Abdullah Bozkurt, Author at Nordic Monitor

May 19, 2019

Abdullah Bozkurt Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan secretly ordered the intelligence service to spy on German foundations, according...

Turkish court halts deportation of al-Shabab suspect to Netherlands, citing risk of extradition to US

By Abdullah Bozkurt Turkey's top court has ruled that the rights of Ahmed Diini, a Dutch-Somali dual national who faces an...

Coup trials in Turkey marred by false evidence, victimizing many officers

By Abdullah Bozkurt Coup trials in Turkey over the past several years have been marred by false photographic...

Secret military intel shows most foreign jihadists let go in Turkey after detention

By Abdullah Bozkurt Most of the foreign fighters and their cohorts who were caught from 2014 to 2016...

Erdoğan tapped anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist to fan xenophobia in Turkey

The government’s star witness in coup trials in Turkey has turned out to be a staunchly anti-Semitic, anti-Christian figure...

Turkey’s military reported that failures with Bayraktar drones hampered operations

The Turkish military discovered systematic failures and troubles with drones that were domestically manufactured by Baykar, whose owners include...

Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt are ‘Devil’s Triangle’ working with enemies of Islam, says Erdoğan’s chief cleric

By Abdullah Bozkurt Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt comprise the "Devil’s Triangle," said Hayrettin Karaman, chief...

Problems in transportation between Turkey and Albania remain unresolved

Problems in transportation between Turkey and Albania remain unresolved according to documents that showed the minutes of a recent...

Turkish military picked up intel about ISIL attack on US troops at Incirlik Air Base