Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz described journalist Seymour Hersh’s statements that Turkey’s decision to advance the process of ratifying the protocol on Sweden’s accession to NATO is linked to the US’s multibillion-dollar tranche proposal through the IMF, as speculation. The statement was made by Yılmaz in the broadcast of the TV channel. news.
“This is speculation based on nothing. You should not pay attention to this,” said the official, emphasizing that his country is not considering getting new loans from the IMF, and that the old ones are also paid.
Formerly journalist Hersh WroteBiden promised Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan $11-13 billion from the IMF for the approval of Sweden’s NATO membership.
According to him, Biden needed a victory and Turkey is in a serious financial crisis.
Turkey agreed to lift the ban on Sweden’s participation in NATO, following Erdogan’s consultations with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and European Council President Charles Michel prior to the NATO summit in Vilnius. In return, Sweden promised Turkey not to support organizations that Ankara recognizes as terrorists, namely the so-called FETO (Terrorist Organization of the Followers of Fetullah Gülen) and the PKK (Kurdistan Revolutionary Party).
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