Ratification will have to wait at least until after elections in May or June, says senior official
Photograph: Murad Sezer/ReutersPhotograph: Murad Sezer/ReutersTurkey is unlikely to vote on Sweden and Finland’s accession to Nato before pivotal domestic elections expected in May or June this year, according to a senior Turkish official.,” İbrahim Kalın, chief adviser to Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, told journalists.
“We don’t have the numbers, the opposition will ask all kinds of questions, and we cannot risk our political capital as we go into elections in the next three or four months,” he said.is expected before June, in which Erdoğan is expected to face a six-party opposition coalition at the ballot box, seeking to challenge his campaign to extend his rule into a third decade.
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