Document shows 78 of Turkey’s top 100 taxpayers withheld their names from the public record
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey's Revenue Administration (GİB) released its annual list of top income taxpayers this week, with the most striking ...
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International cocaine trafficker wanted by Brazil built a business in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A Jordanian drug trafficker with a criminal record stretching back three decades was able to settle in Turkey ...
Turkey served as base for Israeli mafia boss wanted through INTERPOL
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Not only have Hamas militants designated as terrorists by the United States and the European Union chosen Turkey ...
INTERPOL’s most wanted keep surfacing in Turkey amid expanding organized crime networks
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The arrest of an Afghan national wanted through an INTERPOL Red Notice in the western Turkish province of ...
Turkey’s rulers rely on sprawling prison system to suppress opposition and silence critics
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Turkish government’s aggressive use of imprisonment against critics, dissidents and political opponents has continued to drive the ...
Turkey turns into a revolving door for drug lords
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The arrest of Dutch national Wilhelmus Adrianus Leijdekkers in Istanbul this month has revived scrutiny over Turkey’s handling ...
US indictment exposes Turkey as key hub in covert Iranian arms pipeline to Sudan
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A newly unsealed US federal indictment has revealed how Turkey emerged as a critical financial and logistical hub ...
Erdogan’s proposal risks deepening Turkey’s role in illicit finance networks
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A sweeping tax proposal unveiled by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last week — promising a 20-year exemption ...
Turkey’s deepening nexus with organized crime is no accident, but a matter of deliberate design
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Over more than a decade, organized crime syndicates ranging from drug trafficking networks to racketeering groups have operated ...
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 ...
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