Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag clarified that “Turkey’s positive decision does not mean that the process of accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO is completed, but rather is the will to start the process, and if you fulfill the promises made to Turkey.” agreement, Turkey will keep its promise. What is our word? If you keep what you promised, we will say yes to membership, otherwise the process will stop, and so far the governments of Sweden and Finland have not responded to extradition requests, according to Turkey’s expectations.

On May 18, Finland and Sweden asked the NATO Secretary General to join the alliance against the backdrop of a Russian special operation in Ukraine.

Turkey (as a NATO member) first stopped the process of considering these requests, but then signed a security memorandum with Sweden and Finland on June 29, which took into account all Ankara’s concerns regarding the activities of its opponents in these countries, including the obligation to extradite them to Turkey. On the other hand , Turkey has withdrawn its objections to the entry of these two European countries into NATO.