Finland’s accession to NATO on Thursday, while Sweden’s bid to join the alliance is still blocked by Ankara and Budapest. The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the second-largest opposition bloc in the parliament, remained absent from the vote, but criticized the Turkish government’s position during the three-way negotiations between Turkey, Finland and Sweden over Ankara’s requests for a crackdown on Kurdish activists. Text Alerts - Be the first to get breaking news, exclusives, and PRO content