Turkey’s fund scandal exposes Finland ties to Erdogan’s inner circle
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey’s growing investment fund scandal has opened a new line of inquiry stretching from the country’s financial markets ...
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Erdogan government advances plan to tighten social media controls ahead of possible early elections
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish government is preparing legislation that would require social media users to link their accounts to their ...
Erdogan gov’t turns LGBTQ+ crackdown into national security and espionage case
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey's expanding crackdown on LGBTQ+ organizations has moved beyond arrests, raids and online restrictions to scrutiny of millions ...
Secret Turkish intelligence letter targeting journalist in Sweden reveals panic over exposure
Nordic Monitor/Stockholm A secret letter sent by Turkey’s intelligence agency (Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı, MIT) complaining about an investigative article has ...
Turkey’s deepening nexus with organized crime is no accident, but a matter of deliberate design
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Over more than a decade, organized crime syndicates ranging from drug trafficking networks to racketeering groups have operated ...
Erdogan gov’t uses bloody school attacks to justify crackdown on VPNs and internet access
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish government is preparing a new regulatory framework that will require virtual private network (VPN) providers to ...
Erdogan gov’t claims social media platforms agree to mandatory ID login as censorship and pressure increase
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey is preparing new legislation that will require social media users to log in with their national identification ...
Turkish businessman alleges major extortion network linking media, judiciary and organized crime
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey’s justice minister, Akın Gürlek, a former chief prosecutor in Istanbul and a loyalist jurist who weaponized criminal ...
Prosecutor accused of overseeing torture sessions appointed Turkey’s deputy justice minister
Levent Kenez/Stockholm A Turkish prosecutor who has been accused in court testimony and rights complaints of overseeing and witnessing torture ...
Erdogan targets anonymous users in sweeping social media crackdown
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is preparing legislation that would require identity verification for social ...
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