Turkey ready to take charge of prisons holding ISIS members in Syria amid uncertainty over HTS’s plans
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Ankara is pressing ahead with its insistence on reducing the influence of Kurdish groups it considers adversarial by...
Erdogan favors allowing Syrian refugees to remain in Turkey due to political and economic considerations
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Following the December 8 takeover of Damascus by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a coalition of Islamist groups supported...
Turkish gov’t publication frames nuclear plant in Turkey as a success for Russia’s imperial energy strategy
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The December 2024 issue of Communication and Diplomacy, a Turkish government journal produced by the Directorate of Communications,...
Turkish military accelerates training of Kosovo forces
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish Armed Forces have intensified their efforts to train members of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF), showcasing...
Release of ISIS members accelerates in Turkey following regime change in Syria
Levent Kenez/Stockholm A new wave of the release of individuals accused of financing and supporting the Islamic State in Iraq...
Turkey pursues new military plans, including a Libya-style maritime agreement with Syria
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Ankara is working on new military strategies in Syria as it seeks to establish a new phase of...
Ankara plans to push for repatriation of European ISIS fighters and their families in Syria
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Ankara has announced its intention to push for the repatriation of European prisoners affiliated with ISIS (Islamic State...
Former Erdogan party official, once pictured holding a severed head, among fighters capturing Syrian city
Levent Kenez/Stockholm A Turkish Islamist militant, previously an official in the youth branch of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party...
Erdogan family’s jihadist foundation portrays him as ‘conqueror of Syria’
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The fall of the Assad regime in Syria on Sunday after 54 years in power has reinvigorated supporters...
Erdogan’s propaganda office sees astronomical budget increase amid economic turmoil
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey’s Directorate of Communications, also known as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s propaganda office, is facing growing scrutiny over...
