Terrorism and Crime
Release of key cleric revives Kurdish ISIS networks in Turkey and Georgia
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A radical Kurdish cleric, previously accused of aiding and abetting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)...
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ISIS smuggling network connects Turkish and Swedish terror cells
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A restructured secret cell operating in Turkey and linked to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)...
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Turkey’s complicity in ISIS smuggling networks to Europe through Greece exposed
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Confidential documents have revealed that Turkey's intelligence agency (Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı, MIT) has for some time been aware...
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ISIS financier secures Turkish citizenship, runs car rental company, ships terrorists to Europe
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Confidential documents obtained by Nordic Monitor have revealed that a financier for the Islamic State in Iraq and...
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Erdogan gov’t aware of ISIS financiers in Turkey, took years to act
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm For many years the Turkish government turned a blind eye while the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria...
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FBI probe reveals Turkey as key conduit for ISIS cryptocurrency funding
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The indictment of an American citizen, prosecuted for funding the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), has...
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Turkish swindler Sezgin Baran Korkmaz recounts how he befriended a former CIA director
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Sezgin Baran Korkmaz, a Turkish national, indicted for defrauding US taxpayers of over $133 million, said he had dined,...
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Turkish intelligence agency MIT downplays threat posed by ISIS-K, which challenges Europe’s security
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Turkish National Intelligence Organization (Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı, MIT) has downplayed the threat posed by the Islamic State...
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Crackdown on Dutch drug lord Leijdekkers in Turkey proved to be just smoke and mirrors
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Notorious Dutch drug trafficker Joseph Johannes Leijdekkers easily established himself in Turkey, acquiring multiple identities, securing residency and...
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Turkey masked true culprits behind drug trafficking network after largest cocaine seizure in the country’s history
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm In a further indication of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government's lack of genuine interest in tackling cocaine trafficking,...
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