Turkey Wants Sweden to Extradite Kurds Before NATO Accession

Turkey wants Sweden to begin extraditing or expelling suspected Kurdish separatists before next month’s summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to help win its support to join the security alliance, according to people familiar with the matter. 

Sweden, along with neighboring Finland, sought to become NATO members after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Finland joined in April but Turkey blocked Sweden’s accession, accusing it of offering refuge to political activists wanted on terrorism charges.