ISIS operative reveals contacts with Erdogan government and assassination plots in Turkey
Levent Kenez/Stockholm A senior Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) operative accused in Turkey’s deadliest terrorist attack has told...
INTERPOL’s most wanted keep surfacing in Turkey amid expanding organized crime networks
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The arrest of an Afghan national wanted through an INTERPOL Red Notice in the western Turkish province of...
EP targets Erdogan allies in Europe, criticizing Turkey’s overseas crackdowns and state media propaganda reach
Levent Kenez/Stockholm European Parliament lawmakers have sharply criticized the Turkish government over what they described as a pattern of transnational...
Erdogan expands control over private enterprise as takeovers reach record scale
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey’s expanding use of court-appointed trustees to oversee private companies has reached its largest scale in years, with...
Ankara faces new diplomatic challenges on Cyprus as regional partnerships expand
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan this week delivered one of his strongest warnings on Cyprus in recent months,...
Europe’s top rights court rules political detentions have become a routine violation in Turkey
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled that Turkey violated the rights of veteran Kurdish...
Turkey shelves ‘Blue Homeland’ bill before NATO summit, but Erdogan will keep it as election card
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish government has postponed parliamentary action on a controversial maritime jurisdiction bill associated with the country’s “Blue...
Niger’s president says Erdogan told Turkish defense contractors to deliver first, take payment later
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Nigerien President Abdourahamane Tchiani said Thursday that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan instructed Turkish defense contractors to provide...
Turkish intelligence report calls for war readiness while keeping channels open with Israel
Levent Kenez/Stockholm A Turkish government-linked intelligence report argues that the 40-day war involving the United States, Israel and Iran has...
New agreement reveals that Turkey casts northern Cyprus as a strategic front line amid rising tensions with Israel
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey has linked the future of northern Cyprus to a widening arc of geopolitical crises stretching from Gaza...
