Foreign Policy
Turkey’s top appeals court rejects Greek nationals’ claim on Ottoman-era property
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals (Yargıtay), dominated by far right nationalists and Islamists, has overturned a regional appellate...
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Ankara likens Somalia to Syria, using military power to enhance its economic influence
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey is intensifying its political, economic and military involvement in Somalia, with a recent debate in the Turkish...
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Turkey secretly plots to bypass INTERPOL rules to target exiled journalist in Sweden
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A classified memo issued by Turkey’s Security General Directorate (Emniyet) reveals covert efforts to circumvent INTERPOL rules in...
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US lawmakers target Turkey’s classification, triggering pushback from Erdogan gov’t
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A newly introduced bill in the US House of Representatives seeks to reassign Turkey from the European Desk...
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Turkey and Syria engage in secret talks on maritime border agreement
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A letter signed by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan confirms for the first time that secret negotiations have...
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Turkish President Erdogan’s operative in the US put on airline blacklist
Abdullah Bozkurt / Stockholm Ibrahim Halil Demir, a longtime executive of a Chicago-based Islamic charity with close ties to the...
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Ankara cautious after Israel detains Turks on Gaza aid ship, avoids escalation with ‘secret’ trade partner
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Seeking to avoid a repeat of past diplomatic crises, Turkey is treading carefully in its response to the...
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Ankara accuses West of prolonging Ukrainian-Russian war
Levent Kenez/Stockholm In an interview with the state-run TRT Haber on Tuesday, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan offered a critical...
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Turkey’s state broadcaster TRT may have violated US foreign agent law
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey’s state-run broadcaster, Türkiye Radyo Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), widely regarded as the primary propaganda arm of the ruling...
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Turkish owner of sanctioned Russian airline continues to operate under Erdogan’s wings
Abdullah Bozkurt/ Stockholm Neşet Koçkar, a Turkish businessman with close ties to the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, continues...
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