Like any of Nato's 31 member countries, Turkey has the power to block new nations from joining the group. But Sweden introduced tougher anti-terrorism laws in June, making it illegal to give ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, which has not yet approved Sweden's bid to join Nato Sweden should not expect Turkey to back its Nato membership bid, Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says he has told Turkey’s president that “the time has come” to let Sweden become a member of the military alliance.

The decision comes after the May re-election of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and days before Sweden and Turkey are set to resume NATO membership talks. The 35-year-old individual in ...

The top diplomat recalled that Ankara expected Sweden to honor its memorandum on combating terrorist organizations, a condition for Turkey's approval of Stockholm’s NATO membership bid.

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NATO ally Turkey lifted its veto over Finland and Sweden's bid to join the Western alliance in June after weeks of tense negotiations where Ankara accused the two Nordic countries of harbouring ...

Ankara secured a pledge from Brussels to resurrect stalled membership negotiations in exchange for lifting its blockade of Sweden's drive to join the NATO military ... action by Turkey on human ...

NATO stands with Turkey after four people were killed in an attack on a defence company in Ankara, Secretary General Mark Rutte told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan via telephone.

[EPA-EFE/Christine Olsson] Protests in Stockholm on Saturday (21 January) against Turkey and Sweden's bid to join NATO, including the burning of a copy of the Koran, sharply heightened tensions ...