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Turkish commandos practiced capturing an island and planted a Turkish flag in a naval exercise targeting Greece
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Mavi Vatan (Blue Homeland) 2022 naval exercise, which was held simultaneously in the Aegean and Black seas...
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Former intelligence officer insists he’s in prison for exposing Russian threat in Turkey
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Seventy-eight-year-old Enver Altaylı, a former intelligence officer at Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) and advisor to former Turkish...
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UN cites conviction of Kosovar officials in Turkish intelligence case as progress in the country’s rule of law, human rights record
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The United Nations hailed the court proceedings against Kosovar officials who were involved in the abduction of...
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Turkish state broadcaster TRT made false statements in FARA disclosure filing
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm In its obligatory declarations filed under a US disclosure law, Turkey’s public broadcaster, the main propaganda tool...
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Former senator and US ambassador to Turkey accused in Turkish parliament of betraying Trump
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The US ambassador to Turkey was insulted during a meeting of the Turkish Parliament's Foreign Relations Committee on...
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More Turks have faced the long arm of US justice in criminal prosecutions in recent years
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm More Turks have been targeted by US federal prosecutors in money laundering and fraud schemes in recent...
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Turkey’s ambitious project in Sudan turns into a fiasco
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey has been planning since 2014 to meet a significant portion of its agri-food needs by cultivating farmland leased...
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US human rights report highlights potential asylum seekers forced to return Turkey without being allowed to apply for asylum
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The "2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices," prepared by the US State Department, was published on Tuesday....
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Turkey downplays impact of invasion of Ukraine on trade, refrains from criticizing Russia
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Turkish government has been downplaying the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on trade routes...
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Erdoğan gov’t sticks to lies at the UN, claims nobody jailed for journalism work in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm In an official communiqué submitted to the UN and aimed at whitewashing massive human rights abuses in Turkey, the...
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