Turkey falls short of NATO standards in defense budget despite record increase
Levent Kenez/Stockholm In 2025, the Turkish government plans to allocate 913 billion Turkish lira (TL; approximately $26.4 billion) for defense...
Turkish Defense Minister claims agreement reached with US on storage of Russian S-400 missiles, will remain inactive
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkish Defense Minister Yaşar Güler, speaking at a parliamentary session on his ministry’s budget on November 26, 2024,...
Turkish opposition leader faces accusations of serving Erdogan’s agenda
Levent Kenez/Stockholm In the local elections held on March 31, 2024, Turkey's main opposition party, the Republican People's Party (CHP),...
Turkish FM reveals intelligence recruits and discloses ambassador appointments from intelligence agency
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, on Nov. 21, 2024, responded to criticism voiced in Parliament during discussion of...
Turkey has ongoing ‘revolving door’ approach to handling ISIS suspects
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey’s approach to handling Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) suspects continues to raise concerns as recent...
Turkish foreign minister declares he is ‘in a war’ with Israel
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, during a November 15 interview broadcast on A Haber, a government-aligned television channel...
Turkish Foreign Ministry acknowledges legitimacy problems in agreements with Libya
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkish-Libyan agreements, including a recent military cooperation framework signed by Turkey and Libya's Government of National Unity (GNU),...
Erdogan signals plans for a new nuclear plant, granting project to Russia
Levent Kenez/Stockholm During his address at the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 29) in Baku, Turkey's President Recep...
Turkish opposition claims Greece is taking advantage of tensions between government and West
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) MP Eylem Ertug Ertugrul, along with other CHP representatives, submitted a...
UN accuses Turkish Intelligence of serious human rights violations and abuse of power
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) has raised serious concerns in its latest observations following Turkey's second...
