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Turkey summoned on Thursday ambassadors of nine countries to demand an explanation in the wake of a decision by the countries to temporarily shut diplomatic missions and issue security alerts following desecration of the Holy Qur’an across Europe.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he has a positive view of Finland’s request to join NATO, but he will not support Sweden’s proposal amid tensions over the sacrilege of the holy Quran.
Sweden has canceled talks with Turkey on Stockholm’s bid for membership of NATO, of which Turkey is an old member, amid an escalation of tensions between the two countries.
Iran's President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi says the desecration of the holy Qur'an and disrespect for Islam's Prophet Muhammad (Blessings of God upon him and his progeny) are an insult to all Abrahamic religions and humanity.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has summoned the Dutch ambassador to Ankara over an anti-Islam protest in The Hague, during which a copy of the Muslims' holy book, Quran, was torn apart.
Turkey has threatened Sweden with refusing to back its membership bid in the US-led military alliance of NATO in reaction to Stockholm's recent condoning of desecration of the Holy Qur'an in front of the Turkish embassy on the Swedish soil.
Turkey has called off a visit by Sweden’s defense minister against the backdrop of a planned ‘Qur'an burning’ event in Stockholm by a right-wing extremist whose anti-Islam conduct sparked riots in the European country last year.
Turkey has summoned Sweden's ambassador to condemn an anti-Islam demonstration planned by a Danish-Swedish extremist politician in Stockholm this weekend, a diplomatic source has said.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Sweden and Finland must deport some 130 "terrorists" to Turkey before Ankara approves their bids to join NATO.