In Sweden, a person named Rasmus Paludan burned the Holy Quran in front of the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm under police surveillance. The Swedish government described the incident as a manifestation of freedom of expression. The goal: Clash of civilizations In many parts of the Middle East, especially in Iraq and Syria, ISIS has set houses, shops and churches belonging ...
Tülin Oygür, Stockholm / Sweden The Sweden Democrats (SD), whose anti-immigrant and anti-Islamic stance born out of the neo-Nazi movement, became the second largest party in the elections. Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson was obliged to resign, despite the Social Democrats increasing their vote share, as two of the outside supporters lost their seats. Forming a government was left to the ...
By Tülin Uygur, Stockholm / Sweden On September 11, the Swedish people will go to the polls and vote for the party they want to govern the country for the next four years. They will also choose the parties that will have a say in 20 regions and 290 municipalities. We had written about the process that started with Sweden’s ...
By Tülin Uygur, Stockholm / Sweden Things had gotten complicated in Sweden after Türkiye announced that it might veto Sweden and Finland’s admission to NATO because of their support for PKK and YPG. The press and parliament are demanding an explanation of the contents of the Kakabaveh-Social Democrats agreement, which was made behind closed doors. The cost of the ‘Kurdish/PKK/YPG ...
By Tulin Uygur, Stockholm / Sweden Sweden suddenly abandoned its 200-year-old foreign policy, that was theoretically described as “being non-aligned in peacetime, aiming to be neutral in wartime”, by deciding to apply for NATO membership. On May 15th, the government party Social Democrats (S) and on May 16th, the majority of the Swedish Parliament voted “yes for NATO membership”. The ...
BY TÜLİN UYGUR / STOCKHOLM There has been a boost in internal and external criticism in Sweden as a result of the government’s ‘herd immunity’ strategy. The Swedish experiment is ongoing, but the results are already coming in, and things don’t look good. On January 31, 2020, Sweden diagnosed its first coronavirus case, and immediately decided to follow a different path ...
By Tülin Uygur Sweden’s extraordinary attitude in the process of fighting against the Coronavirus has been met with surprise all over the world. The so-called “Swedish experiment” has sparked some intense criticisms. The Swedish minority government, which has been isolated by its neighbors in the north, is now struggling with increasing criticism from the public, journalists and academics. Sweden is the ...