Erdoğan gov’t thwarted UK-Turkey joint counterterrorism project against al-Qaeda
Abdullah Bozkurt The Turkish government axed a proposal to set up a counter-jihadist study group suggested by the United...
Jihadist YouTube videos inspired Turkish police officer who killed Russian ambassador
Abdullah Bozkurt YouTube videos, most featuring jihadist content, helped radicalize Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, the 22-year-old Turkish police officer who...
Turkey revisits secret Suga navy plot to provoke Greece, raising specter of clashes
Abdullah Bozkurt Turkey appears to have doubled back to a previously exposed secret plot called Suga that was planned...
Turkish prosecutor who approved torture chambers at unauthorized site identified
Abdullah Bozkurt Torture chambers set up at an unofficial detention site in Turkey’s capital city of Ankara that were...
Political prisoner in Turkey locked up in a cell with ISIS suicide bomber for intimidation
Abdullah Bozkurt Turkish police deliberately put a political prisoner in a cell with a suspected Islamic State in Iraq...
Turkish general ordered snipers to kill Syrian gov’t troops without provocation to deepen conflict
Abdullah Bozkurt A senior Turkish commander personally ordered snipers to kill Syrian government troops without provocation in 2016 during...
Combat helo pilot accused of flying ghost chopper to strike Erdoğan’s palace turned out to be on vacation
Abdullah Bozkurt Turkish authorities pinned the blame for airstrikes from a ghost Cobra helicopter during a failed coup in...
Erdoğan gov’t killed probe into Iran’s Quds Force terrorist smuggling network in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt The government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hushed up an investigation into a terrorist smuggling network operated in...
Turkey’s Defense Minister Hulusi Akar personally congratulated pilot who downed Russian Su-24 jet
Abdullah Bozkurt Hulusi Akar, the then-chief of general staff and current defense minister, personally met and congratulated the combat...
Turkish airstrike on ISIS in Syria was a distraction to hide Turkey’s true intentions, whistleblower reveals
Abdullah Bozkurt The first-ever airstrike carried by the Turkish Air Force on the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria...
