Last minute: After repeated vile attacks on the Qur’an, Sweden announced that it has temporarily suspended its NATO membership process.
Making the statement, Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström said that their aim is to become full membership in July.
THE RESPONSE FROM PRESIDENT ERDOĞAN
President Erdoğan made a statement after Sweden first allowed a demonstration in which the Quran was burned, and on the same day that the supporters of the terrorist organization PKK organized a demonstration on the streets of Sweden, “Sorry. After that, you will expect support from us to join NATO. No such thing, don’t expect such support from us.” he had spoken.
‘It is both immorality and baseness’
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said, “You see what is happening in Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark, in the west. To evaluate these heinous acts within the scope of freedom of expression is a folly. When it comes to other beliefs, it is not a crime, but our holy book, the Qur’an- As for the Holy Quran, freedom of expression. This is both immoral and meanness. It is insufficient to characterize it with a double standard.” had used the words.