Turkish ambassador to Qatar assisted one-time al-Qaeda financier with citizenship applications
Nordic Monitor Secret wiretaps have revealed that Fikret Özer, the Turkish ambassador to Qatar and former consul general in...
EP lawmakers call on Turkey to release political prisoners amid COVID-19 outbreak
Nordic Monitor The European Parliament’s standing rapporteur on Turkey, Nacho Sánchez Amor, and the chair of the EP Delegation to...
European Union to monitor Turkey’s arms shipments to Libya
Nordic Monitor The EU reached a deal last week to launch a new Mediterranean naval and air mission in...
Secret wiretap reveals Turkish health minister facilitated medical treatment for family members of one-time al-Qaeda financier
Nordic Monitor Fahrettin Koca, Turkey’s health minister and the owner of the Medipol group of private hospitals, in 2013...
UN human rights chief calls for freeing of political prisoners amid coronavirus pandemic
Nordic Monitor While the Turkish government has excluded political prisoners from a recently proposed amnesty bill, UN High Commissioner...
CCTV video, reports reveal cover-up of execution of Turkish officer
Nordic Monitor New evidence has emerged revealing that a gendarmerie officer who had surrendered during a July 15, 2016...
Asylum applications filed by Turks in European countries increased some 9 percent in 2019
Nordic Monitor Asylum applications filed by Turkish citizens with European countries continue to rise due to the Turkish government’s...
Turkey will not receive EU funds during 2021-2027 period: EU Commissioner Várhelyi
EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Olivér Várhelyi made clear once again that Turkey will not receive European...
Turkey’s ultranationalist opposition MP Özdağ fuels anti-Syrian hatred
Nordic Monitor The latest remarks of Ümit Özdağ, a deputy for the ultranationalist Good (IYI) Party from southern Gaziantep...
Turkey deploys police in Serbia to expand witch-hunt against Erdoğan critics
Nordic Monitor Serbia has become the first country to allow the deployment of Turkish police forces on its soil where...
