Italian crackdowns expose European threat from Turkish gangs that thrived under Erdogan
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Italian law enforcement actions over the past two years have repeatedly confronted a stark reality: the threats emanating...
Turkey’s Iran strategy: Preserve the mullah regime — or ensure its successor remains anti-Western
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Islamist government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has adopted a strategic approach toward Iran that prioritizes...
Turkey’s top court blocked extradition of drug trafficker who facilitated major cocaine trafficking in Europe
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey’s highest criminal court, dominated by far-right nationalists and Islamists, last year halted the extradition of a suspect...
US sanctions reveal Iran’s growing reliance on Turkish companies to expand drone and missile programs
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A new US Treasury sanction on three Turkish companies reveals that Iran has increasingly relied on Turkey to...
Turkey admits military support of Syria’s new Islamist rulers while refusing to pull troops from Iraq, Syria
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey’s government has officially acknowledged providing military support to Syria’s new Islamist-dominated administration while simultaneously rejecting any plan...
Turkish intelligence targeted Indian NGO, flagged US nationals over a documentary
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkish intelligence conducted foreign espionage activities involving the surveillance of an Indian nongovernmental organization, monitored its activities, flagged...
Turkey funds radical jihadism in Gaza through gov’t-run foundation under pretext of charity
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A government-run religious foundation with multi-billion dollar assets in Turkey has quietly been funding Hamas, designated as a...
New US sanctions expose Turkey’s role in Hezbollah’s cash pipeline, sanctions evasion
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Fresh sanctions unveiled by the US Treasury on February 10 have exposed how Turkey has once again emerged...
Turkish police chief who oversaw torture protected by Erdogan gov’t amid crackdown on critics
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A police chief who authorized horrific torture sessions against critics of the authoritarian regime of Turkish President Recep...
Turkish woman’s Silicon Valley fairy tale built on fraud, forgery and identity theft in the US
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A young Turkish woman once paraded in Turkey and US tech circles as a promising entrepreneur has been...
