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Erdogan government funds al-Qaeda-linked Turkish terrorist group IBDA-C
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Islamist government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has provided covert financial support to a Turkish jihadist terror...
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Ankara hides meeting between Turkish foreign minister and Iran-backed Shiite militia leader during Iraq visit
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkish foreign minister and former spymaster Hakan Fidan visited Iraq on August 22-24. With discussions in Baghdad and...
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Turkey’s chief of general staff set up a secret hit team for extrajudicial murders, targeting minorities
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Metin Gürak, recently appointed Turkey's chief of general staff, has been accused of clandestinely forming an assassination...
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Erdogan unconvincing on Sweden’s timeline after swift approval of Finland’s NATO bid in parliament
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a statement following his one-day visit to Hungary on Sunday, said the...
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General reveals Erdogan’s plan for airstrike on Damascus that resulted in purge of pro-NATO officers
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The former deputy chief of intelligence of the Air Force Command whose alleged role in a coup attempt...
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Turkish journalist in Sweden faces fresh indictment and trial in Turkey over published article
Nordic Monitor/Stockholm A Swedish-based Turkish journalist is currently facing a second indictment in Turkey regarding an article which exposed secret...
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Diplomat who ran spy network in violation of Vienna Convention now heads foreign ministry’s international law division
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Kaan Esener, a former ambassador and previous permanent representative of Turkey at the Council of Europe who ran...
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ISIS leader in Sudan finances operations through Turkey, UN says
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in Sudan, a country beset...
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Turkey hosted the first-ever independent Circassian event, a move that will unsettle Russia
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm On August 5 Turkey hosted the inaugural conference on an independent Circassia, with the event facilitated by...
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Controversial intelligence officials appointed to critical positions in Turkish Foreign Ministry
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Appointments to various departments within the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, were...
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