“Turkey did not hesitate to benefit the Islamic State”, the Spanish newspaper reports
Turkey’s veto on accession Sweden and Finland in NATO criticizes the Spanish newspaper El País in an article entitled “Ankara’s ambiguous stance”.
The daily says that Ankara, while condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine, does not participate in Western sanctions at the expense of Moscow. At the same time, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is keeping open the channels of communication with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky. In the Turkish strategy against the Kurds in northern Syria, Turkey did not hesitate for a moment to benefit the Islamic State. And now Ankara is making the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO depend on measures to the detriment of the Turkish and Kurdish opposition in those Scandinavian countries.
“Undoubtedly, Turkey has a significant geopolitical role at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and the Middle East, but also in the control of the Dardanelles and the Black Sea. But President Erdogan is also well aware that the North Atlantic Alliance must strengthen its northern and eastern wings because of Vladimir Putin’s aggressive stance. This aid will occur in any case, with or without Ankara’s consent “ underlined in the article.
This year’s report of the European Parliament is collapsing on Turkey’s accession process in 2021. It stigmatizes Ankara for her provocative tacticsbut also for human rights issues.
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