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...
Erdogan appoints new ‘commissar’ to foreign ministry, unsettling FM Fidan
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made three new deputy foreign minister appointments on Friday. Among them was Nuh Yılmaz,...
Erdogan utilizes Hamas to repair his image marred by trade relations with Israel
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan got a major surprise in the local elections held on March 31, with his...
Turkish government aims to cut down on spending on foreign operations as the economy deteriorates
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish government announced measures to reduce public spending through a directive issued on Monday. Accordingly, the purchase of new...
Erdogan gov’t to silence critics by branding them as agents with new law
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan aims to punish dissidents as agents through an amendment to...
Turkey will train Ugandan army and special forces, expanding influence in Africa
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish government has recently put the Military Training Cooperation Agreement signed with Uganda on its agenda for...
