Turkey, Terrorists and NATO

[] [Turkey, Terrorists and NATO]( by Uzay Bulut • June 2, 2022 at 5:00 am [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [WhatsApp]( [Telegram]( [Send]( [Print]( - Turkey, reportedly on the verge of yet another military incursion into Syria, appears up to other fun and games as well. - The so-called "terrorists" to whom Erdoğan is referring are Kurdish politicians, political activists, and refugees who live in Sweden and Finland. In particular, those who engage in advocacy for political equality and the official recognition of Kurds in Turkey and Syria. The Turkish government wants the two Nordic nations to extradite these individuals to Turkey. - Erdoğan's regime, however, does not see actual jihadists in the region as terrorists and even actively supports them. For instance, news outlets have documented evidence of Erdoğan's government's close relationship with ISIS (the Islamic State). - ISIS collaborators received Turkish citizenship, a leaked official Turkish report showed, detailing how the jihadi group used Turkey to traffic money and obtain supplies. - Turkey is also home to Hamas terrorists.... "Hamas operates its headquarters in Istanbul." — Israel Hayom, February 1, 2022. - Turkey's Islamist allies in Afrin have since committed many crimes against civilians, including Christians, Yazidis and Kurds. These crimes include extortion, detention, abduction, rape, torture and murder. - For NATO's well-being, Turkey's threats, aggression and blackmail must not be allowed. Turkey is reportedly on the verge of yet another military incursion into Syria, even as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is blocking Sweden and Finland from NATO membership, referring to Kurdish politicians, political activists and refugees who live in Sweden and Finland as "terrorists." Meanwhile, Erdoğan's regime does not see actual jihadists in the region as terrorists and even actively supports them. Media outlets have documented evidence of the Turkish government's close relationship with ISIS. Pictured: Turkey-backed jihadists in Saraqib, northwestern Syria, on February 27, 2020. (Photo by Bakr Alkasem/AFP via Getty Images) Turkey, reportedly on the verge of yet another military incursion into Syria, appears up to other fun and games as well. While Russia's invasion of Ukraine remains ongoing, two Nordic nations have applied for NATO membership: Sweden and Finland. However, one NATO member, Turkey, said it is opposed to their NATO membership based on their alleged support of "terrorism". On May 25, delegations from Sweden and Finland arrived in Ankara, seeking to address Turkish objections to their joining the military alliance. "Turkey could not have a positive view on Sweden and Finland's NATO membership so long as these countries did not show that they would be in solidarity with Turkey concerning fundamental issues, combatting terrorism in particular," Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. [Continue Reading Article]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [RSS]( [Donate]( Copyright © Gatestone Institute, All rights reserved. You are subscribed to this list as {EMAIL} You can change how you receive these emails: [Update your subscription preferences]( or [Unsubscribe from this list]( [Gatestone Institute]( 14 East 60 St., Suite 705, New York, NY 10022