Turkey refused to seek extradition of ISIS fugitives behind deadliest terror attack
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Islamist government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has never sought the extradition of fugitives responsible for...
In today’s Turkey, threats to kill Americans and Jews are deemed protected free speech
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm In yet another troubling sign of Turkey’s increasingly partisan judiciary — dominated by Islamists and far-right nationalists —...
Turkish court blocks indictment of Saudi al-Qaeda suspect for five years
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A prolonged legal tug-of-war in Turkey’s politicized judiciary has blocked the prosecution of a Saudi national suspected of...
Turkey’s top appeals court blocks extradition of drug trafficker to Sweden
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm In a surprising move, Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals (Yargıtay) — the country’s highest appeals court, dominated by...
Turkey secretly plots to bypass INTERPOL rules to target exiled journalist in Sweden
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A classified memo issued by Turkey’s Security General Directorate (Emniyet) reveals covert efforts to circumvent INTERPOL rules in...
Turkish spy agency steps up recruitment of informants among diaspora during holiday season
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm As millions of Turkish flock to Turkey’s resort towns and cities for the summer holidays, the country’s intelligence...
US lawsuit exposes Turkey-based Ponzi scheme tied to Syrian opposition figure
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A major fraud lawsuit filed in US federal court has exposed an international Ponzi scheme involving a high-profile...
US indictment exposes Turkish link in global drug trafficking network
Abdullah Bozkurt/ Stockholm A major US federal criminal complaint has revealed a vast methamphetamine trafficking scheme with significant ties to...
US lawmakers target Turkey’s classification, triggering pushback from Erdogan gov’t
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A newly introduced bill in the US House of Representatives seeks to reassign Turkey from the European Desk...
Turkey and Syria engage in secret talks on maritime border agreement
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A letter signed by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan confirms for the first time that secret negotiations have...
