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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Erdogan aide who said Turkey is at war with ‘Crusaders’ named ambassador to Vatican
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has appointed his former communications chief Fahrettin Altun, as Turkey’s ambassador to the ...
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 ...
Turkish police chief who oversaw torture protected by Erdogan gov’t amid crackdown on critics
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A police chief who authorized horrific torture sessions against critics of the authoritarian regime of Turkish President Recep ...
Turkey set up secret intelligence cell inside embassy in Moscow, documents reveal
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Turkish government has quietly established and operated a clandestine intelligence cell inside its embassy in Moscow to ...
Secret blacklist bars Erdogan’s critics from notary services at home and abroad
Abdullah Bozkurt / Stockholm A secret blacklist maintained by the Turkish Union of Notaries (Türkiye Noterler Birliği, TNB) has been ...
German judiciary rules Turkish dissidents face renewed risk of persecution
Levent Kenez/Stockholm A German administrative court has ruled that criminal proceedings in Turkey against people accused of links to the ...
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