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Study finds Turkey’s Central Asia diplomacy broad but limited by coordination and transparency gaps and rivalry with Russia and China
A study published in a journal of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s propaganda office, the Presidential Directorate of Communications, provides a...
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Secret blacklist bars Erdogan’s critics from notary services at home and abroad
Abdullah Bozkurt / Stockholm A secret blacklist maintained by the Turkish Union of Notaries (Türkiye Noterler Birliği, TNB) has been...
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Turkey’s intelligence agency expands as budget surges and power grows
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm In mounting evidence that Turkey’s Islamist leadership is increasingly governing through its intelligence apparatus, the budget of the...
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Maduro’s capture shines fresh light on drug trafficking, shady gold trade and Erdogan ties
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by US forces and his transfer to New York have reignited...
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Turkey’s state sponsorship of terrorism registered in US judicial documents
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm In a US federal terrorism case, Turkey was publicly named as the sponsor of an al-Qaeda–linked militant group...
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Iran-related espionage probe closed by Erdogan resurfaces amid drug scandal
Levent Kenez /Stockholm An espionage investigation shut down more than a decade ago by the Turkish government has returned to...
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Libya-linked POS money-laundering case in Turkey leaves key actors untouched
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Forced to launch an investigation into a money-laundering ring tied to Libya under mounting international pressure, Turkish authorities...
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Erdogan’s son emerges as new key figure overseeing Turkey’s pro-government diaspora network
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Union of International Democrats (UID), the main overseas political network aligned with Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development...
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Deadly clash exposes systemic failures in Turkey’s fight against ISIS
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The death of three police officers during a counterterrorism operation against suspected Islamic State in Iraq and Syria...
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Smuggling conviction in US sheds light on expanding migrant pipeline run by Turkish networks
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A Turkish man who pleaded guilty to alien smuggling in a US federal court has exposed the growing...
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