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Turkey’s prison boom: Erdogan’s effort to tighten control over 85 million people
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Following the pattern of past authoritarian rulers, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made mass incarceration a central...
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Erdogan gov’t gains sweeping authority over personal data with new law
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish Parliament approved a controversial cybersecurity law on March 12, amending certain provisions but retaining penalties for...
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Cybersecurity company Check Point becomes a political target in Turkey amid Israeli-Hamas conflict
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Israel-based multinational cybersecurity company Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has become a focal point of controversy in Turkey,...
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Turkish intelligence set up secret cells of foreign fighters in Syria to use as proxies abroad
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Turkish intelligence service, bolstered by its success in positioning a long-time asset as Syria's interim president, has...
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Turkish-backed jihadist groups and their commanders accused of civilian deaths in Syria
Hundreds of civilians have been killed in violent incidents in Syria's Latakia and Tartus provinces since March 6, with alleged...
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Turkey weighs forcible takeover of Russian-built nuclear power plant if needed
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A Turkish cabinet minister has revealed that the government has contingency plans to take control of a Russian-built...
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Turkey’s top imam says Muslims who don’t boycott Israel-friendly companies should question their faith
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Ali Erbaş, head of the Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), Turkey’s top religious authority, suggested that Muslims who...
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US kills Turkish al-Qaeda operative, a long-time asset of Turkey’s intelligence agency
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Muhammed Yusuf Ziya Talay, a Turkish al-Qaeda operative enlisted by Turkey’s intelligence agency (Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı, MIT) for...
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Politicized judges and prosecutors deepen legal abuses in Turkish judiciary: report
Levent Kenez/Stockholm A newly released report by CrossBorder Jurists (CBJ), an association founded in Germany by Turkish lawyers living in...
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Erdogan’s financial aide and his ambassador son in northern Cyprus unexpectedly dismissed over alleged mafia ties
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dismissed two longtime associates in an unusual and highly scrutinized move, removing...
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