Terrorism and Crime
Turkey’s top appeals court yet to rule on ISIS sex slave case in which all suspects were acquitted
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm For five years, Turkey’s top appeals court, staffed with Islamists and neo-nationalists, has not reviewed a scandalous...
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The assassin of Russian ambassador wanted to go Syria for jihad, join al-Qaeda-linked IHH protest against Russia
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Turkish assassin of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov wanted to quit his job as a...
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Turkish jihadist, trained by Pakistan’s Tablighi Jamaat, joined al-Qaeda in Syria to raise Ottoman caliphate army
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A Turkish jihadist who was trained by Tablighi Jamaat in Pakistan joined al-Qaeda in Syria and tried...
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Iran sanctions busting Turk, convicted and jailed in the US, back in business in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A Turkish national who was convicted and served time in the US for helping the Iranian military...
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Erdoğan gov’t went after K-9 units, explosives experts who provided security for Obama in Turkey visit
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm As part of a massive purge in the country's maın law enforcement agency, Turkey put the spotlight...
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Erdoğan brought a jihadist who led armed faction to management of Turkey’s ruling AKP
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Turkish president has brought an old-time buddy who led an armed Islamist faction in late '70s...
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Businesswoman, sanctioned by US for links to IRGC Quds Force, continues to operate freely in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A US-sanctioned Turkish woman whose companies were listed as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) for aiding and...
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Turkey protected Turkish al-Qaeda group that sent fighters, money to jihadist campaign in Afghanistan, Pakistan
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Wiretaps and emails obtained from a suspect in a counterterrorism investigation into a government-backed Turkish jihadist group...
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Turkey’s central bank governor accused of laundering money for mafia, neo-nationalist gang
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The newly appointed governor of the Turkish Central Bank was accused of laundering money for the mafia...
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An Islamist with suspected terror links ran for nomination on Turkey’s ruling party ticket in national election
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A Turkish Islamist figure suspected to have links to a terrorist organization was provided a platform by...
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