“There Turkey He has confirmed that we have done what we promised, but he also wants things that we cannot and will not give.” Access difficulties are increasing Born of the Swedensince the Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristerson he made that clear Stockholm cannot fulfill all requests from Ankara. But his approval will be crucial for entry Sweden in the Atlantic Alliance, since the new accessions require the unanimity of its members.
The node of deliveries – The knot, so much for the topic Sweden how much for that Finlandconcerns the two countries’ support for Kurdish groups Ankara considers terrorist organizations. And the question of extraditions remains the most difficult problem to resolve. there Turkey In fact, he accuses the two Scandinavian countries of supporting and harboring US Kurds packwho he believes to be terrorists. Erdogan he asked Stockholm and Helsinki the end of those ties, the extradition of people he considers “extremists” and the end of the arms embargo”.
Deliveries made and failed – At the beginning of December he was extradited by the Stockholm government Mahmut Tatformer militant of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (Pkk) convicted in Turkey sentenced to 6 years and 10 months in prison for his political ideas. The man had sought refuge in Sweden in 2015, but just to evade the verdict of the Turkish judges his application for asylum was rejected from Stockholm. As reported by the local press, Tat was arrested by the Swedish police and transferred to the detention center Molndal, where he was informed of his deportation and from there returned to Turkey. Once in the Anatolian country, Tat was taken into custody by the Turkish police, brought before the judges and finally sent to prison to serve out the sentence he had been given years ago. On December 19 instead of the Supreme Court from Stockholm declined the request for delivery to Ankaraas requested, the reporter Bulent Kenesaccused of Turkey that he was an accomplice in the 2016 coup attempt and is a member of the Gülenist movement. L’High Courtresponsible for appeals deliveriesidentified “several obstacles” to the handover to the Turkish authorities kenes. One of the Swedish Supreme Court judges who delivered the verdict, Peter aspHe explained the reasons in a statement: “These are also political crimes. There is also a risk of persecution because of that person’s political opinions.