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Erdogan expands control over private enterprise as takeovers reach record scale
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey’s expanding use of court-appointed trustees to oversee private companies has reached its largest scale in years, with...
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FBI interview details how Turkey served as ISIS transit corridor for foreign fighters
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A US court filing in a terrorism case has provided fresh details on how Turkey functioned as a...
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Erdogan’s family built a nationwide paramilitary network to sustain repressive rule in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The father-in-law of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's younger son has quietly built a nationwide civilian network that...
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Ankara faces new diplomatic challenges on Cyprus as regional partnerships expand
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan this week delivered one of his strongest warnings on Cyprus in recent months,...
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Turkish spies gather intelligence in French city near German border, document reveals
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A leaked Turkish government document obtained by Nordic Monitor reveals that Turkish intelligence operatives conducted surveillance activities in...
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Europe’s top rights court rules political detentions have become a routine violation in Turkey
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled that Turkey violated the rights of veteran Kurdish...
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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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