Terrorism and Crime
UN report indicates al-Qaeda and ISIS enjoy safe haven in Turkish-controlled Idlib
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A recent UN report on al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) shows that armed...
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Turkey overturned conviction of ISIS deputy emir who was wanted by Spain
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey’s top appeals court threw out the conviction of an Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)...
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Turkish Embassy in Moscow is lobbying for jailed imam convicted of child molestation
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkish Embassy diplomats in Moscow have launched a lobbying campaign to shore up support for a jailed...
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Turkey cuts life sentence to 3 years for ISIS emir who admitted to killing many in Syria
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A Syrian man who admitted to fighting for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and...
Read moreTurkey’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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