The issue of Turkey's national security and Finland-Sweden's accession to the North Atlantic Alliance

Abstract

Turkey is the only NATO member country in the Middle East region that actively participates in all its missions. The Russia-Ukraine war has clearly put the adoption of appropriate measures to further strengthen security on NATO's agenda. In the conditions of this ongoing war, the question of expanding the Transatlantic Alliance was raised. Two countries, Finland and Sweden, which have maintained military neutrality until now, have expressed their desire to join NATO.

Turkey was against it. The Turkish president used as an argu­ment against Finland and Sweden joining NATO that he accused these countries of supporting terrorism. But Turkey soon changed its position, supported the membership of Finland and Sweden in NATO and even signed an agreement with these countries.