Turkey’s foreign minister on Thursday accused Sweden of being complicit in a “racist and hate crime” for failing to save weekend protests in Stockholm through anti-Islamic and pro-Kurdish groups.
Cavusoglu also showed that a key assembly in Brussels to discuss the NATO club of Sweden and Finland was postponed, saying such an assembly would have been “insignificant” in the wake of the protests.
Turkey was exasperated by a protest that burned anti-Islam activist Rasmus Paludan’s Koran on Saturday and criticized the Swedish government for allowing the protest outside the Turkish embassy. Turkey’s president this week expressed serious doubts about NATO enlargement and warned Sweden that he did not wait for its attempt to join the army alliance.
“The Swedish government took this despicable action by allowing it to take place,” Cavusoglu said at a joint news conference with his visiting Serbian accountant. “It’s that simple. No one can tell us otherwise. “
“In this environment, a tripartite assembly would have made no sense,” Cavusoglu said. “It was postponed because the existing context would have overshadowed it, it would not be a healthy assembly. “
Sweden and Finland abandoned their long-standing policies of no army alignment and implemented them for the NATO club after Russian forces introduced a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24. Turkey, a NATO member, has still approved its club, which requires the unanimous approval of all existing NATO members.
Asked about the option of Finland joining the alliance on its own if Sweden’s bid is further delayed, Cavusoglu said Turkey had not won that request. However, he said that “the disorders we face with Finland are less than with Sweden. “
There was no immediate reaction from Swedish officials to Cavusoglu’s comments.
Anti-Islamic activist Paludan, who has Danish and Swedish citizenship, created far-right parties in both countries that failed to win seats in national, regional or municipal elections. In last year’s parliamentary elections in Sweden, his party won 156 votes nationwide.
His burning of the Koran sparked counterprotests in Turkey, where demonstrators burned his flag and a Swedish one.
Egypt’s most sensible establishment on Wednesday called on Muslims around the world to boycott Swedish and Dutch goods after Edwin Wagensveld, the Dutch leader of the far-right Pegida movement, tore up pages of the Koran near the Dutch parliament in The Hague and trampled on them. Sunday.
Swedish officials are under pressure that freedom of expression is guaranteed by the Swedish constitution and gives others broad rights to express their comments publicly, incitement to violence or hate speech is not allowed.
Sweden and Finland will not join NATO.
It turns out that the “experts” who claimed that Putin miscalculated are the ones who miscalculated.
The West continues to sink deeper and deeper into a mess. Driven by the MSM propagandist, the public has an absolutely distorted concept of the truth of the conflict. Putin is five shots ahead.
Accomplice to a “hate crime and racism” for not saving you from weekend protests
These were non-violent protests. No damage was reported to anyone else’s assets. No one threatened. How is this hateful or racist? Freedom of speech and nonviolent protest are basic Western values.
Sweden has laws against defamation. If something is said in public about any other user that is not true, send it.
Destroying an eebook is not illegal. It would possibly be in bad taste, but it is a matter of opinion. It is not the same that you do not like the words of an eebook than to threaten an entire people/race.
Says the thug who unleashed his henchmen on nonviolent protesters on the streets of DC.
Sweden will eventually become a member of NATO and NATO members will still be able to conclude interim bilateral defense agreements at the national level.
We can also “encourage” Turkey to act in its own interest by pointing out the disadvantages of being a spouse in collective self-defence.
And no, Turkey is going to “rock”, they have noticed the progress and need to stay for the feature film.
Sweden and Finland will not join NATO.
Finland will probably sign up without Sweden.
https://www. euronews. com/2023/01/24/finlandia-debe-considerar-unirse-a-la-otan-sin-suecia-dice-ministro
One of Finland’s communications.
Goal contrary to his through Sweden.
If Russia were smart, it would be a guy who burned the Koran in Finland.
Gintonic: What would you like the Swedish government to do?In democracies, non-violent protest is allowed and I don’t think we should give it up.
We can also “encourage” Turkey to act in its own interest by pointing out the disadvantages of being a spouse in collective self-defense.
A smart first step would be for the U. S. to take a clean line. The U. S. will withdraw all its forces from Turkey, close all consulates, minimize diplomatic staff at the U. S. embassy and the U. S. Embassy and the U. S. will not be able to do so. If the U. S. Embassy in Ankara will send home all the diplomatic families and conduct a diplomatic mission in Turkey. of unaccompanied difficulties for a year. It would be even greater if the Greeks were willing to host the USAF squadron and its newly founded nuclear weapons at Incirlik AB, otherwise it would be sufficient to withdraw weapons from Europe unless some other NATO member like Italy is willing to receive them at Aviano AB, for example.
Goal contrary to his through Sweden.
The Swedish government, like the highest Western democracies, does not have the strength to prohibit its citizens from demonstrating peacefully. Sweden is not an authoritarian government led by a thin-skinned quasi-dictator like Turkey, where you can be imprisoned for “insulting the state. “”At first, I thought Sweden might have banned a protest organizer from coming from Denmark with the aim of burning a Koran, but it turns out he has Swedish citizenship. You have the right to protest in your country and the Swedish government does not have the constitutional right to prevent you from doing so. The genuine blame lies with Turiye. No they recognize the right to protest against the policies of the AKP and its leadership. It is Turkey that is incompatible with NATO. .
DT, for a guy who claims to be worldly, you know that America is not going to be a worldly man. While the U. S. appreciates its dysfunctional relationship with Turkey, more than Sweden, Sweden is priceless for the U. S. as well. In the US, Biden would never invite the Swedish prime minister and his dog to stay.
The DT and the Swedish government are led by a racist and anti-immigrant far-right minister
Now believe if Finland would let an infamous anti-Semite burn the Torah in front of the Israeli embassy.
Would you join NATO after that?
Do you think one of the critics of democratic Turkey for opposing the blatant act of hatred in Sweden would see Finland banned?
DT, for a guy who claims to be worldly, you know that America is not going to be a worldly man. While the U. S. appreciates its dysfunctional relationship with Turkey, more than Sweden, Sweden is priceless for the U. S. as well. In the US, Biden would never invite the Swedish prime minister and his dog to stay.
The Swedish army has sent a mechanized infantry battalion to Afghanistan to fight throughout the United States, although it is not a NATO member. The Turks did not. The Swedes lent the U. S. Navy a loan to the U. S. Navy. One of its diesel-electric submarines perfect for two years for the U. S. Navy to do so. The U. S. Department of Justice will experiment with tactics to locate and manage such submarines, as the U. S. is not yet able to experiment with tactics. The U. S. government only has much larger deep-sea nuclear submarines. I would say that the Swedes have been greater allies of the United States than the Turks.
It turns out that he has Swedish citizenship. He has the right to protest in his country and the Swedish government does not have the constitutional right to prevent him from doing so. The genuine fault lies with Turiye. No they recognize the right to protest against the policies of the AKP and its leadership. It is Turkey that is incompatible with NATO.
What he has done is unjustified, offensive, provocative and more than a little stupid, but as a Swedish citizen he has the right to explicitly show the world how foolish he is. He can protest as much as he does if the action is peaceful. However, burning a Quran in public is a bit silly. Rasmus Paludan has shown how stupid he is.
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Gintonic: What would you like the Swedish government to do?In democracies, non-violent protest is allowed and I don’t think we should give it up.
And in a guaranteed democracy. Others don’t have to like it, but at worst, Rasmus Paludan presented himself as an idiot.
He is with the Turkish prime minister. If Islam is so central in its rule, then what about following the Ten Commandments that are embodied in the Qur’an itself?
One commandment says: There are no other gods. This refers to Atatürk and his cult of personality in Turkey.
Another commandment says: Accept in vain the call of the Lord. Use God as a tool for a self-centered and hateful agenda.
Another commandment says: Love thy neighbor as thyself. Don’t denigrate anyone for being someone else.
Erdogan has a lot of nerve to talk about nonsense in problems like this. Is Turkey NATO’s best friend or not?You will have to keep quiet and look at yourself. You have plenty of room to communicate!
He says with a long-standing program of Kude’s genocide.
Goal contrary to his through Sweden.
They followed His laws. This is for a relaxed and open society. Anything less would be an atrocity.
We have a word for where governments end legal and nonviolent protests. As soon as a protest turns violent or tries to damage someone else’s property, THEN the government can intervene, not before.
I have seen non-violent protesters beaten with tear gas. It’s fun. Protesters get bored when no one fights them and leave. Turkiye should be informed of this.
In May, with Erdogan wasting the presidential election, Sweden will join NATO. Ok, actually Erdogan will not lose. Elections everywhere are biased for the incumbent to win, but I can hope.
Thefu, do you know who the Prime Minister of Sweden is, a racist baggage he carries, this is not the case, loose democracy elects right-wing racists?
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Thefu, do you know who the Prime Minister of Sweden is, a racist baggage he carries, this is not the case, loose democracy elects right-wing racists?
Just as the United States voted for Trump in 2016, there are still nonviolent protests.