UN investigates Turkish ship that had been moored near al-Shabab stronghold in Somalia
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The UN Panel of Experts on Somalia, which monitors illegal arms, said they are looking into a Turkish...
UN report indicates al-Qaeda and ISIS enjoy safe haven in Turkish-controlled Idlib
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A recent UN report on al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) shows that armed...
German NGO wants UN’s help in halting cooperation with Turkish intelligence against critics abroad
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A German nongovernmental organization in special consultative status with the United Nations called for member states to stop...
Turkey goes after foreign NGOs, bars them from attending UN event
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm After having summarily and arbitrarily shut down well over a thousand nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Turkey since 2016,...
Turkey persistently fails to clear land mines in violation of UN convention
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey has for the second time asked the United Nations for an extension to clear land mines...
Turkey’s new justice minister was a suspect in illegal arms shipments to al-Qaeda
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey’s new justice minister, Bekir Bozdağ, appointed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on January 28, 2022, was...
Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly criticizes Turkey on enforced disappearances
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Europe’s largest intergovernmental body that promotes the rule...
Turkey overturned conviction of ISIS deputy emir who was wanted by Spain
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey’s top appeals court threw out the conviction of an Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)...
Turkish Embassy in Moscow is lobbying for jailed imam convicted of child molestation
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkish Embassy diplomats in Moscow have launched a lobbying campaign to shore up support for a jailed...
Judicial nominee for Turkey’s Constitutional Court called for destruction of Israel
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A top contender for a seat on Turkey’s Constitutional Court once called for the destruction of Israel,...
