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France passed intelligence to Turkey prior to an ISIS attack on a church, but Turks downplayed the warning
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm According to confidential information obtained by Nordic Monitor, French intelligence alerted Turkish authorities two months before an Islamic...
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Erdogan’s gov’t claims F-35 jets are not sold to Turkey due to their superiority over F-16s
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Mahmut Faruk Akşit, general manager of TUSAS Engine Industries (TEI), was a presenter at a panel discussion organized...
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Turkish gov’t accused of intervening in recruitment at Europe’s top rights court
Levent Kenez/Stockholm A member of the main opposition party in the Turkish parliament has submitted a written inquiry addressed to...
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Erdogan and PKK leader invoke 1920 Ottoman pact amid Kurdish talks, hinting at Turkey’s territorial expansion
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Amid secret discussions among Turkish leaders about reconciliation with the Kurds, a public reference by President Recep Tayyip...
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Erdogan government reintroduces controversial law to silence critics by labeling them as spies
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish government pushed forward a controversial amendment on Wednesday concerning espionage, which was initially shelved in May...
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Turkey’s influence operation behind the attack on US Marines
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The September attack on two US Marines on shore leave in the Turkish port city of Izmir was...
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Document shows Turkish diplomats spied on an Erdogan critic who was kidnapped in Kenya
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Kenyan authorities confirmed on Monday that four Turkish nationals under UN protection who were kidnapped by masked gunmen...
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UN sounds alarm over the lack of an independent judiciary in Turkey
Nordic Monitor/Stockholm The United Nations' point person on judicial independence has warned Turkey of a troubling pattern of systemic government...
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Turkey’s main opposition CHP is in cahoots with President Erdogan and his allies
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has realigned itself closely with the ruling Islamist party led by...
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Erdogan government increases digital surveillance of political dissidents: report
Levent Kenez/Stockholm According to the "Freedom on the Net 2024: The Struggle for Trust Online" report released on Tuesday by...
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