Erdogan’s Turkey has enabled the comeback of Kurdish Islamic terrorist network
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has effectively paved the way for the resurgence of a...
US indictment exposes Turkey as key hub in covert Iranian arms pipeline to Sudan
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A newly unsealed US federal indictment has revealed how Turkey emerged as a critical financial and logistical hub...
Turkish president’s relative reveals Erdogan’s goal of resurrecting Ottoman religious authority
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A televised interview with Sadık Albayrak, an in-law of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and a longtime ideologue...
Erdogan turned Turkey’s judiciary into a weapon with help from his rivals
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey’s judiciary has never been flawless, but it once maintained a meaningful degree of independence from the executive...
For a decade, Erdogan shielded an al-Qaeda network behind the murder of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A decade after Russian ambassador Andrei Karlov was gunned down in Ankara in December 2016 by a radicalized...
Turkish company linked to covert Iranian oil smuggling network exposed in US court filing
Abdullah Bozkurt / Stockholm A detailed US federal court case that culminated in an appellate ruling this month has exposed...
Erdogan’s proposal risks deepening Turkey’s role in illicit finance networks
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A sweeping tax proposal unveiled by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last week — promising a 20-year exemption...
ISIS attack on Israeli consulate exposes Hizb ut-Tahrir’s role in radicalization pipeline in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The latest terrorist attack on the Israeli consulate in Istanbul, attributed to the Islamic State in Iraq and...
Turkey’s deepening nexus with organized crime is no accident, but a matter of deliberate design
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Over more than a decade, organized crime syndicates ranging from drug trafficking networks to racketeering groups have operated...
Turkey has been quietly preparing for a war, with Israel the primary target
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A series of recent measures adopted by the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan indicates that the...
