Westerners are deceived by the YPG/PKK terror group's rhetoric of a “democratic society”, says Turcologist Walter Posch, a member of the Institute for Peace Support at the Austrian National Defence Academy.
Türkiye, Sweden and Finland have signed a memorandum on co-operation, paving the way of the Nordic countries' entry to NATO.
Sweden and Finland have to take into account Türkiye's security concerns, Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says ahead of NATO summit.
A ceasefire should be declared in Ukraine as soon as possible to reestablish peace and stability in the region, says Turkish National Defence Minister Hulusi Akar.
A recent drone footage shows that members of the YPG/PKK terror group have built over 30-kilometre long tunnel network around the city to transfer arms.
Terror group supporters gather at Gotaplatsen square in Gothenburg, calling for arms embargo on Türkiye.
"The existence of terrorist organisations must end in those countries. That is what we expect both from Finland and Sweden," Türkiye's Presidential Spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin says.
NATO is not an economic cooperation organisation, so Sweden and Finland are expected to end the existence of terror groups in their countries, says Türkiye's presidential spokesperson.
Speaking to reporters following a NATO gathering of defence chiefs in Brussels, Hulusi Akar reiterated Turkish security concerns over the Nordic countries' bid to the military alliance.
Coalition conducts a helicopter landing in Türkiye-backed opposition-held areas and seizes a senior member of Daesh terror group, who it says is an "experienced bomb maker".
Police did not intervene in the demonstration by the members of the Rouvikonas anarchist group around the Turkish Consulate General Athens-Piraeus in the Greek capital.
At a joint news conference with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, Swedish PM Magdalena Andersson said both Sweden and Finland would be security providers for the region and for all of NATO, including Türkiye.
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