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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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UN report indicates al-Qaeda and ISIS enjoy safe haven in Turkish-controlled Idlib

February 9, 2022

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A recent UN report on al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) shows that armed...

Erdoğan-backed drone company, which angered Russians in Donbass, opens a production facility in Ukraine

Erdoğan-backed drone company that angered Russians in Donbas opens a production facility in Ukraine

February 8, 2022

Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan last week paid a one-day visit to Ukraine, which is on the verge...

German NGO wants UN’s help in halting cooperation with Turkish intelligence against critics abroad

February 7, 2022

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A German nongovernmental organization in special consultative status with the United Nations called for member states to stop...

One in every 30 people in Turkey has been investigated for terrorism as a result of Erdoğan’s witch hunt

Levent Kenez/Stockholm Following a controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016, a witch-hunt launched by the government of Turkish President...

Parliamentary document shows Turkish officials accuse Greece of pushing back migrants to avoid dealing with them

February 4, 2022

Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey and Greece kicked off a new blame game after 19 refugees froze to death on the Turkish-Greek...

Turkey goes after foreign NGOs, bars them from attending UN event

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm After having summarily and arbitrarily shut down well over a thousand nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Turkey since 2016,...

Turkey persistently fails to clear land mines in violation of UN convention

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey has for the second time asked the United Nations for an extension to clear land mines...

President Erdoğan’s security advisor admits Greece has air superiority in the Aegean

February 1, 2022

Levent Kenez/Stockholm Mesut Hakkı Caşın, the Turkish president’s advisor on security and foreign policy, has stated that the balance of...

Turkey’s new justice minister, Bekir Bozdağ,

Turkey’s new justice minister was a suspect in illegal arms shipments to al-Qaeda

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey’s new justice minister, Bekir Bozdağ, appointed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on January 28, 2022, was...

TikTok reassures Turkish government that it will fully cooperate on legal requests