A secret Turkish intelligence deal with Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham included no attacks in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm As part of a covert agreement between the Turkish intelligence agency (Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı, MIT) and Hay’at Tahrir ...
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New cybersecurity bill would grant Erdogan gov’t unrestricted control over personal data
Levent Kenez/Stockholm An ambitious cybersecurity bill recently introduced in the Turkish Parliament has drawn harsh reactions, with critics raising alarms ...
Trump to face first challenge as tensions rise with Turkey over Syrian Kurdish forces
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Tensions between Turkey and the United States continue to simmer over the status of the Syrian Democratic Forces ...
Turkey aims to expand overseas intelligence efforts with controversial appointment at foreign ministry
Levent Kenez/Stockholm With the official approval of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a Turkish intelligence officer has been formally appointed ...
Turkish Intelligence operative admits to smuggling arms to jihadists in Syria, reveals ties to al-Sharaa’s HTS
Levent Kenez/Stockholm A former military officer and Turkish intelligence operative convicted of smuggling arms to jihadist groups in Syria claimed ...
Turkey ready to take charge of prisons holding ISIS members in Syria amid uncertainty over HTS’s plans
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Ankara is pressing ahead with its insistence on reducing the influence of Kurdish groups it considers adversarial by ...
Syria’s new intelligence chief, Khattab, tied to Turkey’s spy agency, MIT
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Anas Hasan Khattab, the newly appointed 38-year-old director of Syria's General Intelligence Service (Al-Mukhabarat al-Amma, GIS), has maintained ...
Turkish military accelerates training of Kosovo forces
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish Armed Forces have intensified their efforts to train members of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF), showcasing ...
Ankara plans to push for repatriation of European ISIS fighters and their families in Syria
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Ankara has announced its intention to push for the repatriation of European prisoners affiliated with ISIS (Islamic State ...
US operative of Turkish President Erdogan convicted of trafficking, sent to federal prison
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A US-based operative tied to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Islamist government and allegedly linked to Turkish intelligence ...
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