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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Official data reveal the scale of Turkey’s growing drug economy
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey recorded a sharp rise in drug-related arrests, seizures and prison populations in 2025, according to official data ...
Turkey’s juvenile crime crisis deepens as violence, drugs and easy weapon access drive a sharp rise
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey is facing a growing juvenile crime crisis, marked by rising violence, increasing drug-related offenses and widespread access ...
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 ...
Iran-related espionage probe closed by Erdogan resurfaces amid drug scandal
Levent Kenez /Stockholm An espionage investigation shut down more than a decade ago by the Turkish government has returned to ...
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 ...
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