EditorsPick

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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

5 years ago

Police chief nicknamed ‘Angel of Death’ who ran torture sites in Turkey unmasked in court testimony

September 21, 2020

Abdullah Bozkurt A Turkish police chief with the self-proclaimed nickname of Azrael, or the Angel of Death, oversaw two...

Secret report reveals Turkish gov’t imam, working as diplomatic attaché, spied in Lithuania

May 8, 2021

Abdullah Bozkurt A secret Turkish government report has revealed the extent of nefarious and clandestine espionage activities among the...

Turkey poised to shape transition and post-coup Islamist government in Mali

September 19, 2020

Nordic Monitor Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu is the first high level, non-African official to visit Mali since the...

Erdoğan’s classmate from religious school years serves as Turkey’s ambassador to Qatar

US lawsuit against Qatar Islamic Bank reveals Turkish charity IHH’s links to terrorist groups

September 18, 2020

Nordic Monitor A lawsuit filed in Florida by Matthew Schrier, an American photojournalist held hostage in Syria by jihadist...

Turkey was prepared to shoot down a second Russian fighter jet, classified documents reveal

The specter of Turkey’s Oraj Air Force plot to provoke Greece still looms large

September 17, 2020

Abdullah Bozkurt / Stockholm The memory of a secret 2003 plan to shoot down a Turkish F-16 fighter jet...

Erdoğan gov’t gave award to doctor linked to Turkish al-Qaeda group

September 16, 2020

Abdullah Bozkurt An academic and medical doctor who was found to be involved in a Turkish al-Qaeda cell was...

The case of indicted American-Turkish ISIS suspect reveals how Turkey became a hub for jihadists

September 15, 2020

Nordic Monitor Dual US-Turkish citizen Ömer Kuzu, who was captured in Syria by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in...

Turkish diplomats spied on critics in Austria, documents reveal

May 8, 2021

Nordic Monitor Judicial documents have confirmed that the Turkish diplomatic missions in Austria engaged in a campaign of intelligence...

UN says Turkey’s anti-terror provisions violate international law

September 13, 2020

Nordic Monitor Turkey’s anti-terror law (No. 3713) does not comply with its international law obligations, and the country’s anti-terror...

Turkey released all suspects in Ghosn’s escape from Japan while US judge authorizes extradition of 2 Americans