In order to obtain Sweden's entry into NATO, we agree to hand over Kurdish opponents to the Turkish dictator Erdogan.
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This argument is a justification of In 1952 NATO integrated Turkey, a country that has always refused to recognize the Armenian genocide..
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“[...] In a frightening act of blackmail, Turkey demanded that Finland and Sweden expel Kurdish democracy activists from their territory, and list their organizations as "terrorists" in exchange for joining NATO. What's even more shocking is that none of the heads of state and government sitting at the table, though decked out in the feathers of "democracy", came to the defense of the Kurds. The very people whom the West was asking to sacrifice themselves in the fight against the Daech terrorists!”
Patrick Le Hyaric, The reasons for the war in Ukraine For global human security, p.108, Les Editions de l'Humanité, Paris, 2022.