Terrorism and Crime

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Turkey was a conduit for jihadists to join ISIS in Syria, FBI told US court

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Turkey refused to seek extradition of ISIS fugitives behind deadliest terror attack

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Turkey used secret witness testimony of a con man to bury the case of illegal arms sent to jihadists

May 18, 2020

Abdullah Bozkurt Caught red handed while shipping heavy weapons to jihadist groups in Syria in January 2014, Turkey’s intelligence...

Turkey’s top court says Ahrar al-Sham is not a terrorist group, overturns al-Nusra conviction

Abdullah Bozkurt Turkey’s top appellate court certified that jihadist, Salafist group Ahrar al-Sham (Free Men of Syria) is not...

Turkey shielded al-Qaeda suspects, jihadist NGOs from investigation into assassination of Russian envoy

Abdullah Bozkurt In a bizarre twist, the Turkish prosecutor who investigated the murder of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei...

ISIS women in Turkey set free after top appeals court sets precedent in conviction reversal

May 5, 2020

Abdullah Bozkurt In a sign that the wives of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants would receive...

Jihadist Turkish policeman who assassinated Russian ambassador considered targeting US envoy as well

Abdullah Bozkurt A jihadist Turkish police officer who assassinated Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov in the capital city...

Erdoğan gov’t used allegations of jailed child molester to level false charges against critics

May 4, 2020

Abdullah Bozkurt The government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan used unsubstantiated allegations made by a jailed felon who was...

Extremism

Turkey’s top court, staffed with Islamists and nationalists, overturned conviction of Uyghur ISIS militant

April 29, 2020

Abdullah Bozkurt Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals (Yargıtay), the nation’s highest appellate court, overturned the conviction of an Islamic...

Turkish government cyber teams tried to hack Twitter account of critical academic

Abdullah Bozkurt Turkish cyber teams working for the Turkish Interior Ministry tried to hack into the Twitter account of...

Erdoğan’s days as mayor of Istanbul marked by pervasive corruption, fraud

April 20, 2020

Abdullah Bozkurt Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan raised money through corruption and the rigging of tenders to launch his...

Turkish gov’t news agency Anadolu reporter put on payroll by gang leader