Turkey grants sweeping tax breaks to Russia’s Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant until 2045
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish Parliament has approved legislation granting extensive tax exemptions to nuclear power operators through the end of...
Turkey declines to guarantee free speech protections for COP31 participants as arrests of activists trigger alarm
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The mass detentions of environmental volunteers ahead of the July 7-8 NATO summit in Ankara are raising critical questions...
Erdogan frees fugitive Hizbullah leaders despite mass murder convictions
Levent Kenez/Stockholm A temporary judicial panel in southeastern Turkey has issued a ruling that effectively concludes the long-running prosecution of...
Turkey enlists international students to promote gov’t narratives, counter Erdogan dissidents
Levent Kenez/Stockholm International students studying in Turkey are increasingly being integrated into state-sponsored programs designed to promote the political narratives...
Erdogan’s global school network drives a radical overseas political agenda
Levent Kenez/Stockholm A Turkish government-funded entity run by jihadists has expanded into a global network designed to export political Islam...
Erdogan’s drone mogul son-in-law aims to be the first to prove autonomous jets in a war: ‘We’ll demonstrate it to the world’
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Selçuk Bayraktar, chairman of Turkish drone manufacturer Baykar and son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said autonomous jet-powered...
Turkish Intelligence report questions NATO unity, warns that Ankara’s expectations remain unmet
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey’s National Intelligence Academy says that unresolved security concerns and restrictions imposed by NATO allies have pushed Ankara...
NATO summit becomes Erdogan’s show of force to wipe out remaining opposition at home
Levent Kenez/Stockholm When 75-year-old retired teacher and environmental volunteer Ayten Yakut boarded a bus for a birdwatching trip outside Ankara,...
German Intelligence again flags Turkey as key security threat
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The long arm of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has once again been caught in the crosshairs of...
Official data show more people leaving than entering Turkey amid population decline
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey recorded higher immigration and lower emigration in 2025 compared to the previous year, according to official data...
