With such a statement, he spoke to reporters after Friday prayers.

“In the United States and in many countries in Europe - in Germany, the Netherlands, France and Finland - terrorist organizations hold all kinds of demonstrations.

The governments of these countries give them all kinds of support.

We continue to fight them in Turkey, as well as in Qandil (a region in Iraq. -

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),” Erdogan is quoted by TASS.

The Turkish president stressed that the West is still hiding people suspected by Ankara of terrorism.

“Although we ask them to extradite us, they do not extradite.

We will continue to do what is necessary,” Erdogan summed up.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan said earlier that Ankara had informed the NATO countries of its intention to say "no" to the membership of Sweden and Finland.

According to him, representatives of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, recognized as a terrorist organization in Turkey, "are operating in these Scandinavian countries."