Turkiye's response to Finland's NATO bid may 'shock' Sweden: Erdogan

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkiye's attitude towards Finland joining NATO may be more positive than towards Sweden.

Report informs via Turkish media that referring to Sweden and Finland's bids to join NATO being questioned by Turkiye, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Ankara may respond "differently" to Helsinki which would "shock" Stockholm.

"We may respond differently to Finland if necessary. Sweden would be shocked when we respond differently to Finland. But Finland should not make the same mistake," Erdogan said at a meeting with the youth in the country's Bilecik province.

Ankara gave a list of 120 people to Sweden for extradition to Türkiye, Erdogan said, adding: "You need to extradite these terrorists so that you can enter NATO."

Sweden and Finland formally applied to join NATO last May, abandoning decades of military non-alignment, a decision spurred by Russia's military action against Ukraine, which started on February 24, 2022.