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US sanctions Turkish company over Iran trade, sending stern warning to Erdogan gov’t

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EP report slams Turkey’s foreign policy as confrontational and unaligned with EU norms

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Former Uzbek president spied for Turkey when he served as a member of the USSR Politburo

April 17, 2023

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Islam Karimov, the late president of Uzbekistan, had passed confidential information to Turkey when he was serving...

Turkish Hizbullah set to enter parliament for the first time after formal alliance with Erdoğan

April 14, 2023

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A discrete, decade-long alliance between Iranian-backed Turkish Hizbullah and the Islamist government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...

Turkey approved military agreement with Ethiopia amid escalation between Cairo and Addis Ababa

April 13, 2023

Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish parliament approved a military agreement signed with Ethiopia in 2021 just hours before parliament went on...

No letup in Turkish intel agency MIT spy work in Greece, secret documents reveal

April 12, 2023

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey’s spy agency, Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı (MIT), has expanded its clandestine operations in Greek territory while Turkish...

Ankara protests visit of US submarine to Cyprus despite remaining silent when the same sub was moored off the coast in 2021

April 11, 2023

Levent Kenez/Stockholm A rapprochement between Ankara and Athens began after twin earthquakes struck Turkey’s southern region on February 6, as...

Turkish intelligence tortured arms smuggler after Ukraine secretly handed him over in a coffin

April 10, 2023

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A former military officer and arms smuggler who was secretly transported by Ukrainian intelligence to Turkey in...

Turkish FM claims Erdogan declined Biden’s invitation to the White House

April 7, 2023

Levent Kenez/Stockholm Answering journalists' questions after the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels on Wednesday, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu...

Turkey-Bosnia security agreement raises concerns on rights and freedoms

by Nordic Monitor

April 6, 2023

Nordic Monitor/Stockholm Turkey and Bosnia have entered into a security cooperation agreement that includes operational intelligence sharing, training and...

Turkish intelligence point man for overseas operations is plotting to help Erdogan stay in power

April 5, 2023

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Ahmet Cemalettin Çelik, the number two at Turkish intelligence agency MIT, has been working to keep his...

Erdogan spreads propaganda claiming that his opponent in the presidential election is supported by the US