The governments of Sweden, Norway and Denmark have issued communiqués urging their fellow citizens to avoid crowds and crowds on possible visits to Turkey in response to the growing diplomatic tension with Ankara.
The Scandinavian press has reported these travel warnings, issued following Turkey’s express blocking of Sweden’s NATO membership or Ankara’s criticism of «Islamophobic» behavior such as the burning of a copy of the Koran in Stockholm by a Swedish-Danish ultra-right-winger, Rasmus Paludan.
Paludan has announced his intention to burn a copy of the Koran every Friday until Sweden can join NATO, to which Turkey has responded by summoning the Danish ambassador to protest.
Other notable incidents have been the demonstration in which a dummy of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was hung by the feet in Stockholm or another in which pages of the Koran were torn up in the Netherlands.
Moreover, Turkey is in the midst of an election campaign for the presidential and legislative elections scheduled for May 14.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
