Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Şentop on Thursday canceled his Swedish counterpart Andreas Norlen‘s go to to Türkiye in response to latest provocations of PKK terror group supporters in Stockholm.
“Swedish Parliament Speaker Norlen’s official visit to Türkiye on January 17 was cancelled by Speaker of Parliament Şentop upon the terrorist act by the terrorist organization PKK/YPG targeting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Türkiye in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden,” the parliament mentioned in a press release.
The response got here after terror supporters gathered in entrance of the historic City Hall within the capital Stockholm, hung a puppet — likened to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — by the ft on a pole in entrance of the constructing and shared video footage of the second on social media.
Footage posted afterward a social media account affiliated with the phobia group confirmed that threats focusing on Türkiye and Erdoğan had been made with Turkish subtitles.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned Staffan Herrstrom, the Swedish ambassador in Ankara, to convey the nation’s response to the propaganda demonstration.