Turkey's parliament voted unanimously to formally approve Finland's membership to NATO on Thursday, marking a historic step for the traditionally nonaligned Nordic country that shares an 830-mile ...

All 30 NATO members must approve a country's bid for it to be accepted into the alliance. Last week, Stoltenberg told reporters that he was working to add Finland and Sweden to NATO "as soon as ...

Turkey’s approval is crucial because NATO makes decisions by consensus. Each of its 30 member countries has the power to veto a membership bid.

Turkey also expects the extradition of 28 “terrorism” suspects from Sweden and 12 from Finland, Kalin said, adding that there was “no legal or judicial basis” not to extradite them.

Turkish President Recep Erdogan on June 28 reversed his opposition to NATO membership for Finland and Sweden, allowing the Scandinavian countries a clear path to joining the transatlantic alliance ...

Turkey has long requested the jets, particularly after it was kicked out of the F-35 warplane program in 2019 for buying Russian S-400 air defense systems, but has faced opposition from U.S ...

In exchange for Turkey's help with NATO, Sweden has agreed to help unblock Turkey's progress towards joining the European Union, which has been on hold since 2018.

In return for allowing Finland and Sweden joining NATO, Congress authorized the sale of brand-new F-16 fighter jets to Turkey during the Biden administration. But the F-16s were apparently not enough.