Sweden should stop terrorist teams from working within the Nordic nation, Presidency’s Communications Director Fahrettin Altun calls for, accusing Stockholm of going again on its commitments to Ankara.
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Türkiye has demanded Sweden instantly reduce its help to anti-Ankara terrorists and their sympathisers within the Nordic nation after loyalists of the PKK/YPG terror group organised a provocative occasion in capital Stockholm.
“We condemn in the strongest possible terms this heinous act carried out very clearly and unequivocally by the members of this bloody terrorist organisation there, and we urge the Swedish authorities to take necessary steps without further delay and fulfil the demands that we have expressed very concretely at this point,” Turkish Communications Director Fahrettin Altun informed broadcaster TRT Haber on Thursday, accusing Stockholm of going again on its previous guarantees to Ankara.
Altun was reacting to a gathering of terror supporters who converged in entrance of the historic City Hall within the capital Stockholm, hung a puppet –– likened to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan –– by the ft on a pole in entrance of the constructing and shared video footage of this second on social media.
“We are not interested in words but rather in action. We anticipate the commitments made in the Madrid trilateral memorandum to be fulfilled. This is our stance,” Altun stated.
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Sweden must preserve the guarantees, which it made in Madrid, to hitch NATO – of which Türkiye has been a member for 70 years.
It could be futile to anticipate Türkiye to make any concessions in that regard.— Fahrettin Altun (@fahrettinaltun) January 12, 2023
‘Hand over terrorists’
Altun stated whereas Ankara is preventing for regional peace, additionally it is preventing towards world terrorism for the previous 20 years and has paid a excessive worth within the course of.
“In this regard, as President [Recep Tayyip] Erdogan has repeatedly stated, we request support from our allies, especially Western countries, and actors whom we consider as friends,” he stated.
“Unfortunately, we have seen for a long time that Western countries, European countries prefer to support terrorist organisations instead of supporting their ally, Türkiye. By protecting terrorist organisations, they are essentially betraying their own social peace and global peace.”
Altun stated Türkiye held a number of conferences with the Swedish authorities and informed them to “stop the terrorist activities on your own land; break your ties with FETO and the PKK” even earlier than the NATO dialogue started.
When Sweden’s membership in NATO got here into query, Altun stated, Ankara repeated its calls for and warned “as long as you protect terrorist organisations, you cannot be in alliance with us in NATO.”
“We urge you [Sweden] again to fulfill your commitment to hand over the terrorists to Türkiye. We urge you to prevent these terrorist organisations from operating on your lands,” the Turkish official added.
The Turkish communications director warned that European nations defending terror teams would deprive them of the strategic, geopolitical and demographic alternatives that Türkiye will present.
In its greater than 35-year terror marketing campaign towards Türkiye, the PKK – listed as a terrorist organisation by Türkiye, the US and European Union – has been chargeable for the deaths of over 40,000 folks, together with ladies, youngsters and infants. YPG is its Syrian offshoot.
Fetullah Terrorist Organization [or FETO] orchestrated a defeated coup in Türkiye on July 15, 2016 wherein 252 folks have been killed and a couple of,734 others have been wounded.
FETO is behind a long-running marketing campaign to overthrow the state by the infiltration of Turkish establishments, notably the army, police and judiciary.
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Sweden formally utilized to hitch NATO in May 2022, abandoning a long time of army non-alignment, a choice spurred by Russia’s warfare towards Ukraine, which began on February 24.
But Türkiye — a robust NATO member for greater than 70 years — voiced objections, accusing each Sweden and Finland of tolerating and even supporting terrorist teams, together with the PKK and the FETO.
Last June, Türkiye and the 2 Nordic nations signed a memorandum at a NATO summit to handle Ankara’s respectable safety issues, paving the best way for his or her eventual membership within the alliance.
Altun stated Türkiye doesn’t need Sweden’s bid to hitch NATO to be disrupted, however Stockholm has to take robust measures.
“As long as you protect terrorist organisations, you cannot be in alliance with us in NATO. If you are going to be in a real alliance with us in NATO, then support our fight against terrorism and terrorist organisations,” he stated.
Altun stated below the management of President Erdogan, Türkiye has reached a completely completely different place and is now a rustic that units guidelines.
“Türkiye is now not only an island of stability but also a stabilising power. Türkiye is now the primary negotiator in the Russia-Ukraine War, the conflict from which the region and the world suffer the most,” he stated.
Ankara will proceed to guard its place, he stated, and struggle towards world terrorism and eradicate terrorism at its supply “regardless of the circumstances.”
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Source: TRT World
