Turkish Parliament approves Sweden's NATO membership

The Turkish Parliament passed a bill regarding the approval of Sweden’s long-delayed NATO accession bid on Tuesday.

Some 346 lawmakers participated in the voting process and 287 of them voted in favor of the bill, while 55 voted against it. The vote was the second step of Turkiye’s ratification process after the parliament’s Foreign Affairs Commission approved the bid last month. Turkish President RecepTayyip Erdogan can now sign the protocol into law.