Turkey risks losing ground as EU deepens economic ties with new partners
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The European Union’s free trade agreement with India, concluded in January 2026 and expected to enter into force...
Turkey tops Europe in human rights violations as top court flags repeated breaches of ‘No punishment without law’
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey remained the most complained-about country before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in 2025, despite a...
Official data reveal the scale of Turkey’s growing drug economy
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey recorded a sharp rise in drug-related arrests, seizures and prison populations in 2025, according to official data...
Turkish prosecutors engage in hate crime by invoking alleged Greek ties against Erdogan rival
Levent Kenez/Stockholm An anonymous letter containing claims about the religious and ethnic background of jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has...
Turkey extends naval mission off Somalia, granting Erdogan broad authority over scope and timing
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish Parliament on Tuesday approved a one-year extension of the country’s naval deployment in the Gulf of...
Spain’s cocaine seizure exposes how Turkey lets drug lords and suspects walk free
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Spain’s record seizure of nearly 10 tons of cocaine from a cargo ship in the Atlantic Ocean has...
Erdogan-led Turkey Wealth Fund reveals trillions in debt and widespread limits on independent audits
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The latest audit report for the Turkey Wealth Fund (TWF) shows that the state-run fund accumulated more than...
Erdogan’s expertise in navigating Iran trade grey areas faces new US tariff challenge
Levent Kenez/Stockholm US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose a 25 percent tariff on countries trading with Iran, following a...
Turkey’s juvenile crime crisis deepens as violence, drugs and easy weapon access drive a sharp rise
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey is facing a growing juvenile crime crisis, marked by rising violence, increasing drug-related offenses and widespread access...
Study finds Turkey’s Central Asia diplomacy broad but limited by coordination and transparency gaps and rivalry with Russia and China
A study published in a journal of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s propaganda office, the Presidential Directorate of Communications, provides a...
