Turkey ratcheted up prosecution of critics over smartphone encrypted messaging app
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Turkish government expanded its hunt for critics and opponents whose names were mentioned in the intercepted...
EU raps Turkey on divergence over foreign and security policies, deployment of foreign fighters
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm In a new report issued by the European Commission, Turkey was criticized for foreign and security policy...
The case of ISIS judge is latest example of Erdoğan gov’t failure to crack down on jihadist groups
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The latest revelation that a judge for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) who ruled...
Turkish officials ignored red flags in psychological profile of Russian envoy’s assassin, secret documents reveal
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkish authorities ignored troubling signs in a psychological assessment of the police officer who gunned down Russian...
Turkey criminalized Chinese messaging app WeChat, investigated people for its use
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkish authorities have effectively criminalized the download and use of WeChat, a Chinese messaging and social media...
University students in Turkey secretly investigated for using encrypted messaging app, confidential documents reveal
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkish universities secretly worked with the police and prosecutor’s office to investigate students who downloaded and used...
US is not convinced on Turkey’s request for extradition of a critical journalist, asked for evidence
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The US State Department has said the US government is not convinced about Turkey’s accusations against a...
Turkey opposed special protection of minorities, women and LGBTI in Taliban’s Afghanistan
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Turkish government opposed a Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) resolution that sought the...
The head of German-based Turkish proxy group UID pursues business interests, engages with radical figures in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A top operative for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's long arm in Europe, groomed as a far-right...
Kosovo Liberation Army had links to Turkish jihadist outfit IHH, still active in Kosovo today
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), a separatist group that fought during the 1998-1999 war against Serbia, had...
