Turkey has objected to sweden's granting of asylum to members of the curtistan workers party, or p k k. Turkey had beef with finland and sweden joining the club at the lower end of the alphabet. This is ardoon grand standing, trying to n political points at home. Some other nato drama: turkey bought some russian military equipment.
Their admission to NATO would further isolate Russia, leaving it the only Arctic country outside the alliance.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram
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