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| - | Turkey's President Recep Tayyip warned on Monday that it should not expect his country's support to join after an anti-Islam politician set fire to the Koran in Stockholm.<br>Convicted far-right leader Rasmus Paludan, 41, was. <br>As expected, the burning of the Koran has provoked strong reactions in Turkey, a Muslim-majority country. <br>'Sweden should not expect support from us for NATO,' President Erdogan said in his first official response to the incident.<br> Convicted far-right leader Rasmus Paludan, 41, was allowed by Swedish police to burn the Koran outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm on Saturday<br> Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Sweden on Monday that it should not expect Turkey's support to join NATO<br> RELATED ARTICLES <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br><br><br>He continued: 'It is clear that those who caused such a disgrace in front of our country's embassy can no longer expect any benevolence from us regarding their application for NATO membership.'<br>The incident has met with fury from Turkey, as protestors were pictured burning a Swedish flag in response in Istanbul on Saturday | + | Turkey's President Recep Tayyip warned on Monday that it should not expect his country's support to join after an anti-Islam politician set fire to the Koran in Stockholm.<br>Convicted far-right leader Rasmus Paludan, 41, was. <br>As expected, the burning of the Koran has provoked strong reactions in Turkey, a Muslim-majority country. <br>'Sweden should not expect support from us for NATO,' President Erdogan said in his first official response to the incident.<br> Convicted far-right leader Rasmus Paludan, 41, was allowed by Swedish police to burn the Koran outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm on Saturday<br> Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Sweden on Monday that it should not expect Turkey's support to join NATO<br> RELATED ARTICLES <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br><br><br>He continued: 'It is clear that those who caused such a disgrace in front of our country's embassy can no longer expect any benevolence from us regarding their application for NATO membership.'<br>The incident has met with fury from Turkey, as protestors were pictured burning a Swedish flag in response in Istanbul on Saturday. <br>Turkey had appealed to Sweden to stop the protest and called off a visit by Sweden's defence minister Pal Jonson. <br>Erdogan said the burning of the Muslim holy book was a hate crime that could not be defended by free speech.<br>'No one has the right to humiliate the saints,' he said in nationally televised remarks.<br>'When we say something, we say it honestly, and when someone dishonours us, we put them in their place.'<br>Sweden reacted with extreme caution to Erdogan's remarks.<br> An effigy of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan which provoked a strong response in Turkey<br> Danish-Swedish Paludan said he wanted to 'mark some freedom of speech' by setting fire to the book<br> The incident also provoked a strong reaction in Sweden. Here protestors demonstrated outside the Consulate General of Sweden on Sunday<br> The incident has met with fury from Turkey, as protestors were pictured burning a Swedish flag in response in [https://www.wiklundkurucuk.com/Lawyer-istanbul-cz Lawyer istanbul] on Saturday<br> 'I cannot comment on the statement tonight.<br><br>First, I want to understand exactly what was said,' Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom told Sweden's TT news agency.<br>Swedish leaders roundly condemned far-right politician Rasmus Paludan's actions but defended their country's broad definition of free speech.<br>'I want to express my sympathy for all Muslims who are offended by what has happened in Stockholm today,' Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson tweeted on Saturday.<br>Danish-Swedish Paludan said he wanted to 'mark some freedom of speech' after the hanging of an effigy of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan near the Stockholm city hall provoked a strong response in Turkey.<br>Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said the effigy was an attempt to sabotage the country's application to join Nato. <br>The decision to allow the burning of the Koran came amid strained relations between Sweden and Turkey, following the latter's decision to push back on Swedish ascension to Nato. <br>Sweden and Finland have sought Nato membership since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but their bids must be approved by all 30 Nato member states.<br>The two Nordic countries still rely on votes from Turkey and Hungary, which Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has promised to deliver in 2023.<br> Paladan, the leader of the Danish far-right political party Hard Line, also gave a speech about immigration as the book was burned<br> Police control riot control vans were seen near burning garbage cans after the demonstration in Malmo, Sweden<br> Far-right activist Rasmus Paludan burns a Koran during an election meeting in May 2022 <br> A bus burns as a police officer watches on after riots overnight in Malmo, in the south of Sweden, sparked by an anti-Islam Danish politician carrying out Koran-burning stunts<br>But Turkish officials said the effigy hanging by pro-Kurdish activists last week was contrary to an agreement made previously under which Sweden and Finland would crack down on Kurdish militants as both seek Turkish approval for [https://religiopedia.com/index.php/User:KermitDesimone Lawyer istanbul] NATO membership. <br>Sweden is home to a large number of Kurds, many of whom fled Turkish persecution in the late 1980s and subsequent crises in the Middle East.<br>Turkish foreign minister Melvut Cavusoglu said that Swedish inaction over the effigy was 'absurd' and that Sweden should not try to fool Turkey by calling the act 'freedom of speech'.<br>In recent days, the country has increased the pressure on Sweden, demanding 130 so-called 'terrorists' be extradited to Turkey before the Turkish parliament will approve NATO bids.<br>Paladan is the leader of the Danish far-right political party Hard Line.<br><br>He has been at the centre of anti-Islamic politics in northern Europe for several years.<br>The [https://www.wiklundkurucuk.com/Lawyer-istanbul-az Lawyer istanbul] and YouTuber is known for burning the Koran and for calling for the deportation of all Muslims from Denmark.<br> Paludan previously said: 'The enemy is Islam and Muslims.<br>The best thing would be if there were not a single Muslim left on this earth. 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