The Turkish parliament will be called back from summer recess next week. But the extraordinary meeting is not about Sweden’s NATO application, according to information to TT.
The Turkish parliament will hold an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday, July 25, writes the Turkish newspaper Daily Sabah.
According to information to TT, it is not about the ratification of the Swedish NATO application, but about a proposal to raise minimum wages and pensions.
At the recent NATO summit in Vilnius, Turkish President Recep Tayyep Erdogan promised to forward the Swedish application to parliament for approval “as soon as possible”. He has not given an exact date for when the decision will be made, but said at a closing press conference at the summit that it will happen when parliament reopens after the summer recess, which is in October.
The Swedish government hopes, however, that the parliament will be convened extra during the summer, so that Sweden can become a full NATO member sooner than that.
Of the NATO member states, only Turkey and Hungary have not yet ratified Sweden’s application.