Foiled terror plot in US reveals Turkey’s central role as transit, logistics hub for ISIS
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A detailed 48-page FBI criminal complaint filed in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey...
From Ankara to Wall Street: the political shielding and global fallout of Turkey’s mine disaster
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A deadly gold mine accident in Turkey exposed how a state captured by greedy corporate power, a political...
US flags Erdogan ally Turkish Hizbullah as terrorist group for immigration control
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm In a discreet yet politically charged move, the US Department of State has flagged Turkish Hizbullah as a...
Turkish high court vacates convictions for drug trafficking to Germany and the Netherlands
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A ruling by Turkey’s top criminal bench has quietly vacated two major convictions connected to a notorious underworld...
Erdogan’s Turkey seen as safe haven for fugitives, US federal case signals
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm In an ongoing US federal case involving a Turkish national accused of defrauding the American government of more...
Erdogan’s defense contractor walks free as US abruptly drops NATO corruption case
Abdullah Bozkurt / Stockholm A US-indicted Turkish defense contractor and former military officer, whose rapid rise in Turkey’s arms industry...
US blacklists more Turkish companies linked to Iran, signaling tougher stance on sanctions evasion by Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The United States has intensified its crackdown on Turkish companies, imposing new punitive sanctions on about a dozen...
Turkey retreats from justice in ISIS suicide bombing that killed Israelis
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Despite evidence of complicity in a suicide attack that killed foreigners including three Israeli citizens in Istanbul in...
Cyber-jihad from Turkey: Erdogan-protected al-Qaeda faction hacked US, Canadian airports
Abdullah Bozkurt / Stockholm A Turkish hacker group apparently aligned with pro–al-Qaeda Turkish radical organization the Islamic Great East Raiders...
‘Torpedo method’ cocaine smuggling surfaces in Turkey as authorities quash drug convictions, shield local actors
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The “torpedo method” of drug smuggling from Colombia has surfaced in Turkey, a country that has increasingly become...
