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By Selcan Hacaoglu and Firat Kozok

May 13, 2022 at 11:18 AM UTC

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May 13, 2022 at 3:59 PM UTC

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Turkey doesn’t favor Sweden and Finland joining NATO, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in Istanbul on Friday, potentially dashing the two countries’ hopes of a quick accession to the military alliance.