While NATO leaders have attempted to convince Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to change his country’s stance on the acceptance of Sweden and Finland into the military alliance, Erdogan has instead chosen to double down, and insisted earlier this week that the two Nordic countries should “not bother” to try and remove his objections.
The problem, as Erdogan puts it, is centred around Sweden and Finland’s ties to groups considered “terrorists” by Turkey.
