The uncertainty of the schedule is due to the working methods of the Turkish Parliament and the ongoing fasting month of Ramadan.
Turkey will probably ratify Finland’s NATO membership late this afternoon or early evening, estimates a foreign journalist Mika Mäkeläinen From Ankara, the capital of Turkey, in the morning of .
However, the schedule may change and the case may be moved to tomorrow, Thursday. According to Mäkeläinen, the uncertainty of the schedule is due to the working methods of the Turkish Parliament.
The daily session of the Turkish Parliament starts at 2 p.m. Ankara is located in the same time zone as Finland.
There can be several hours of procedural debate in the parliament, when the opposition comments on the motion of the president of the parliament, which topics will be discussed that day.
The Muslim fasting month of Ramadan is also currently underway. The most religious members of parliament may fast during the day, which is why the sessions end at 6:30 p.m. so that everyone can get home in time for dinner.
– The Parliament’s effective working time is therefore quite short on a daily basis, but corresponding to the agenda, it is quite long.
According to Mäkeläinen, MPs are currently tempted to bring new attention-grabbing issues to the parliament’s consideration, as the country will hold parliamentary and presidential elections on May 14.
The result of the vote is expected to be very unanimous
According to Mäkeläinen, there is no great disagreement about Finland’s NATO ratification. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan the party and its government partners will most likely support the motion.
– Erdoğan has put his own prestige on the line by announcing that he supports the ratification of Finland’s NATO membership.
No gravel votes are expected from the opposition either, with the exception of the left-wing and anti-NATO HDP party, which, according to ‘s information, will discuss its position on the issue today at noon.
However, the party’s possible opposition should not affect the outcome.