Turkey’s parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted in favour of Sweden’s accession to NATO, clearing a long-standing hurdle for the Nordic country to join the Western military alliance. The vote was 287 in favour, 55 against with four abstentions. The Swedish government welcomed the Turkish parliament’s approval and urged Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to finalize the ratification as soon as possible. “Today we are one step closer to becoming a full member of NATO,” wrote Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on the online platform X on Tuesday evening. Foreign Minister Tobias Billström also…