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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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Erdoğan government grants legal immunity to corrupt loyalists who run unlawfully confiscated companies

May 6, 2022

Levent Kenez/Stockholm With a new law that is expected to soon be approved in the Turkish parliament, the government of...

Disclosure reveals highest echelon of Turkish government involved with criminal and terrorist networks

May 2, 2022

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Classified documents obtained by Nordic Monitor have revealed that suspected criminals and terrorists had been in touch...

Erdoğan reprimands prime minister for questioning controversial coup attempt, former ally reveals

April 30, 2022

Levent Kenez/Stockholm Journalist Levent Gültekin covers serious revelations about Turkey's recent history in his new book, "Yaklaşan Kasırga" (The Approaching...

Officials who resisted Erdoğan during Gezi protests were later convicted as terrorists

April 29, 2022

Levent Kenez/Stockholm An Istanbul court on Monday convicted eight people, including philanthropist Osman Kavala, for their roles in anti-government protests...

Turkish general ordered snipers to kill Syrian gov’t troops without provocation to deepen conflict

Turkish army red flagged non-Muslim officers, profiled those with minority backgrounds

April 28, 2022

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Military intelligence documents obtained by Nordic Monitor have revealed that the Turkish army profiled officers based on...

Turkish businessman who bribed US State Department employee is linked to Erdoğan gov’t

April 27, 2022

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A Turkish businessman who bribed a US State Department employee has links to Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development...

Turkish government-funded Islamist foundation Maarif increases cooperation with the Taliban

April 26, 2022

Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Maarif Foundation, one of the organizations that act as the long arm of the government of Turkish...

UN warns Turkey could face charges of war crimes for plundering Syrian wealth

September 22, 2022

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Torture, ill-treatment, abduction, the plundering of economic resources, the confiscation of buildings and land and the levying...

Turkish commandos practiced capturing an island and planted a Turkish flag in a naval exercise targeting Greece

April 23, 2022

Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Mavi Vatan (Blue Homeland) 2022 naval exercise, which was held simultaneously in the Aegean and Black seas...

Former intelligence officer insists he’s in prison for exposing Russian threat in Turkey