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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Sinem Koseoglu

Turkey’s NATO deal may bring nationalist votes back to Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has a longstanding alliance with the nationalist MHP and its leader Devlet Bahceli, but nationalist support for the alliance has dipped [File: Umit Bektas/Reuters]

Istanbul, Turkey – After weeks of back and forth, Turkey decided to drop its objections to Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership bids, as the transatlantic defence alliance convened in Madrid on Tuesday.

With an agreement signed, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s office said Ankara had “got what it wanted”.

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