Terrorism and Crime
Turkish interior minister claims ‘the country called Colombia’ plotted against Turkey over drug trafficking
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu accused Colombia of concocting a piece of pulp fiction against Turkey over five...
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IRGC Quds Force dead drop, meeting venue in Turkey was reactivated
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A company office used as a dead drop and a meeting place for operatives of the Islamic...
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Erdoğan protected district governor who facilitated deadly ISIS suicide bombing in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Contrary to a recommendation in an internal investigation report, the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan did...
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Erdoğan sent previously indicted Turkish al-Qaeda figure to Stockholm right after unrest, violent protests in Sweden
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Osman Nuri Gülaçar, an al-Qaeda suspect who was previously indicted and briefly jailed on terrorism charges and was...
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Turkey released ISIS woman who was on a watch list for suicide bombing
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm In a symbolic move the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan designated an Azeri woman, a naturalized...
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ISIS opened office in Turkey to target Europe, Russia, Caucasus
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) had quietly built its second base in Turkey to target...
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HTS terrorist allowed to use Turkish banks despite UN sanctions and presidential decree
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A Turkish member of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), also known as al-Qaeda in Syria or Nusrah Front, opened...
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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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