Date: 30/01/2023 16:44:42
From: dv
ID: 1988456
Subject: Turkish politics

Erdogan says Turkey may block Sweden’s Nato membership bid

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suggested that Ankara may agree to Finland joining Nato, but not Sweden.
He criticised Sweden’s refusal to extradite dozens of people allegedly tied to Kurdish militant groups and other critics of his government.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64446439

There are parliamentary and presidential elections occurring this year.

Erdogan’s party is probably going to lose ground in parliament.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Turkish_general_election

But there is more power in the Presidency now.

It’s been a few months since the last head to head polls but Erdogan is well behind all the other prominent candidates in second round polling. (Turkey uses run-offs if no one gets to 50%).

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