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After the school attack in Kahramanmaraş, people spoke of “Americanisation”. Yet similar tragedies have happened in Europe too, from Finland to Austria; the common mechanism is often a licensed gun at home.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ended decades of neutrality: Finland and Sweden applied to join NATO. Prolonged by objections from Turkey and Hungary, the process was completed in 2024.
Removal from the F-35 programme and sanctions on critical weapons systems disrupted the modernisation of the Turkish Armed Forces. The author reads Türkiye’s stance on NATO enlargement in the light of these sanctions.
Is Ankara’s objection to the NATO membership bids of Sweden and Finland a bargaining move or a principled stance? Our authors assessed its domestic and foreign policy dimensions.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine brought Sweden and Finland, after decades of neutrality, to NATO’s door. The author reads Ankara’s objection through the lens of domestic politics and electoral calculations.
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