Erdogan had to postpone additional taxes for air defense system project after public outrage
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish government had planned to introduce a new bill in parliament that would have imposed an annual ...
Erdogan allies slam censored remarks of Turkish state-media chief about Iran, questioning a policy shift
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Zahid Sobacı, director-general of Turkish Radio and Television (TRT), Turkey's state broadcaster, spoke on October 9 at the ...
Half a million naturalized foreigners, primarily Syrians, risk losing their Turkish citizenship
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm In a lawsuit filed with the Council of State, Turkey's highest administrative court, a far-right nationalist party has ...
Turkey to provide Iraqi army with training in intelligence and drone operations
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish government has submitted the Memorandum of Understanding on Military Training Cooperation signed with Iraq on April ...
From intelligence to armed operations, transformation of Turkey’s foreign ministry sparks global concerns
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The creation of a highly controversial armed unit within Turkey's foreign ministry, under the leadership of Hakan Fidan ...
Turkish president’s ally strengthens ties with North Korea, accelerates Turkey’s drift from the West
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The neo-nationalist (Ulusalcı) and militant ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has established strong ties with North ...
Libya’s central bank governor’s escape to Turkey points to Erdogan’s dubious financial dealings
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Libya’s former central bank governor, who had held the position since 2011, fled to Turkey in August due ...
Erdogan gov’t aware of ISIS financiers in Turkey, took years to act
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm For many years the Turkish government turned a blind eye while the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria ...
Pro-Iranian MP from Erdogan’s party calls for jihad against Israel in Turkish Parliament
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Mehmet Sait Yaz, a deputy from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) representing Diyarbakır, ...
Unmasking the intelligence-linked neo-Nazi group National Front in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A neo-nationalist faction in Turkey's intelligence agency, MIT, is reportedly behind a newly formed ultra far-right group that ...
