Extremism
Turkey’s top imam claims Israel follows the path of destruction and conspiracies of its Jewish ancestors
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Ali Erbaş, the head of Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet), expressed opposition to Israel's military operations in Gaza...
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Jihadist groups supporting Hamas attacks conduct seminars in Turkish schools
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Islamist groups sympathetic to Hamas are collaborating with the Turkish Ministry of Education to organize educational seminars on...
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Turkey’s jihadist charity IHH acknowledges establishing global orphanage network to raise fighters, similar to al-Qassam brigade tactics
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A recent revelation showed that a Turkish jihadist charity organization's global campaign to build orphanages is driven by...
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Abu Ubaida of the al-Qassam Brigades: a poster boy for the Erdogan government, radical groups in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Abu Ubaida, the spokesperson for Hamas's military wing, the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, has gained prominence in the...
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Turkey’s Diyanet religious directorate stands firm with Hamas, issues anti-Israel fatwa
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Turkish government's Religious Affairs Directorate, or Diyanet, a multi-billion dollar organization with nearly 150,000 personnel overseeing approximately...
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Top Muslim Brotherhood operative intensifies lobbying campaign in Turkey for Hamas
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Yemeni Muslim Brotherhood operative Hamid Abdullah Hussein al-Ahmar, who owns several companies in Turkey, has escalated his lobbying...
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Hamas campaign raises concerns of increased radicalization in Turkey, where Hamas influence is seen in murder, terror cases
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm An assertive campaign, endorsed by the Turkish government, to support Hamas and its military arm, the Izz ad-Din...
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Caliphate advocate Hizb ut-Tahrir escalates anti-Israel protests, calls for armed intervention in Gaza
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Hizb ut-Tahrir, an outlawed group that operates freely in Turkey under the Islamist government of President Recep Tayyip...
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Erdogan’s propagandist in the Islamic world defends riot at Dagestan airport, endorses violence against Jews
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Dr. Ali al-Qaradaghi, secretary-general of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) and a close associate of Turkish...
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Turkey exports antisemitism, radicalism to diaspora in Sweden
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The long arm of Turkey’s Islamist ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) recently hosted an antisemitic lawyer who...
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