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After the Koran was burned: Erdogan does not want to support Sweden if it joins NATO Three journalists arrested in Iran

According to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Sweden cannot count on Turkey’s support to join NATO after the Quran was burned in Stockholm. “If you don’t show respect for the Turkish Republic or the religious beliefs of the Muslims, you can’t get any support from us in terms of NATO,” Erdogan said in Ankara on Monday.

NATO member Turkey has been blocking Sweden and Finland’s accession to the defense alliance for months. Turkey, in particular, accuses Sweden of supporting “terrorist organisations” such as the outlawed Kurdish Workers’ Party PKK and is demanding the extradition of a number of people regarded by Ankara as terrorists. All 30 NATO members must ratify applications for NATO membership, 28 have already done so – only Turkey and Hungary are still missing.

Protests in Sweden recently led to renewed problems with Turkey. Activists in central Stockholm, among other things, hung a doll from his feet that resembled Erdogan, prompting an angry reaction from Ankara. On Saturday, a Danish-born Islamophobic politician and provocateur added fuel to the fire by burning a Koran on Saturday at a police-sanctioned gathering near the Turkish embassy in Stockholm. The move was a “disgrace,” Erdogan said.

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The Swedish government had distanced itself from both this action and the Erdogan doll incident, but referred to the freedom of expression that applies in Sweden. “Freedom of expression is a fundamental part of democracy,” Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Twitter following the Quran burning. “But what is legal is not necessarily appropriate. Burning books that are sacred to many is a most disrespectful act.” (sda/dpa)

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