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Erdoğan gov’t trashed German and US intelligence on Turkish jihadists in Afghanistan, Pakistan
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm As part of a vindictive campaign to punish investigators who played a crucial role in cracking down...
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Turkey’s top appeals court yet to rule on ISIS sex slave case in which all suspects were acquitted
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm For five years, Turkey’s top appeals court, staffed with Islamists and neo-nationalists, has not reviewed a scandalous...
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The assassin of Russian ambassador wanted to go Syria for jihad, join al-Qaeda-linked IHH protest against Russia
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Turkish assassin of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov wanted to quit his job as a...
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Turkish Embassy in Gabon spied on Erdoğan critics
As part of its massive witch-hunt, the Turkish government used its diplomats in Gabon to profile opponents of Turkish President...
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Turkish military rushes to censor news article on leaked invasion plans for islands in Aegean
Nordic Monitor Turkish military intelligence asked a judge to block Nordic Monitor’s Twitter account, claiming that an article published...
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Turkish jihadist, trained by Pakistan’s Tablighi Jamaat, joined al-Qaeda in Syria to raise Ottoman caliphate army
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A Turkish jihadist who was trained by Tablighi Jamaat in Pakistan joined al-Qaeda in Syria and tried...
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Turkey blacklisted more than 100,000 students from kindergarten to 12th grade over Gülen links
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Turkish government secretly blacklisted well over 100,000 students from kindergarten to 12th grade because they were...
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Iran sanctions busting Turk, convicted and jailed in the US, back in business in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A Turkish national who was convicted and served time in the US for helping the Iranian military...
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Erdoğan gov’t went after K-9 units, explosives experts who provided security for Obama in Turkey visit
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm As part of a massive purge in the country's maın law enforcement agency, Turkey put the spotlight...
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Erdoğan brought a jihadist who led armed faction to management of Turkey’s ruling AKP
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Turkish president has brought an old-time buddy who led an armed Islamist faction in late '70s...
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