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.

A day earlier Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, had shocked fellow NATO members by saying he could not support membership for either Finland or Sweden. Erdogan says Turkey not supportive ...

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 ...

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Sweden Democrats, Social Democrats and Left Party. Turkey joined NATO in 1952 and has the second-largest military in the 30-member alliance after the United States. The US administration is ...

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The two Nordic nations joined NATO after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. With tensions rising, they are preparing their ...

Sweden and Finland have updated guidance to their citizens on how to survive war, as NATO allies bolster defense measures ...

Sweden and Finland, which recently gave up neutrality and joined NATO following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, have ...