{"id":3295,"date":"2023-01-20T18:15:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T18:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=3295"},"modified":"2025-10-18T08:36:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T07:36:04","slug":"sweden-prepares-for-stiff-anti-turkey-protests-amid-nato-terrorists-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/magazine\/health-and-lifestyle\/sweden-prepares-for-stiff-anti-turkey-protests-amid-nato-terrorists-row\/2023\/01\/20\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden prepares for stiff anti-Turkey protests amid NATO `terrorists’ row"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stockholm (France 24) A<\/span> far-right<\/span> Danish<\/span> activist<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> allowed<\/span> by<\/span> police<\/span> to<\/span> protest<\/span> outside<\/span> the<\/span> Turkish<\/span> embassy<\/span> in<\/span> Stockholm,<\/span> intending<\/span> to<\/span> burn<\/span> the<\/span> Quran,<\/span> the<\/span> holy<\/span> book<\/span> of<\/span> Islam.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Meanwhile,<\/span> both<\/span> pro-Turkish<\/span> and<\/span> pro-Kurdish<\/span> groups<\/span> are<\/span> planning<\/span> demonstrations<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Swedish<\/span> capital.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Turkey<\/span> has<\/span> so<\/span> far<\/span> refused<\/span> to<\/span> agree<\/span> to<\/span> a<\/span> proposal<\/span> by<\/span> Sweden<\/span> and<\/span> Finland<\/span> to<\/span> join<\/span> NATO,<\/span> which<\/span> requires<\/span> the<\/span> approval<\/span> of<\/span> all<\/span> member<\/span> states.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Turkey<\/span> says<\/span> Sweden<\/span> in<\/span> particular<\/span> must<\/span> crack<\/span> down<\/span> on<\/span> Kurds<\/span> and<\/span> other<\/span> groups<\/span> Turkey<\/span> considers<\/span> terrorists.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Sweden<\/span> has<\/span> assured<\/span> Turkey<\/span> that<\/span> it<\/span> will<\/span> not<\/span> allow<\/span> terrorist<\/span> groups<\/span> in<\/span> Sweden.<\/span> But<\/span> pro-Kurdish<\/span> and<\/span> anti-NATO<\/span> groups<\/span> have<\/span> complicated<\/span> matters<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> Swedish<\/span> government<\/span> by<\/span> staging<\/span> anti-Turkey<\/span> demonstrations<\/span> that<\/span> have<\/span> infuriated<\/span> the<\/span> Turkish<\/span> government,<\/span> including<\/span> an<\/span> effigy<\/span> of<\/span> President<\/span> Recep<\/span> Tayyip<\/span> Erdogan<\/span> that<\/span> was<\/span> briefly<\/span> hung<\/span> outside<\/span> Stockholm’s<\/span> City<\/span> Hall<\/span> last<\/span> week.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Tensions<\/span> could<\/span> rise<\/span> further<\/span> on<\/span> Saturday<\/span> when<\/span> anti-Islam<\/span> activist<\/span> Rasmus<\/span> Paludan<\/span> plans<\/span> to<\/span> burn<\/span> a<\/span> Quran<\/span> outside<\/span> the<\/span> Turkish<\/span> Embassy.<\/span> Paludan,<\/span> who<\/span> also<\/span> holds<\/span> Swedish<\/span> citizenship,<\/span> has<\/span> staged<\/span> similar<\/span> protests<\/span> before<\/span> in<\/span> both<\/span> Denmark<\/span> and<\/span> Sweden,<\/span> some<\/span> of<\/span> which<\/span> have<\/span> sparked<\/span> violent<\/span> counter demonstrations.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Swedish<\/span> Foreign<\/span> Minister<\/span> Tobias<\/span> Billstr\u00f6m<\/span> told<\/span> news<\/span> agency<\/span> TT<\/span> on<\/span> Friday<\/span> that<\/span> Sweden<\/span> respects<\/span> the<\/span> freedom<\/span> of<\/span> speech.<\/span> He<\/span> didn’t<\/span> want<\/span> to<\/span> speculate<\/span> on<\/span> how<\/span> Paludan’s<\/span> protest,<\/span> which<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> authorized<\/span> by<\/span> police,<\/span> would<\/span> affect<\/span> Sweden’s<\/span> NATO<\/span> bid,<\/span> while<\/span> noting<\/span> that<\/span> \u201ceverything<\/span> that<\/span> prolongs<\/span> the<\/span> process<\/span> unnecessarily<\/span> is<\/span> of<\/span> course<\/span> something<\/span> we<\/span> take<\/span> very<\/span> seriously.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A<\/span> group<\/span> calling<\/span> itself<\/span> the<\/span> Swedish<\/span> Solidarity<\/span> Committee<\/span> for<\/span> Rojava,<\/span> which<\/span> claimed<\/span> it<\/span> was<\/span> behind<\/span> the<\/span> effigy,<\/span> is<\/span> also<\/span> planning<\/span> a<\/span> demonstration<\/span> against<\/span> Erdogan<\/span> and<\/span> Swedish<\/span> NATO<\/span> accession<\/span> on<\/span> Saturday,<\/span> TT<\/span> reported.<\/span> Meanwhile,<\/span> pro-Turkish<\/span> activists<\/span> are<\/span> said<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> gathering<\/span> for<\/span> another<\/span> demonstration<\/span> near<\/span> the<\/span> Turkish<\/span> embassy.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Sweden<\/span> and<\/span> Finland<\/span> have<\/span> applied<\/span> for<\/span> NATO<\/span> membership<\/span> after<\/span> decades<\/span> of<\/span> non-alignment<\/span> after<\/span> Russia’s<\/span> invasion<\/span> of<\/span> Ukraine.<\/span> Turkey<\/span> and<\/span> Hungary<\/span> are<\/span> the<\/span> only<\/span> NATO<\/span> members<\/span> that<\/span> have<\/span> not<\/span> yet<\/span> agreed<\/span> to<\/span> join.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stockholm (France 24) A far-right Danish activist has been allowed by police to protest outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm, intending to burn the Quran, the holy book of Islam. Meanwhile, both pro-Turkish and pro-Kurdish groups are planning demonstrations in the Swedish capital. Turkey has so far refused to agree to a proposal by Sweden […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[562,779,2480,2482,9925],"tags":[29,471,852,853,854,855,856],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SDTR-scaled.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3295"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3295"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3298,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3295\/revisions\/3298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}