ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish legislators on Tuesday endorsed Sweden's membership in NATO, lifting a major hurdle on the previously nonaligned country's entry into the military alliance. The ...

People shout slogans during a protest against the Sweden’s NATO membership called by Turkish Vatan, or Patriotic Party, in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. AP Sweden and Finland sought ...

Turkey has played a critical role in NATO security since its 1952 ascension to the alliance. Now the organization has few ...

The decision comes after the May re-election of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and days before Sweden and Turkey are set to resume NATO membership talks. The 35-year-old individual in ...

Turkey held up Finland and Sweden's applications to join NATO, and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accused both Nordic countries of aiding "terrorists" and demanded the extradition of Kurdish ...

After nearly two years of negotiations, Sweden follows Finland, which was accepted into NATO last year. The countries applied to join at the same time in May 2022, but Hungary and Turkey both ...

A Swedish journalist who was arrested in Turkey for insulting the country’s president has been set free, Swedish Prime ...

Swedish journalist Joakim Medin was released on Friday after spending 51 days in a Turkish prison following his arrest while ...

But eventually Turkey ratified both countries for membership. Erdoğan linked Sweden’s NATO membership to the U.S. Congress’ approval of a Turkish request to purchase 40 new F-16 fighter jets ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his NATO counterparts meet in Turkey to prepare a pivotal summit of alliance leaders next month that will set the course for future European security as America ...

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, left, talks to Sweden's Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard as they wait for a group photo during an informal meeting of NATO's foreign ministers in ...