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(9,299 posts) Mon May 16, 2022, 01:35 PM May 2022

Erdoğan says Turkey will not approve Finnish and Swedish membership of Nato [View all]

The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has said he will not approve Finland and Sweden joining Nato.

Reuters is reporting he has said Swedish and Finnish delegations should not bother coming to Turkey to convince Turkey to approve their Nato bids.

Finland and Sweden, while both Nato partners, have long viewed membership as an unnecessary provocation of Russia, their powerful eastern neighbor. Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, however, has led to a radical rethink of their security policies.

Membership of Nato would require ratification by all existing members.

Erdoğan is a putin puppet just like tRump

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Erdoğan says Turkey will not approve Finnish and Swedish membership of Nato [View all] yaesu May 2022 OP

Turkey needs booting from NATO, they are the fox in the henhouse.... sunonmars May 2022 #1

Except they are keeping the Russian Navy out of the Black Sea. AllyCat May 2022 #2

How so? The two Russian ships the Ukrainians... brush May 2022 #16

They're keeping the rest of the Russian navy out muriel_volestrangler May 2022 #20

This AllyCat May 2022 #28

The rest of the Russian Navy? tavernier May 2022 #36

The Northern Fleet is large, includes a ship twice the size of the Moskva muriel_volestrangler May 2022 #38

I totally believe you and not minimizing the continued horrors tavernier May 2022 #39

I was about to call for their expulsion Darwins_Retriever May 2022 #7

And Turkey has been supplying Ukraine with lots of Bayraktor drones, very effective. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2022 #27

Yup. I suspect Erdogan is trying to walk a fine line here. AllyCat May 2022 #29

Well...that looks like Erdoğan has chosen to play for the other team... Moostache May 2022 #3

The Joe Manchin of NATO is a perfect description. maxsolomon May 2022 #6

"He wants a quid pro quo." exactly.. What does he want? Methinks he wants something to do mitch96 May 2022 #25

I think you meant Finland. Norway is already a NATO memeber. Ray Bruns May 2022 #9

Actually we already have in our elected Congress a loyal Erdogan ally Budi May 2022 #11

Norway is a founding member of Nato, since the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949. Celerity May 2022 #19

+1. dalton99a May 2022 #30

Turkey is the Joe Manchin of NATO no_hypocrisy May 2022 #4

Not surprising. Turkey holds a lot of leverage, and wants to maintain alright relations on both side David__77 May 2022 #5

They are very sided with Russia now, I lived in Turkey, could not wait to leave. sunonmars May 2022 #10

Yup. And Erdogan wants a Somali Oil deal. Budi May 2022 #14

Turkey's position is softening ...it's not a hard no PortTack May 2022 #8

That was 2 days ago, Today its a hard NO. NEVER trust Erdogan, he's scum. sunonmars May 2022 #13

Is the Reuters article from today? Or from two days ago? Noahv May 2022 #18

Today - here: muriel_volestrangler May 2022 #22

It's a back and forth. One military expert I follow, CPSCOTT stationed in the area many years PortTack May 2022 #35

Will not disapprove either BeyondGeography May 2022 #12

This was reported several days ago, but since then most analysts believe he will. Link? hlthe2b May 2022 #15

Link in reply #22 (nt) muriel_volestrangler May 2022 #23

The new news is Reuters reporting he has said Swedish and Finnish delegations should not bother yaesu May 2022 #33

Turkey has elections in about a year The Revolution May 2022 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity May 2022 #21

fuck this tinpot dictator Celerity May 2022 #24

And Erdogan is to be trusted? dalton99a May 2022 #32

Well tRump did a deal with him to allow them to slaughter Kurds in the border region yaesu May 2022 #34

I read Turkey will approve per Nato's head leader ..... Lovie777 May 2022 #26

It is time to expel Turkey from NATO. dalton99a May 2022 #31

Turkey is NOT a democracy. roamer65 May 2022 #37