Extremism
Turkish Hizbullah set to enter parliament for the first time after formal alliance with Erdoğan
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A discrete, decade-long alliance between Iranian-backed Turkish Hizbullah and the Islamist government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
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Turkish parliament report fails to refer to ISIS, al-Qaeda as terrorist organizations
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish parliament's Human Rights Committee published a report on Islamophobia and racism on March 9. Turkish lawmakers...
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Pope’s would-be assassin in Turkey sponsored by a secret donor in Europe
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkish ultranationalist Mehmet Ali Ağca, convicted of the murder of journalist Abdi İpekçi and the attempted assassination...
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Muslim Brotherhood eyes earthquake relief funds to promote its ideology in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has set their sights on tapping multibillion-dollar earthquake relief funds...
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The dark face of Erdoğan’s neo-nationalist allies in Turkey exposed in intercepted secret chats
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A review of secret communications among members of the neo-nationalist Ulusalcı group, allied with the government of...
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Erdoğan’s paramilitary unit SADAT peddles conspiracies amid quake, NATO expansion
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Private Turkish military contractor SADAT, a paramilitary unit loyal to the president of Turkey, has been peddling conspiracy...
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Hamas front company in Turkey continues its operations despite US sanction
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A Turkish company that was sanctioned by the US Treasury last year over a covert Hamas financing network...
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Provocative Qur’an burning reinforces Erdoğan’s ability to mobilize Islamist masses in the streets
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Far-right Danish-Swedish politician Rasmus Paludan burned the Qur'an outside the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm on Saturday, sparking huge...
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Top operative for Erdoğan’s long arm in Europe supported hate speech against dissidents abroad
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The president of the Union of International Democrats, an organization that functions as a foreign interest group on...
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Taliban networked with Turkish al-Qaeda affiliate, courtesy of Iranian intelligence
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Iranian intelligence brokered a meeting between a senior Taliban official and a member of Turkish al-Qaeda affiliate the...
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