Secret wiretaps expose how Erdoğan had poll numbers manipulated before publication in a Turkish daily
Abdullah Bozkurt Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan manipulated the findings of an opinion poll before they were published in...
Coronavirus pandemic fuels hate speech in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt The coronavirus pandemic has fueled hate and xenophobic speech in the predominantly pro-government Turkish media, which accuses...
Turkish media outlet Habertürk was served to government religious authority on a silver platter
Abdullah Bozkurt Secret wiretap records have revealed that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan installed an Islamist caretaker in one...
Turkish president helped Kuwaiti cleric who was alleged to have funded jihadists in Syria
Abdullah Bozkurt Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan personally intervened in lifting an entry ban for radical Muslim cleric from...
Turkish president’s chief of staff arranged hospital care for foreign jihadist wounded in Syria
Abdullah Bozkurt As a favor to a Saudi national who was listed as an al-Qaeda financier by the US...
Turkish media mogul Turgay Ciner worked with US-indicted Iran sanctions buster
Abdullah Bozkurt Turgay Ciner, the owner of Turkey’s pro-government Ciner media group, which includes the HaberTürk daily and television...
Erdoğan ordered cutting off ads to The Economist over critical coverage, wiretaps reveal
Abdullah Bozkurt Furious at The Economist's coverage of Turkey’s handling of anti-government protests in 2013 and other issues, Turkish...
Erdoğan’s secret keeper says Lausanne Treaty ‘expired,’ Turkey free to grab resources
Abdullah Bozkurt Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s chief aide said the Treaty of Lausanne, which ended the conflict between...
Secret wiretap reveals Erdoğan government’s clandestine links to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood
Abdullah Bozkurt The government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan grew frustrated with the Muslim Brotherhood when protests lost their...
Erdoğan’s office pressured EU embassies in Ankara to grant Schengen visa to one-time al-Qaeda financier
Abdullah Bozkurt Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan tried to secure a Schengen visa from embassies of European Union member...
