Terrorism and Crime

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Erdoğan-connected Turkish energy company at center of Ghana bribery trial in US

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Turkish al-Qaeda suspect figured in plot to massacre US troops at military base in Turkey

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Turkish president gave secure phone to a suspect to keep in contact with one-time al-Qaeda financier

October 30, 2020

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan illegally handed over a government-issued secure phone to a representative of a...

Director of Turkish state-run TRT World News was named as a suspect in IRGC Quds Force probe

April 29, 2021

Nordic Monitor Secret court and police documents obtained by Nordic Monitor have revealed that the director of TRT World,...

Turkish gov’t agency unlawfully ordered asset seizure of President Erdoğan’s critics

October 1, 2020

Nordic Monitor Turkey’s Land Registry and Cadastre Directorate General bypassed the judiciary to seize the assets of critics of President...

A chief aide to Turkish President Erdoğan is linked to Turkish al-Qaeda group IBDA-C

September 22, 2020

Abdullah Bozkurt Hamza Yerlikaya, a chief advisor to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who sits on the board of Vakıfbank,...

Erdoğan’s classmate from religious school years serves as Turkey’s ambassador to Qatar

US lawsuit against Qatar Islamic Bank reveals Turkish charity IHH’s links to terrorist groups

September 18, 2020

Nordic Monitor A lawsuit filed in Florida by Matthew Schrier, an American photojournalist held hostage in Syria by jihadist...

Erdoğan gov’t gave award to doctor linked to Turkish al-Qaeda group

September 16, 2020

Abdullah Bozkurt An academic and medical doctor who was found to be involved in a Turkish al-Qaeda cell was...

The case of indicted American-Turkish ISIS suspect reveals how Turkey became a hub for jihadists

September 15, 2020

Nordic Monitor Dual US-Turkish citizen Ömer Kuzu, who was captured in Syria by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in...

UN says Turkey’s anti-terror provisions violate international law

September 13, 2020

Nordic Monitor Turkey’s anti-terror law (No. 3713) does not comply with its international law obligations, and the country’s anti-terror...

Turkish President Erdoğan’s former deputy accused of plotting assassination of American pastor

September 12, 2020

Nordic Monitor Turkish national Serkan Kurtuluş, who was arrested in Argentina on an Interpol red notice, admitted that he was asked...

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

Al Qaeda-linked public school teacher kept on gov’t payroll in Turkey despite intelligence warning