said that the United States strongly supports the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO and describes both in NATO "strong democracies." Finnish President Sauli Niinistö and the Prime Minister of Sweden Magdalena Andersson met at Biden’s White House on Thursday to discuss recent obstacles to their […]
Turkey will list the requirements before the start of accession negotiations with Finland and Sweden
Turkey has drawn up a list of requirements that must be met before it can begin negotiations on Finland’s and Sweden’s accession to NATO, the New York Times reports. Turkey blocked NATO’s decision to process Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO applications on Wednesday with the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan blames the two Nordic countries "protection […]
Halla-aho: It is unrealistic to think that one member could block joining NATO
“It is mainly a question of Turkey’s domestic policy and the desire to promote the issues that are important to it,” he said at a press conference at the announcement of the NATO committee’s report. President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reiterated on Monday that he intends to reject applications from Finland and Sweden. Turkey […]
Finland and Sweden officially submit Letters of Application to NATO
Finland and Sweden have officially applied for membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Finland’s Ambassador to NATO Klaus Korhonen and his Swedish counterpart Axel Wernhoff submitted two letters of application together to NATO Headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday morning. Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg described the simultaneous submission of applications a "a historic […]
Wednesday Magazines: Turkish Requirements, Bedrock Bunkers and Hockey Nest
Parliament approved the country’s NATO application on Tuesday, but Finland is not yet a member of NATO. Finland’s application has yet to be ratified by the parliaments of all 30 NATO members, and applications from Finland and Sweden could become a political horse trade. President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said that his country […]
Finland and Sweden will apply for NATO membership together on Wednesday
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö and the Prime Minister of Sweden Magdalena Andersson said the countries plan to submit their countries’ NATO applications at one of the union’s headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday. The leaders made comments at a joint press conference on Tuesday in Stockholm. Niinistö said that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at the end […]
Tuesday’s Press: Turkey Demands, NATO Voting and Lions Continue to Win at Home
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reiterated on Monday night that it was opposed to Finland’s and Sweden’s membership of NATO, saying that Turkey did not intend to support either country as a member of NATO. Iltalehti tells about it that at the same time Erdoğan showed that it would be pointless for Finland and […]
Marin wonders Turkey’s turning point in Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO applications
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan On Monday, it announced that Turkey would only accept applications from Finland and Sweden to join the defense alliance if the countries withdraw their support for terrorist organizations, provide security guarantees and lift arms embargoes on Turkey. “We don’t say yes,” he said quoted as saying written by The […]
Niinistö demands a clearer answer from Erdoğan, illuminates the call with Putin
Niinistö said the statement appears to contradict what he and his colleagues discussed on the phone about a month earlier. Erdoğan, he revealed, raised the issue of membership during the call before he had the opportunity to do so, saying Turkey was evaluating the application “favorably.” “To be honest, I’m a little confused,” he said. […]
Then Erdoğan became Turkey’s most powerful man
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was born in the working-class district of Kasimpasa in Istanbul and began working early on selling goods such as the Turkish sesame pretzel “simit” on the city streets. Later he became a good football player and today the football arena in his upbringing is named “Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stadium”. Erdoğan’s political career […]
