Terrorism and Crime
UN/US designated Malian drug trafficker eyes Turkey for moving drugs
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A Malian drug trafficker, designated and sanctioned by both the UN and the US, has set his...
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Iran-backed Turkish Hizbullah terrorists let go after a deal with the Erdoğan gov’t
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Convicted members of Turkish Hizbullah turned out to have been quietly released from prison in stages as part...
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Erdoğan’s personal lawyer vouched for al-Qaeda leader who was killed in Syria by the US
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Mustafa Doğan İnal, the personal lawyer of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, criticized a police crackdown on a...
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Turkish jihadist group Dar’ul Erkam continues to raise funds for ISIS in Turkey, Europe
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A Turkish jihadist group organized in Ankara to finance the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has...
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Turkish member of ISIS continued to use local banks despite arrest warrants and probe for terror financing
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A 48-year-old Turkish man wanted for arrest on charges of terrorism over links to the Islamic State in...
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Turkish prosecutors dropped probe into ISIS fugitive flagged by the US
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Public prosecutors in Turkey’s Istanbul and Konya provinces decided to drop investigations into a 33-year-old Turkish man...
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ISIS suicide bomber, wanted by INTERPOL, let go by Turkish court despite evidence, confession
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The release of a Russian jihadist in Turkey, wanted for arrest by INTERPOL on alleged membership in...
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Organized crime figure from Iran, wanted in Europe, granted protection and citizenship in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey granted protection and citizenship to Ahmad Nazari Shirehjini, an Iranian national who is alleged to be...
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Two judges handpicked by Erdoğan rule rights of ISIS executioner were violated
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Two judges on Turkey’s Constitutional Court appointed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in dissenting opinions...
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Turkish courts continue to let ISIS suspects go after brief detentions as part of revolving door policy
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkish courts, under the strict control of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Islamist government, continue to release detainees...
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