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Stockholm Quran Burning Angers Turkey, Hurting Sweden’s NATO Chances


Stockholm Quran Burning Angers Turkey, Hurting Sweden’s NATO Chances
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Turkey has condemned Wednesday’s public burning of a Quran in Stockholm and analysts say the incident will likely give Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan even more reason to veto Sweden’s bid to join NATO. Erdogan has already threatened to block Sweden’s membership because he accuses Stockholm of harboring Kurdish separatists who he says are terrorists. For VOA, Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul.

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