President of Türkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan has approved the parliament’s ratification of Sweden’s membership in the North Atlantic Alliance, according to the Official Gazette of the Republic of Türkiye. “The ratification of the Protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty on the Accession of the Kingdom of Sweden, signed in Brussels on July 5, 2022, has been approved. The provisions of this law are put into effect by the President of the Republic,” the statement reads. Sweden’s NATO membership Sweden’s NATO membership is expected in about a year and a half. Earlier, Stockholm planned to join the Allia…