Hizb ut-Tahrir, backed by Turkish jihadist groups, challenges President Erdogan
Abdullah Bozkurt/ Stockholm Radical jihadist groups, emboldened under the increasingly permissive climate fostered by Turkey’s Islamist leadership, have turned their...
Erdoğan uses Turkish intelligence agency MIT to silence critics, threaten foreign nations
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The notorious Turkish intelligence service, Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı (MIT), long regarded as a loyal enforcer of President Recep...
Turkey’s top appeals court rejects Greek nationals’ claim on Ottoman-era property
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals (Yargıtay), dominated by far right nationalists and Islamists, has overturned a regional appellate...
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...
