Turkey Summons Swedish Envoy, Warns Over NATO Membership Bid
- Turkey angered by protest in Sweden seeks further crackdown
- Effigy of President Erdogan was hung in Stockholm on Thursday
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Turkey summoned Sweden’s ambassador after supporters of the Kurdish militant group PKK and its affiliates hanged an effigy of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a protest in Stockholm.
Sweden must crack down on terrorism if it wants to join NATO, Turkey said, after the puppet was hung by the feet outside the city hall in the Swedish capital on Thursday. Turkey also canceled a planned visit by the speaker of the Swedish Parliament, Andreas Norlen, to Ankara next week, while Erdogan’s lawyers filed a criminal complaint in Turkey against protesters in Stockholm on Friday.