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Turkey runs live tests with domestically manufactured arms in foreign conflict zones

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Turkish intelligence set up a scheme to deceive Russian investigators in Ambassador Karlov’s assassination in Ankara

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Erdoğan appoints pro-Iranian Islamist with links to radical IHH outfit as Turkey’s ambassador to Washington

April 24, 2021

Abdullah Bozkurt/ Stockholm Hasan Murat Mercan, an Islamist who is enamored with Iran’s mullah regime and has links to...

Erdoğan’s jihadists and far-right nationalist proxies may be ‘gilets rouges’ threat for France

Nordic Monitor Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warned in front of the symbolic monument of Hagia Sophia that red...

Chief administrator of Turkish Parliament asks for incorporation of Chechen fighters into Turkish army

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A Pakistani-educated chief administrator of the Turkish Parliament has asked for the incorporation of a special Chechen...

Turkey’s massive witch-hunt targeting Erdoğan opponents reached South Korea, judicial document reveals

Nordic Monitor Turkey’s massive witch-hunt against critics of its Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was expanded to East Asia,...

Arms smuggler, former Turkish intelligence asset, blew whistle on Erdoğan’s covert ops using Qatari cash

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Nuri Gökhan Bozkır, a former Turkish intelligence asset who was identified last year by Nordic Monitor as...

Turkey raises stakes on Cyprus to exert pressure on European Union

Nordic Monitor In a reversal from its past approach, the Turkish government has started pushing a two-state solution for divided...

Turkey overturned conviction of ISIS deputy emir who was wanted by Spain

Turkish prosecutor claimed all jihadist groups were engineered by foreign powers, embracing gov’t narrative

December 3, 2020

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A Turkish prosecutor claimed in an indictment that all jihadist groups were commandeered by foreign intelligence services,...

Algerian president gives in to pressure from Turkey, hands over Erdoğan critic

Nordic Monitor Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu thanked Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune for the deportation of Turkish businessman N.N.K.,...

Turkish Embassy in New Zealand spied on child care center and profiled critics

Turkish Embassy in Wellington spied on Erdogan critics, profiled unsuspecting residents in New Zealand

May 8, 2021

Nordic Monitor Critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan profiled by Turkish diplomats in New Zealand were charged with “membership...

Turkey remains a transit hub for foreign terrorists, UN report reveals