Finland has to stop "protecting" a “terrorist organisation” and take Turkey's security concerns seriously if it is to be accepted into NATO, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.
The Nordic country, along with its neighbour Sweden, formally applied to join NATO last month amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but had the move blocked by Turkey, in a move that shocked members of the alliance.
Turkey has objected to Finland's and Sweden's joining the Western defence alliance on the grounds that the two countries harbour people linked to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group and others it deems terrorists.
