Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that Sweden should not expect Ankara’s approval to join NATO at the alliance’s upcoming summit that will be held in Vilnius this July.
Erdogan said the Swedish government must do more to curb anti-Turkish protests. Stockholm’s effort to placate Turkey by passing a new anti- terror law and Ankara’s efforts to target Kurds in Sweden have sparked anti-NATO and anti-Turkish demonstrations in the Nordic nation.