Intelligence
Leaked memo reveals Turkish President Erdoğan’s family foundation involved in intelligence, surveillance abroad
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The leaked secret internal memo of a Turkish foundation run by the family of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
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Turkish Embassy in Azerbaijan spied on Erdoğan critics, threatening a fight to the death
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish Embassy in Azerbaijan engaged in a campaign of intelligence gathering and profiling of critics of...
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Turkey criminalized Chinese messaging app WeChat, investigated people for its use
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkish authorities have effectively criminalized the download and use of WeChat, a Chinese messaging and social media...
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Documents show Turkey sets conditions in international agreements to benefit Erdoğan’s long arm abroad
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey puts clauses in bilateral friendship and development cooperation agreements, particularly with underdeveloped and African countries, that give...
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Leaked intelligence report confirms Russia monitored Erdoğan family’s illegal businesses
Levent Kenez/Stockholm An intelligence report issued by the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) that was found on...
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TV series produced by Turkish Intelligence changed the script after easing tensions with the UAE
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The storyline of "Teşkilat" (The Organization), one of the most-watched television series in Turkey airing on the state-run...
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Turkey uses facial recognition to spy on millions, secretly investigates unsuspecting citizens
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has apparently added a new weapon to its law enforcement...
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Turkish court finds police officers guilty of attempting to overthrow the Erdoğan government by uncovering a match-fixing scandal
Levent Kenez/Stockholm A Turkish court on Tuesday issued a compulsory legal text explaining the reasons for its rulings in...
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Turkish Quds Force operative wielded influence in Turkey’s intelligence agency
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Secret wiretaps obtained by Nordic Monitor have revealed that a former lawmaker connected to the Islamic Revolutionary...
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Turkish intelligence chief secretly hosted IRGC Quds Force general, loaned him spy agency’s plane for travel
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkish intelligence chief Hakan Fidan hosted an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force general who was...
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