Erdogan keeps funding Islamist foundation abroad even as Turkey’s economy under strain
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has signed off on a record 7.51 billion lira budget ceiling for the ...
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Turkey taps ex-spies, foreign operatives and private networks to expand global surveillance
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey has steadily expanded its overseas intelligence machinery far beyond the formal ranks of its national spy agency, ...
Turkey enlists international students to promote gov’t narratives, counter Erdogan dissidents
Levent Kenez/Stockholm International students studying in Turkey are increasingly being integrated into state-sponsored programs designed to promote the political narratives ...
Erdogan’s global school network drives a radical overseas political agenda
Levent Kenez/Stockholm A Turkish government-funded entity run by jihadists has expanded into a global network designed to export political Islam ...
Erdogan expands control over private enterprise as takeovers reach record scale
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey’s expanding use of court-appointed trustees to oversee private companies has reached its largest scale in years, with ...
Turkish spies gather intelligence in French city near German border, document reveals
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A leaked Turkish government document obtained by Nordic Monitor reveals that Turkish intelligence operatives conducted surveillance activities in ...
Turkish court renews arrest warrant for deceased critic in latest sign of judicial collapse
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm In yet another striking example of how extensively Turkey’s judiciary has been weaponized by the authoritarian government of ...
European governments tighten controls on Turkey’s politicized religious authority Diyanet
Levent Kenez/Stockholm A parliamentary meeting in Ankara has provided detailed insight into the overseas operations of Turkey’s Directorate of Religious ...
Banker says Erdogan gov’t wanted him to smear US judge as a ‘terrorist’ during Halkbank case
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Former Halkbank deputy general manager Hakan Atilla says Turkish officials encouraged him during his US trial to accuse ...
Turkish intelligence targeted Indian NGO, flagged US nationals over a documentary
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkish intelligence conducted foreign espionage activities involving the surveillance of an Indian nongovernmental organization, monitored its activities, flagged ...
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