Foreign Policy
Erdoğan enlisted the help of Qatar, Azerbaijan, Pakistan in a bid to shield himself from legal troubles in the US
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan enlisted the help of Qatar, Pakistan and Azerbaijan in...
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UN says Turkey violated arms embargo by sending drones to Somalia
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm UN investigators have concluded that Turkey violated international sanctions on Somalia by supplying armed drones without notification...
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Erdoğan’s militant partners work with sanctioned Russian Prigozhin to run disinformation campaign amid elections in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey’s militant, ultranationalist Aydınlık group set up a new outfit to conduct influence operations in Istanbul, apparently...
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Former Uzbek president spied for Turkey when he served as a member of the USSR Politburo
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Islam Karimov, the late president of Uzbekistan, had passed confidential information to Turkey when he was serving...
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Turkey approved military agreement with Ethiopia amid escalation between Cairo and Addis Ababa
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish parliament approved a military agreement signed with Ethiopia in 2021 just hours before parliament went on...
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No letup in Turkish intel agency MIT spy work in Greece, secret documents reveal
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey’s spy agency, Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı (MIT), has expanded its clandestine operations in Greek territory while Turkish...
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Ankara protests visit of US submarine to Cyprus despite remaining silent when the same sub was moored off the coast in 2021
Levent Kenez/Stockholm A rapprochement between Ankara and Athens began after twin earthquakes struck Turkey’s southern region on February 6, as...
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Turkish FM claims Erdogan declined Biden’s invitation to the White House
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Answering journalists' questions after the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels on Wednesday, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu...
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Turkey-Bosnia security agreement raises concerns on rights and freedoms
Nordic Monitor/Stockholm Turkey and Bosnia have entered into a security cooperation agreement that includes operational intelligence sharing, training and...
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UN reveals involvement of Turkish intelligence agents in torture sessions in Syria
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A report issued by a United Nations commission on February 7, 2023 reveals the involvement of Turkish...
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