Turkey has ratified its approval of Sweden’s accession to the western NATO alliance as the decision was published in the country’s Official Gazette on Thursday. The publication of the accession protocol signed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the publication in the Official Gazette made Turkey’s ratification formal. In the next step, Turkey must now inform the US State Department of its acceptance. After more than a year and a half of political tug-of-war, the Turkish parliament had approved Sweden’s inclusion in the alliance on Tuesday. In Ankara, 287 MPs voted in favour, 55 agai…