Erdoğan says Turkey does not support Finland and Sweden joining NATO

NEW: Erdoğan says Turkey does not support Finland and Sweden joining NATO, claiming the Scandinavian countries are home to Kurdish 'terrorist organizations'

in 1980, arguing that Athens has used the alliance against Turkey in the two countries' maritime dispute.

"Furthermore, Scandinavian countries are guesthouses for terrorist organizations," Erdoğan said, according to . "They are even members of the parliament in some countries. It is not possible for us to be in favor."Turkey considers the Kurdistan Workers' Party and its offshoots — including militias that worked with the U.S. to defeat ISIS in Syria — to be terrorist organizations.

The report also warned that Russia could retaliate with hybrid threats like cyberattacks, disinformation and incursions into Swedish airspace.Finland after its announcement supporting NATO membership that Moscow would respond with "military-technical" steps to protect its national security.

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