German report warns Turkey’s narco-authoritarianism is fueling organized crime across Europe
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Once promoted as a democratic model for the Muslim world, Turkey has become a major hub for organized ...
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US indictment exposes Turkish link in global drug trafficking network
Abdullah Bozkurt/ Stockholm A major US federal criminal complaint has revealed a vast methamphetamine trafficking scheme with significant ties to ...
Killer of Turkish Armenian journalist openly embraced by Erdogan gov’t after early release
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A meeting between notorious mob boss Alaattin Çakıcı and Ogün Samast, the convicted murderer of Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant ...
Turkey’s involvement in global drug and illegal betting rings exposed
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The involvement of Turkish government officials in aiding and abetting a notorious organized crime family, which operates ...
Notorious Kazakh mobster protected in Turkey, forged ties with powerful figures
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A Kazakh mafia figure, indicted for his alleged involvement in the January 2022 violent protests known as Qandy ...
A Turkish general who commands the second-largest law enforcement agency is linked to mafia
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey's second-largest law enforcement agency, the Gendarmerie, which is a member of the NATO Stability Policing Centre of ...
Pope’s would-be assassin in Turkey sponsored by a secret donor in Europe
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkish ultranationalist Mehmet Ali Ağca, convicted of the murder of journalist Abdi İpekçi and the attempted assassination ...
Former spymaster pulls the strings of Turkey’s far-right MHP, an ally of the Erdoğan gov’t
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The mastermind behind Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), which drives an anti-Western agenda in close cooperation ...
Turkey’s far-right-linked mob boss reveals ties to owner of media group
Nordic Monitor In a changing Turkish media landscape, Alaattin Çakıcı, a far-right-linked notorious gangster and former intelligence services hit ...
Mafia becomes a partner in Islamist and far-right alliance in the governance of Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Alaattin Çakıcı, Turkey's most notorious mafia leader who was convicted and served time on multiple charges from ...
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