Yakış thinks that since Russia is busy with the war in Ukraine and Erdoğan's NATO card gives the opportunity to Turkey for negotiations on a new incursion.

The festival’s official social media accounts have also shared photos showing crew members demanding freedom for Mater, an associate producer of the film who was sent to prison after being convicted in the Gezi Park case.

The president said that a new military operation in north Syria might be coming soon to create a "safe zone" along the borderline.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that a meeting will be held tomorrow in Ankara as NATO’s Stoltenberg is “confident” that Turkey’s concerns will be addressed.

"I want to thank our associate producer Çiğdem Mater. She is not with us today because she was put into jail after a ridiculous show trial. She is not with us but our minds and hearts are with her." said director Emin Alper before the premiere of his latest film “Burning Days” at Cannes.

PM Andersson has said she had a "good and positive" talk with Erdoğan on the weekend.

All the NATO allies should make it clear to Erdoğan that he is holding transatlantic solidarity hostage and putting it at risk in the midst of a war in Europe.

Haavisto's remarks come a day after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke over the phone to Sauli Niinistö, his counterpart from Finland.

Sweden's PM and Finland's president indent to speak directly to President Erdoğan, Sullivan has said.

"They host them in their parliaments. They supply them with arms and ammunition. We see these. And, since we are aggrieved by all these, we can't say yes to these terrorist organizations' accession to NATO," the president has said.

“On average, 400-500 people return each week. The regions they returned to are Jarabulus, A'zaz, Marea, Al-Bab, Ras al-Ayn, and Tell Abyad. These are all safe regions in Syria that we have created,” Minister Soylu has said.

Ankara has asked Stockholm to extradite several "terrorism" suspects to approve its NATO membership. Kurdish author Mehmet Sıraç Bilgin, who died in 2015, is among them, according to the state-run news agency.

Sweden’s Prime Minister Andersson and Finland’s President Niinisto met with Biden in Washington to discuss their NATO membership. Addressing Turkey's veto, both leaders said, "We will commit to Turkey’s security."

"When an ally, an important ally as Turkey, raises security concerns, the only way to do that is to sit down and find ways to find a common ground and an agreement on how to move forward," the NATO chief has said.

"To receive this award gives me great pride and sorrow," says writer and poet Meral Şimşek.

President Erdoğan repeated that Turkey will oppose Sweden and Finland from joining NATO.

Amineh Kakabaveh, an MP from Sweden comments on the current debates on Sweden's application for NATO memberships and Turkey's demands for lifting its veto.

According to the information leaked to the press from the Presidency, Erdoğan's demands contradict the ECHR and NATO might be on the brink of a crisis.

Minister Çavuşoğlu has visited the US secretary of state New York for the first meeting within the framework of the "US-Turkey Strategic Mechanism."

Sweden's prime minister openly stated that one issue they will discuss with Biden will be Turkey's veto threat. They also know that the main problem of Turkey's administration in the context of NATO is neither Sweden nor Finland. The problem is between the Turkey's administration and the US.