Turkey considers Sweden a base for terrorists, and because of that has not ratified Sweden’s NATO membership.
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party PKK, which is classified as a terrorist organization, receives support from Sweden, says the Swedish security police Säpo’s deputy director of counter-terrorism Susanna Trehorning Swedish Broadcasting Corporation’s SVT (you switch to another service) in the interview.
Säpo does not believe that the PKK poses a direct terrorist threat to Sweden.
– Instead, we believe that they engage in auxiliary activities, which can be inciting, recruiting or financing terrorism in order to support terrorism in another country or in Sweden, Trehörning says.
He does not say how many PKK supporters Säpo estimates to be in Sweden. However, he says that the PKK receives a significant amount of funding from Sweden.
Turkey considers Sweden a base for terrorists, and because of this has not ratified Sweden’s NATO membership.