Extremism
12th grade Turkish public school textbook promotes armed jihad
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The 12th grade religious course book used in public schools in Turkey promotes armed jihad, ignoring the...
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Children express devotion to the Iranian regime in an İstanbul mosque, giving a military salute to Khomeini
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Uncommon at a mosque in Istanbul, young children sang military songs at a ceremony commemorating the 33rd anniversary...
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Hamas operatives granted Turkish citizenship, assumed Turkish names to avoid global scrutiny
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Trade registry data for a Turkish real estate company recently sanctioned by the US Treasury shows that...
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Turkey’s Erdoğan not ready to give up on Muslim Brotherhood
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The VIP treatment recently accorded to visiting Muslim Brotherhood figure Ousama Jammal and his entourage in Turkey...
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US Embassy warning came amid opposition’s concerns of state-sanctioned terror and violence
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A US Embassy warning about possible violence at rally organized by an opposition party, which prompted an...
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Notorious ISIS commander wanted by INTERPOL received treatment in a Turkish state hospital, official document shows
Levent Kenez/Stockholm It has been revealed that Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) commander İlhami Balı, better known by...
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Former spymaster pulls the strings of Turkey’s far-right MHP, an ally of the Erdoğan gov’t
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The mastermind behind Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), which drives an anti-Western agenda in close cooperation...
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Interfaith dialogue with Jews, Christians cited as criminal offense in Turkey in a new indictment
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm In a indictment recently filed against a group that is critical of the government in Turkey, public...
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Pro-Erdoğan grand mufti of Syria set up a foundation in Turkey to run schools, including a university
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Sheikh Osama al-Rifai, the newly elected grand mufti of Syria and a die-hard supporter of the Turkish president,...
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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...
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