Turkish parliament to debate Sweden’s NATO bid on Tuesday

The Turkish parliament’s general assembly is set to debate Sweden’s NATO membership bid on Tuesday, three sources from parliament said.
After likely full parliamentary approval on Tuesday, President Tayyip Erdogan is expected to sign it into law, concluding a lengthy process that has frustrated some of Ankara’s Western allies.
Sweden and Finland asked to join the military alliance in 2022 after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But NATO member Turkey raised objections over what it said was the two countries’ protection of groups that Ankara deems terrorists.
Turkey endorsed Finland’s membership bid last April but, along with Hungary, it kept Sweden waiting until it toughened its stance on local members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which the European Union and United States also list as a terrorist group.