Türkiye says Sweden fulfills "significant part" of responsibilities for NATO bid

STORY: Türkiye says Sweden fulfills "significant part" of responsibilities for NATO bid SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 12, 2024/earlier footage DATELINE: Jan. 13, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Turkish parliament's foreign affairs committee 2. various of headquarters of NATO 3. various of Turkish F-16 fighter jets 4. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): SERKAN DEMIRTAS, Ankara-based foreign policy analyst and journalist STORYLINE: Sweden has fulfilled an important part of demands by Türkiye for the Nordic country's NATO bid, Turkish parliament speaker Numan Kurtulmus said Wednesday. "We see that Sweden also fulfills a significant part of its responsibilities," Kurtulmus told reporters. "If we are to act jointly within an alliance, Türkiye has extremely legitimate expectations," he said, noting that Türkiye expected relevant countries to end "any kind of support" to terrorist groups and ban what it called anti-Turkish activities on their lands. Sweden should act carefully and met

Türkiye says Sweden fulfills "significant part" of responsibilities for NATO bid

STORY: Türkiye says Sweden fulfills "significant part" of responsibilities for NATO bid SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 10, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 11, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Turkish Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus (courtesy of ihlas news agency) 2. various of the meeting of Turkish parliament's foreign affairs committee (Dec. 26, 2023) 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): NUMAN KURTULMUS, Turkish Parliament Speaker 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): NUMAN KURTULMUS, Turkish Parliament Speaker 5. various of the headquarter of NATO (April. 4, 2023) 6. various of Turkish F-16 fighter jets (April. 18, 2022) 7. various of an old high council meeting of Türkiye-Sweden-Finland and NATO in Türkiye (Jun. 14, 2023) STORYLINE: Sweden has fulfilled an important part of demands by Türkiye for the Nordic country's NATO bid, Turkish parliament speaker Numan Kurtulmus said Wednesday. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): NUMAN KURTULMUS, Turkish Parliament Speaker "We see that Sweden also fulfills a significa