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Corrupt police, prosecutors and politicians facilitate cocaine trafficking in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A whistleblower who had long overseen an organized crime syndicate in Turkey's capital city of Ankara has revealed...
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Islamist NGO purchases 3 ships to sail to Gaza, awaits Erdogan’s approval
Levent Kenez/Stockholm A Turkish government-backed Islamist NGO has advanced its plans to organize an aid flotilla to break Israel's blockade...
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Turkish intelligence has expanded its spy-imam program to gather intel abroad
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkish intelligence has intensified its program of enlisting imams who were deployed to serve abroad as assets to...
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Turkey continues to resist implementing ECtHR judgments
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued a landmark decision on September 26, 2023, ruling that the...
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Erdogan continues to provide sanctuary to radical Kuwaiti cleric Hakim al-Mutairi in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Islamist government of Turkey is persisting in providing refuge to radical Kuwaiti Muslim cleric Sheikh Hakim al-Mutairi,...
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Erdoğan’s son-in-law, manufacturer of military drones, joins billionaires list
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Selçuk Bayraktar, the chairman of Baykar, a Turkish defense contractor, and also the son-in-law of Turkish President Recep...
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Turkey’s abuse of Interpol halts partnership with CAR, an organization that traced ISIS explosives to Turkish firms
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm In another misuse of International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) mechanisms, the Turkish government effectively lobbied to halt a...
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The Islamist leader responsible for Erdogan’s local election loss attributes defeat to Sweden and Israel
Fatih Erbakan, a former political ally of the Turkish president and a notorious, antisemitic politician, attributed the government's poor performance...
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Erdogan government allowed Turkish soldiers to be killed by ISIS despite being able to rescue them
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The burning alive of two Turkish soldiers by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in 2016...
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Turkey’s judiciary has become a tool of tyranny under Erdogan’s rule
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm After a decade-long campaign, the Islamist government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has finally gained full control of...
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