[WE ARE NATO] The Turkish Parliament just voted to approve Finland’s NATO membership application (276 MPs voted for it, 0 were against)

[LegionnairE]

Like Yoda would say:

"No,there is another".

Amerikanskayeeeee

That's transphobic

please refer to amerimutts by their correct pronouns tsk tsk

 

[That Guy]

Interesting that nobody opposed it.

It was never an issue, it was just grandstanding by erdogan as a form of election campaigning.

Everyone supports Finland and Sweden application, as Turkey and Russia have never truly gotten along with each other.

 

[dBSPL]

It was never an issue, it was just grandstanding by erdogan as a form of election campaigning.

Everyone supports Finland and Sweden application, as Turkey and Russia have never truly gotten along with each other.

If it were up to only Erdoğan, he would probably have approved it on the first day. But there was too much public pressure and they could not risk their base, which was increasingly aligned with nationalist tendencies recently. Sweden-Finland made its application 2 years ago and at that time our agenda was not elections but the fight against the PKK in Syria.

The issues with Finland were already minor, the real problem was the PKK-Fetö related activities inside Sweden. If you go through the parliamentary minutes, you will find criticism, including from opposition MPs, that Sweden was late or hesitant to take steps. But if you say who cares about Turkish realpolitik, you can make trite comments like this.

 

[JackTheRipper]

I think Sweden will be in NATO soon,
US will pressurize Turkey for this.

 

[Broccoli]

Final touch.

Erdogan has signed ratification of Finland's Nato membership

The final formalities include an invitation to join from Nato's Secretary General, which is to be signed in Washington, most likely by Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (Green).

yle.fi

Hopefully Sweden gets in sooner than later.

 

[Dalit]

Final touch.

Erdogan has signed ratification of Finland's Nato membership

The final formalities include an invitation to join from Nato's Secretary General, which is to be signed in Washington, most likely by Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (Green).

yle.fi

Hopefully Sweden gets in sooner than later.

Yeah keep hoping. First handover the Kurdish terrorists to Turkey.

If it were up to only Erdoğan, he would probably have approved it on the first day. But there was too much public pressure and they could not risk their base, which was increasingly aligned with nationalist tendencies recently. Sweden-Finland made its application 2 years ago and at that time our agenda was not elections but the fight against the PKK in Syria.

The issues with Finland were already minor, the real problem was the PKK-Fetö related activities inside Sweden. If you go through the parliamentary minutes, you will find criticism, including from opposition MPs, that Sweden was late or hesitant to take steps. But if you say who cares about Turkish realpolitik, you can make trite comments like this.

At least Turkey stands up for it's national interests. Can't be said for other nations that fold like a house of cards.

Putin is definitely not happy about Finland joining in fact nobody is in the Kremlin.

I think there response will be stationing tactical nukes on the border region and deploying nuclear forces

This will only make it easier for Putin. Finland now also belongs to a group that is considered hostile and an enemy. Putin will treat Finland as such.