Terrorism and Crime
Turkey’s top appeals court freed ISIS convict linked to bomb making in Syria
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Ahmad al-Dahir, a Syrian national who had worked with an Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)...
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ISIS commander granted leniency at trial in Turkey and receives reduced sentence
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A Tajik jihadist who worked with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the late leader of the Islamic State in...
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Google’s lawyer who called for extermination of gov’t critics bragged about fast-tracking compliance with restrictive Turkish law
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Google’s lawyer in Turkey, who had called for exterminating and setting ablaze critics of President Recep Tayyip...
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The head of Turkey’s top nuclear agency worked with IRGC Quds Force operative, secret wiretaps reveal
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The man who heads Turkey’s top nuclear power agency turns out to have worked with operatives of...
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The case of ISIS judge is latest example of Erdoğan gov’t failure to crack down on jihadist groups
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The latest revelation that a judge for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) who ruled...
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Turkish president’s son Bilal received $500,000 from one-time al-Qaeda financier
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A secret wiretap reveals that a Saudi businessman, at one time designated an al-Qaeda financier by both...
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Turkish authorities exposed slain Russian ambassador’s contacts and network in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt / Stockholm Turkish authorities disclosed the phone records of slain Russian ambassador Andrei Karlov, revealing the Russian...
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Turkey set a plan in motion to manipulate Interpol in hunting down critics, opponents
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The government of Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan started pursuing a new scheme to bypass International Criminal...
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Brazil’s cocaine bust on a Turkish jet has traces to President Erdoğan and his associates
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A cocaine bust in Brazil on a jet owned by a Turkish company has traces to the...
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Turkish environment and urban planning minister ran corrupt schemes for President Erdoğan
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Murat Kurum, Turkey's minister for environment and urban planning since 2018, was detained in major graft and...
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