What is the proclaimed reason Turkey is blocking Sweden from joining NATO?

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What is the proclaimed reason Turkey is blocking Sweden from joining NATO?

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Last updated Mar 31 2023.
Originally posted Mar 31 2023 12:03 PM.

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psnz' link is behind a paywall. Here are two that can be accessed by all:

https://www.reuters.com/world/why-is-turkey-blocking-swedish-finnish-nato-membership-2023-01-25/

https://www.fpri.org/article/2023/03/the-turkish-veto-why-erdogan-is-blocking-finland-and-swedens-path-to-nato/

Mar 31 2023, 3:23 PM

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Answer 1

Turkey does not want Sweden joing NATO unless the Nordic country will take action against groups outlawed in Turkey.

This includes the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), with Turkey wanting Sweden to extradite suspected terrorists and to suppress support for the PKK.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/03/17/why-turkey-is-still-blocking-sweden-s-nato-accession/0b9b1982-c4e1-11ed-82a7-6a87555c1878_story.html

What is the proclaimed reason Turkey is blocking Sweden from joining NATO?

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