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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Erdoğan’s men hushed up news on vehicular manslaughter involving son of Istanbul district mayor

March 30, 2020

Abdullah Bozkurt Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s point man in a major Turkish media outlet suppressed a news story...

Secret wiretaps expose how Erdoğan had poll numbers manipulated before publication in a Turkish daily

March 30, 2020

Abdullah Bozkurt Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan manipulated the findings of an opinion poll before they were published in...

Turkish president helped Kuwaiti cleric who was alleged to have funded jihadists in Syria

Abdullah Bozkurt Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan personally intervened in lifting an entry ban for radical Muslim cleric from...

Turkish-backed Syrian rebels sold arms to ISIS

UN Sanctions Committee reveals Turkey’s relations with radical jihadist groups

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Nordic Monitor The UN Security Council ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee on December 6, 2019 amended 85 entries...

Turkish president’s chief of staff arranged hospital care for foreign jihadist wounded in Syria

Abdullah Bozkurt As a favor to a Saudi national who was listed as an al-Qaeda financier by the US...

Turkish media mogul Turgay Ciner worked with US-indicted Iran sanctions buster

March 9, 2020

Abdullah Bozkurt Turgay Ciner, the owner of Turkey’s pro-government Ciner media group, which includes the HaberTürk daily and television...

Erdoğan ordered cutting off ads to The Economist over critical coverage, wiretaps reveal

March 2, 2020

Abdullah Bozkurt Furious at The Economist's coverage of Turkey’s handling of anti-government protests in 2013 and other issues, Turkish...

Erdoğan’s brother solicits favor in Turkey for German-born nephew, secret documents show

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February 24, 2020

Nordic Monitor A tape recording of a phone conversation has provided yet more proof of the extent of nepotism...

Erdoğan’s office pressured EU embassies in Ankara to grant Schengen visa to one-time al-Qaeda financier

Abdullah Bozkurt Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan tried to secure a Schengen visa from embassies of European Union member...

Terrorism and Crime

Erdoğan secretly ordered a block on main opposition party’s political advertisements