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Turkey shelves ‘Blue Homeland’ bill before NATO summit, but Erdogan will keep it as election card
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish government has postponed parliamentary action on a controversial maritime jurisdiction bill associated with the country’s “Blue...
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Kurdish ISIS preacher acquitted of all charges, resumes jihadist activity in Turkey and abroad
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A Turkish national accused of leading an Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) network operating across Turkey,...
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Niger’s president says Erdogan told Turkish defense contractors to deliver first, take payment later
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Nigerien President Abdourahamane Tchiani said Thursday that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan instructed Turkish defense contractors to provide...
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US-designated Hamas operative reveals Erdogan personally promised protection, sees militants as his family
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A convicted senior figure in the Palestinian jihadist group Hamas who later settled in Turkey has provided rare...
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Turkey’s rulers rely on sprawling prison system to suppress opposition and silence critics
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Turkish government’s aggressive use of imprisonment against critics, dissidents and political opponents has continued to drive the...
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Turkish intelligence report calls for war readiness while keeping channels open with Israel
Levent Kenez/Stockholm A Turkish government-linked intelligence report argues that the 40-day war involving the United States, Israel and Iran has...
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Exposed IRGC operative shutters Turkish aviation front as hundreds of Iranian-linked companies remain active
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Hossein Hafez Amini, a naturalized Turkish citizan originally from Iran and an alleged operative of the Islamic Revolutionary...
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New agreement reveals that Turkey casts northern Cyprus as a strategic front line amid rising tensions with Israel
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey has linked the future of northern Cyprus to a widening arc of geopolitical crises stretching from Gaza...
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Turkey’s top court scaled back ISIS convictions in İzmir NATO attack case
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey’s top appeals court several years ago overturned the convictions of two ISIS-linked militants on charges of attempting...
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New official data show Turkey’s demographic crisis deepening as birth rate falls to 1.42 children per woman
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey’s demographic decline accelerated further after newly released official statistics showed the country’s fertility rate dropping to 1.42...
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