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Sweden tells citizens to avoid crowds in Turkey after Koran burning

FILE PHOTO: Turkish riot police patrol outside the Swedish consulate In Istanbul, Turkey January 24, 2023. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Sweden's foreign ministry on Saturday warned Swedes in Turkey to avoid crowds and demonstrations following protests there over the burning of the Koran by a far-right politician in Stockholm last week.

Last week Turkey suspended talks with Sweden and Finland on their applications to join NATO after the protest at which Rasmus Paludan, leader of the Danish far-right political party Hard Line, burned a copy of the Koran outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm.

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