Sweden’s defense minister was scheduled to visit Turkey on Saturday, but Turkey postponed the trip in response to anti-Turkish demonstrations that heightened enmity between the two nations as Sweden seeks Turkey’s approval to join NATO.In reaction, the Swedish defense minister Pål Jonson’s planned visit to Turkey on January 27 was no longer of any meaning or point because Sweden was still allowing disgusting demonstrations against Turkey, according to Turkish defense minister Hulusi Akar.Due to accusations from Ankara that Sweden in particular is soft on Kurdish militants as well as other groups that Turkey views as security risks, the previously nonaligned countries of Sweden and Finland have been prevented from applying to join NATO in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.Turkish officials criticized the Swedish government for allowing the Quran-burning rally as well as the protest itself on Twitter.According to Turkey, these protests would violate the joint memorandum signed by Turkey, Sweden, and Finland that prevented a Turkish veto for the Nordic countries’ NATO membership in June."