Türkiye's parliament is not ready to ratify Sweden's membership in NATO

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the Turkish parliament is not ready to ratify Sweden's request for NATO membership as ... Stockholm did not go far enough to secure a place in the military alliance. During a closed-door briefing with journalists in New York on Monday, the Turkish leader said that "terrorists" were demonstrating in the streets of the Swedish capital despite the European country's recent changes to its constitution and laws to better combat the terrorism. “My parliament does not see the issue positively, it is not ready to ratify Sweden's accession protocol.” Seven Swedish citizens were arrested after shooting in a bar in Turkey. According to the Daily Sabah newspaper on Friday, ... Turkish security forces have arrested seven Swedish citizens in connection with the September 6 shooting at an Istanbul bar.

In this incident, two masked bikers shot at the Swedes in the bar. These Russian citizens also opened fire on the attackers and during this firefight a client from the Republic of Azerbaijan was injured in the leg. All the people who participated in the incident fled the scene after the shooting. Turkish security forces are trying to identify and arrest two motorcyclist attackers. During the search of the arrested persons' home, quantities of illegal weapons and large quantities of ammunition were found. Turkish police released the names of those arrested, all Swedish citizens, but did not comment on the reasons for the conflict.