European anti-torture committee accused in Turkish parliament of bias and conspiracy against Turkey
Levent Kenez/Stockholm During a session of the Turkish parliament's Human Rights Committee last week attended by the justice minister, prison...
Turkish military to enforce strict social media ban for soldiers after security breaches and ambushes
Levent Kenez/Stockholm An amendment to the Personnel Law of the Turkish Armed Forces that introduces new restrictions on social media...
Erdogan government unconcerned about where its exported weapons are used
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The opposition has accused the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of neglecting its international responsibility to...
Putin warns Erdogan against disrupting profitable trade relations, says Turkey will lose
Levent Kenez/Stockholm At a June 5 meeting with the heads of international news agencies in St. Petersburg during a major...
Turkey forced to take steps to exit FATF’s grey list for money laundering and terrorism financing
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish government has finally decided to enact legislation concerning cryptocurrency, with the relevant proposal approved by parliament’s...
Germany accuses Turkey of running spying operations and fueling far-right movements
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The 2023 report from Germany’s Hamburg State Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz Hamburg...
Turkish Foreign Ministry turns into intelligence hub, monitors staff’s personal messages
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs staff are now required to install a specific messaging application on their phones...
Turkish intelligence recruits at universities, accessing private information of students
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT) is reaching out to young people by posting flyers at universities, offering career...
Erdogan grants himself the authority to declare state of war
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has assumed the authority to declare a mobilization and a state of war....
Diyanet deploys Turkish imams to Europe with a 10-year work commitment
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (Diyanet İşleri Türk İslam Birliği, or DİTİB), the German branch of Turkey’s...
