Hundreds of organized crime syndicates have flourished in Turkey on Erdogan’s watch
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A letter from Turkey’s interior minister has exposed how the country has become a safe haven for organized ...
Google’s algorithm changes and YouTube censorship deepen suppression of Erdogan critics
Levent Kenez/Stockholm In early 2025 sweeping algorithm changes by Google and its subsidiary YouTube significantly diminished the visibility of independent ...
Erdogan’s neo-nationalist allies escalate their campaign against Greek Orthodox Patriarchate and the Vatican
Abdullah Bozkurt / Stockholm A militant neo-nationalist faction in Turkey known as the Ulusalcılar — or Eurasianists (Avrasyacılar) — has ...
Yet another Iranian crime boss acquired Turkish citizenship, murder case reveals
Abdullah Bozkurt / Stockholm The assassination of a 48-year-old drug trafficker in Turkey has cast a revealing spotlight on how ...
Turkish migrants avoid reclaiming citizenship due to growing distrust of Ankara
Levent Kenez/Stockholm A year after Germany enacted a landmark reform allowing dual citizenship, Turkish nationals living in the country have ...
Environmental rubber-stamping in Erdogan’s Turkey: A system built to fail
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A Turkish government document has exposed a sweeping environmental oversight scandal in which critical environmental impact assessments were ...
Turkish Central Bank under fire as political turmoil shakes confidence
Levent Kenez/Stockholm At a tense session of Turkey’s parliamentary Budget and Planning Committee on May 6, opposition lawmakers accused the ...
US sanctions Turkish company over Iran trade, sending stern warning to Erdogan gov’t
Abdullah Bozkurt / Stockholm The United States has imposed sanctions on a Turkish chemical company linked to a pro-government business ...
EP report slams Turkey’s foreign policy as confrontational and unaligned with EU norms
Levent Kenez/Stockholm A new report from the European Parliament (EP) has sharply criticized Turkey's foreign policy under President Recep Tayyip ...
Turkey struggles to counter EU-Cyprus gains among ‘brother states’
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Ankara is uneasy over recent moves by several Central Asian republics to deepen diplomatic engagement with the Republic ...
