Sweden’s prime minister said Sunday that Turkey has made demands on Sweden that his country “cannot — and does not — want to meet” to gain Ankara’s approval for a bid to join NATO. Sweden and its Nordic neighbor Finland asked to join NATO in May, 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Host Marco Werman speaks with Soner Cagaptay, author of “The New Sultan: Erdogan and the Crisis of Modern Turkey,” about Ankara’s demands, which include Sweden and Finland joining Turkey’s fight against banned Kurdish militants.
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