The Turkish parliament speaker has referred to as on his Swedish counterpart to take needed motion on Thursday’s provocative demonstration by terrorist supporters in Stockholm, which focused President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
“We urgently expect the perpetrators of this action to be identified, and concrete steps to be taken to prevent such incidents,” Türkiye’s Mustafa Şentop informed Andreas Norlen over telephone on Friday.
“The heinous act of the terrorist organization PKK/PYD/YPG supporters in Stockholm, targeting Türkiye and our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, caused great discomfort in the country, and in all segments of society,” Şentop mentioned.
Supporters of the PKK and its offshoots 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.
In response to the demonstration, Şentop canceled Norlen’s go to to Türkiye, which had been scheduled for Jan. 17.
We discover this motion unacceptable and strongly condemn it, Şentop mentioned.
Expressing his disappointment on the cancellation of the go to, Norlen mentioned: “I was disturbed, even disgusted, when I saw the images appearing in front of the city hall in Stockholm.”
He added: “Such acts of violence and threats against politicians have no place in democratic societies.”
He mentioned threats of violence in opposition to politicians don’t have any place in a democratic dialogue, including that he was trying ahead to visiting the Turkish parliament with Finnish parliament speaker Matti Vanhanen.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry had additionally summoned Staffan Herrstrom, the Swedish ambassador in Ankara, to convey the nation’s response to the propaganda demonstration.
Sweden and Finland deserted their long-standing insurance policies of army nonalignment and utilized for membership within the army alliance after Russia launched its battle on Ukraine final February.
But NATO-member Türkiye has not but endorsed their accession, which requires unanimous approval from all current alliance members.
Turkish officers say Swedish authorities have but to take needed steps in opposition to terrorism.
