A doll in the shape of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was said to have been hung from his feet during a demonstration in Stockholm. The Turkish government then summoned the Swedish ambassador to Ankara. Those responsible must be identified, it said,
Ambassador Steffan Herrstrom had been sent to the State Department, diplomatic circles said Thursday. “Our expectation that those responsible for the incident will be identified, that necessary processes should be addressed and that Sweden will fulfill its commitments has been underlined,” said a Turkish diplomat. The background to the demonstration is Sweden’s attempts to join NATO, which the Turkish government is blocking.
The Swedish and Finnish governments have asked for a NATO contribution in response to the war in Ukraine. To do this, they rely on all members agreeing. Among other things, the Turkish government is demanding that the two Nordic countries no longer tolerate people whom Ankara considers terrorists in the country, but extradite them. The conditions have not yet been met.
According to a report from the TT news agency, the Swedish government does not want to extradite four people wanted by the Turkish government. Erdogan and others accuse them of having links with cleric Fethullah Gülen, whom the government holds responsible for the 2016 coup attempt. Extradition requests had already been made in 2019 and 2020. However, the Supreme Court in Sweden ruled last summer that the people should not be extradited. Therefore, the Swedish government cannot comply with Turkey’s requests, TT reported.
Summons for satirical contribution
It is not the first time that the Swedish ambassador Herrstrom has been summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In October he was called up for a program on Swedish television. According to Turkish sources, a satirical article contained content that offended Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Turkey
Source: Krone
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