Erdogan government moves to change election rules to secure a new term
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has chosen to change the rules of Turkey’s presidential contest rather ...
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Erdogan targets anonymous users in sweeping social media crackdown
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is preparing legislation that would require identity verification for social ...
A mafia boss in the UAE continues to direct violence in Turkey despite INTERPOL warrant
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A new series of mafia shootings in Turkey has revived concerns that fugitive crime boss Sedat Peker, a ...
Europe confronts a new menace: Turkish gangs born from Ankara’s institutional breakdown
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The systematic dismantling of Turkey’s law enforcement agencies, intelligence services and judiciary over the past decade — carried ...
Turkey has become a haven for organized crime: Hitmen and smugglers now advertise publicly
Nordic Monitor/Stockholm Turkey’s evolving mafia-style governance, shaped by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Islamist administration and reinforced by his far-right ally ...
Turkish defense minister admits online gambling now linked to rising suicides in armed forces
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey is facing a growing problem as officials and civil society groups report a link between online gambling ...
Turkey’s drug seizures reveal a much larger trafficking pipeline under political protection
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm When Turkey’s trade minister, Ömer Bolat, addressed the Turkish Parliament’s Budget and Planning Committee on November 5, his ...
Erdogan’s defense contractor walks free as US abruptly drops NATO corruption case
Abdullah Bozkurt / Stockholm A US-indicted Turkish defense contractor and former military officer, whose rapid rise in Turkey’s arms industry ...
Turkish Parliament approves Erdogan’s longest military mandate to operate in Syria
The Turkish Parliament has voted to extend the government’s authority to conduct military operations in Syria and Iraq for three ...
‘Torpedo method’ cocaine smuggling surfaces in Turkey as authorities quash drug convictions, shield local actors
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The “torpedo method” of drug smuggling from Colombia has surfaced in Turkey, a country that has increasingly become ...
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