Terrorism and Crime

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Turkey’s longstanding tolerance of ISIS and state sponsorship raises fears of more bloodshed

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Al-Qaeda–linked cleric operates from Idlib under protection of Turkish intelligence agency MIT

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Drug dealer linked to leftist terror group Revolutionary Headquarters free to operate in Turkey

July 3, 2020

Abdullah Bozkurt A drug dealer who provided narcotics to military officers in a radical leftist group continues to operate in...

Erdoğan gov’t handed over mafia boss Vukotic to Serbia to eliminate rival in drug trafficking in Turkey

Mansimov jailed in Turkey over Erdoğan’s fears and his allies’ desire to seize the billionaire’s assets

May 20, 2021

Abdullah Bozkurt To the surprise of many, Azeri billionaire Mubariz Mansimov Gurbanoğlu, who had dodged legal troubles many times...

Angered by anti-Morsi rally in Tahrir, Erdoğan ordered TV station to cover Muslim Brotherhood protests in Egypt

June 27, 2020

Abdullah Bozkurt Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, then prime minister, personally intervened in a private Turkish TV network’s coverage of...

Erdoğan tried to cover up accident involving one-time al-Qaeda financier in Turkey

July 4, 2020

Abdullah Bozkurt Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, then prime minister, attempted to cover up a traffic accident that involved...

Jihadist cleric who adores al-Qaeda gets released to continue preaching in Turkey

Abdullah Bozkurt Yusuf Selami Çakaroğlu, a Turkish pro-al-Qaeda cleric under indictment, escaped from the grip of the criminal justice...

Erdoğan corrupted Turkey’s national police force for his own petty interests

Erdoğan gov’t paid 34 bonuses to killer of Russian ambassador to Turkey, document reveals

Abdullah Bozkurt The government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan awarded the police officer who killed Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov...

Extremism

Secret report reveals how Erdoğan hushed up probe into al-Shabab financiers in Turkey

August 19, 2021

Abdullah Bozkurt A classified report by Turkey’s Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK), obtained by Nordic Monitor, reveals how the...

Turkey turned blind eye to role of convicted al-Qaeda militant with ties to the killer of Russian ambassador

Abdullah Bozkurt The Turkish prosecutor investigating the police officer who murdered Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov in Ankara...

Erdoğan hushed up the case of suspects who plotted to crash T-37 planes, kill pilots in Turkey

June 4, 2020

Abdullah Bozkurt A secretive group that was exposed for plotting to crash Turkish military aircraft and kill their pilots...

Killer of Russian ambassador in Turkey scouted building, attended concert there days before the murder