04:42Turkey: Ankara may respond 'differently' to Finland's NATO bid which would 'shock' Sweden - Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that 'Sweden will be shocked' when Turkey 'gives a different message about Finland', referring to the potential membership of the two European countries in NATO during his speech in a meeting with youth in Bilecik on Monday.
On the burning of the Quran in Sweden, Erdogan said: "Did they wipe out Islam by burning our Quran? They just showed how ignoble they are".
Accordingly to Erdogan, Turkey handed Sweden a list of 120 terrorists, and it must hand them over to Ankara to approve its accession to NATO.
Danish politician Rasmus Paludan, leader of the Hard Line party, set fire to the Quran outside a mosque in Copenhagen last Friday. He was driven away in a police car, after promising to repeat the stunt outside Turkish and Russian embassies.
Turkey summoned the country’s Danish ambassador, while Moscow’s diplomatic mission condemned the 'blasphemous actions' and called for the organisers to be brought to justice.
Paludan did the same by the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm the previous Saturday, while Sweden’s authorities said the actions were legal under free speech laws.
“There will necessarily be acts of provocation. We saw a repetition this year. In Denmark, in Sweden, these acts of provocation are taking place,” explained another demonstrator, Ali Kemal.
Turkey’s government cancelled NATO accession talks with Sweden and Finland following the incident in Stockholm, while Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson described the Quran-burning as an attempt to 'sabotage' the discussions.
04:42Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that 'Sweden will be shocked' when Turkey 'gives a different message about Finland', referring to the potential membership of the two European countries in NATO during his speech in a meeting with youth in Bilecik on Monday.
On the burning of the Quran in Sweden, Erdogan said: "Did they wipe out Islam by burning our Quran? They just showed how ignoble they are".
Accordingly to Erdogan, Turkey handed Sweden a list of 120 terrorists, and it must hand them over to Ankara to approve its accession to NATO.
Danish politician Rasmus Paludan, leader of the Hard Line party, set fire to the Quran outside a mosque in Copenhagen last Friday. He was driven away in a police car, after promising to repeat the stunt outside Turkish and Russian embassies.
Turkey summoned the country’s Danish ambassador, while Moscow’s diplomatic mission condemned the 'blasphemous actions' and called for the organisers to be brought to justice.
Paludan did the same by the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm the previous Saturday, while Sweden’s authorities said the actions were legal under free speech laws.
“There will necessarily be acts of provocation. We saw a repetition this year. In Denmark, in Sweden, these acts of provocation are taking place,” explained another demonstrator, Ali Kemal.
Turkey’s government cancelled NATO accession talks with Sweden and Finland following the incident in Stockholm, while Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson described the Quran-burning as an attempt to 'sabotage' the discussions.