Erdogan uses jihadist figures and Ottoman symbolism to fuel militarist propaganda
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey’s SAHA 2026 defense exhibition turned into a political and ideological showcase last week as President Recep Tayyip ...
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Albania school incident fuels scrutiny of Erdogan’s controversial Maarif network
Levent Kenez/Stockholm A confrontation between a school director and students at a Turkish-run private school in Albania has triggered public ...
ISIS attack on Israeli consulate exposes Hizb ut-Tahrir’s role in radicalization pipeline in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The latest terrorist attack on the Israeli consulate in Istanbul, attributed to the Islamic State in Iraq and ...
Turkey recalibrates global religious strategy to bypass European restrictions, committee records reveal
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey’s powerful, multi-billion dollar religious authority, the Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı, has crafted a sophisticated and long-term strategy to ...
Inner messaging ecosystem of Erdogan’s ruling AKP shapes Turkey’s hostile worldview
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey’s Islamist ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) appears to have cultivated a far more ideological and confrontational ...
Erdogan ally backs Iran, spotlighting role of Hizbullah-linked movement in Turkey’s ruling bloc
Levent Kenez/Stockholm A political party allied with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has openly defended Iran and repeated Tehran’s geopolitical narrative, ...
A mafia boss in the UAE continues to direct violence in Turkey despite INTERPOL warrant
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A new series of mafia shootings in Turkey has revived concerns that fugitive crime boss Sedat Peker, a ...
Turkey’s longstanding tolerance of ISIS and state sponsorship raises fears of more bloodshed
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has for more than a decade maintained a clandestine cell ...
Al-Qaeda–linked cleric operates from Idlib under protection of Turkish intelligence agency MIT
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A Turkish al-Qaeda–linked cleric who relocated to Syria’s Idlib province to advance jihadist activities has been operating under ...
Erdogan insider reveals how Turkey developed special ways to beat US sanctions on Iran
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm In a rare public admission, former Turkish prime minister and foreign minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has provided one of ...
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