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, ...
Tag: influence operations
Former Turkish spy set up a corporate footprint on British soil
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A 49-year-old former Turkish spy has quietly established a foothold in the United Kingdom through a London-registered private ...
Former spy chief transformed Turkey’s Foreign Ministry into a platform for intelligence operations abroad
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The transformation of Turkey’s diplomatic service into an intelligence and security apparatus under former spy chief Hakan Fidan ...
Turkey’s spy agency allegedly cultivated journalist as intelligence asset to run psyops
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A journalist who has long presented himself as an independent figure in Turkey was allegedly recruited and handled ...
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 ...
Turkey’s intelligence agency expands as budget surges and power grows
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm In mounting evidence that Turkey’s Islamist leadership is increasingly governing through its intelligence apparatus, the budget of the ...
Turkey aims to influence millions abroad by utilizing mosques and government-employed imams
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Islamist government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan through its religious arm has set a target to reach ...
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