After months of hesitation, Turkey has finally agreed to forward Sweden's bid to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) to its parliament, potentially clearing the way for Sweden to become the 32nd member of the military alliance. Sweden and Finland had both applied for NATO membership last year following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. While Finland's membership was approved in April, Turkey and Hungary had yet to give the green light to Sweden's bid. Turkey had insisted on certain concessions from Sweden, claiming that the country had not done enough to combat the activities of Kurdish groups within its borders. However, Sweden amended its constitution and expanded its counter-terrorism cooperation against the PKK, a Kurdish militant organization. In addition, Sweden agreed to resume arms exports to Turkey and to work closely with the Turkish government on security and counter-terrorism. Now that Turkey has approved Sweden's bid, it will be submitted to the national assembly for ratification. Hungary has also indicated its intention to ratify Sweden's inclusion in NATO.