Ukraine, Sweden, Turkey and NATO: It ain’t over till it’s over
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Should the EU backslide on Turkish entry, Erdogan could well renege on his commitment to support Swedish accession to NATO.

There was a post from a mass media site the other day saying Turkey was approving Sweden to join NATO. This turned out to be a bit of wishful thinking.

  • Sjatar@sjatar.net
    53·
    1 year ago

    Thanks <3 Yeah I was following the election, crazy close to getting him out. No idea how people wanted him still in power after the earthquake disasters. Feels like he used the anger towards Sweden (after the danish guy burned the Quran) to gain some votes by refusing us. What a mess it has become.

    • Serinus@lemmy.ml
      72·
      1 year ago

      Did they not know that Quran burning was propaganda? It happened, but it happened specifically to split Sweden from Turkey. I think it was discovered the person was working for Russia.

      • Ooops@feddit.de
        52·
        1 year ago

        Why would Turkish media tell them? They are controlled by Erdogan (where public tv reports about the election didn’t even mention his opponent by name… he was just “that other guy”).

      • Derin@lemmy.beru.co
        42·
        1 year ago

        Most folk in Turkey can’t consume media from outside sources as they (genuinely) lack the language skills. Turkish media is either just tabloids or state owned propoganda.

      • Sjatar@sjatar.net
        02·
        1 year ago

        Well not sure about that, the Danish guy that did it have been doing similar things for a while. So while maybe it was somehow encouraged I’m sure he could have gotten the brilliant idea himself. What a genius display of free speech it was…