Turkey Outraged After Sweden Allowed Quran Burning in Front of Stockholm Embassy
23rd January 2023
It increasingly looks like Sweden won’t be admitted to NATO anytime soon, now that relations with Turkey have hit a fresh low point after months of Turkish pressure on Stockholm to crack down on Kurdish groups and anti-Erdogan protests.
On Saturday anti-Turkey demonstrations in the Swedish capital included an incident where a copy of the Quran was burned in front of the Turkish embassy. The Quran-burning has enraged Turkish officials, especially coming off of another protest less than two weeks ago wherein a Kurdish group hanged an effigy of President Erdogan and tweeted out images.
They can dish it out, but they can’t take it.
Why is Turkey in NATO anyway? The Soviet Union died thirty years ago.
UPDATE: Sweden Can Kiss NATO Membership Goodbye
UPDATE: Erdogan Tells Sweden: Don’t Expect To Join NATO After Quran Burning Incident