Turkey’s counterespionage chief linked to al-Qaeda group, harbors anti-Semitic views
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The head of the counterintelligence department in Turkey’s spy agency MIT has maintained close ties to a...
Turkey’s president keeps engaging with US Muslim Brotherhood network
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey’s Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continues to engage with the Muslim Brotherhood network in the US,...
Turkish defense industry hits a snag on engines, transmissions to power domestically produced aircraft and tanks
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Sanctions and export restrictions imposed on Turkey’s ambitious defense industry have taken a toll on the development...
Turkey’s Erdoğan seeks Putin’s help in upcoming elections amid economic woes
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Facing serious challenges in upcoming elections amid a troubled economy, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has turned to...
Russia accused Turkey of planning to equip Bayraktar drones with biological/chemical weapons
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm In a cache of documents submitted to the UN Security Council, Russia accused Turkish drone manufacturer Baykar...
ISIS opened office in Turkey to target Europe, Russia, Caucasus
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) had quietly built its second base in Turkey to target...
Turkey turns into haven for money launderers as Iran and Russia use Turkish banks to avoid sanctions
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey, already under monitoring by global money-laundering watchdog FATF for backsliding in combatting money laundering and terrorism financing,...
Erdoğan prevented parliament from investigating ISIS-linked NGOs in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Islamist government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan prevented the Turkish parliament from investigating nongovernmental organizations that...
HTS terrorist allowed to use Turkish banks despite UN sanctions and presidential decree
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A Turkish member of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), also known as al-Qaeda in Syria or Nusrah Front, opened...
Turkey fails to prove existence of an agreement that justifies troop presence in Iraq
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Despite Ankara’s claims that it has an agreement with Baghdad to justify the presence of Turkish troops in...
