Turkish riot police officers use pepper spray to disperse protesters gathering during a rally in support of Istanbul's arrested mayor in Istanbul, on March 24, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
The Swedish flag was raised at Nato Headquarters for the first time on March 11, 2024, in a ceremony to mark the country’s membership of the Alliance. (Photo: NATO)
New Zealand's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Winston Peters attends a meeting of the North Atlantic Council with Indo-Pacific partners at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels on April 4, 2024. (Photo: Johanna Geron/AFP)
Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, left, shakes hands with his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban at the Carmelite Monastery in Budapest, Feb 23, 2024. (Photo: AP)
Combined photos show Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban (L, in Brussels on May 30, 2022) and Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (in Brussels on October 20, 2022). (Photo: AFP)
Lawmakers attend a session before voting on a bill regarding Sweden's accession to NATO at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) in Ankara. Turkey's parliament, Jan. 23, 2024. (Photo: Adem Altan/AFP)
A handout picture, released by Bahrain's official news agency on Nov. 19, 2021, shows Bahrain's Minister for Defense Affairs Abdulla bin Hasan Al-Nuaimi receiving the U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in Manama (Photo: AFP)
Swedish, and NATO flags are set up prior to the signing ceremony of the law ratifying the NATO Protocol on Finland and Sweden’s membership in Gdynia, Poland, in July 22. (Photo: AFP)
The discussions in the parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee represent an important moment for both European security and Turkey's relations with the West. (Photo: AFP)
