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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Turkey faces expanding organized crime as systemic weaknesses deepen under Erdogan’s 23-year rule
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey is confronted with a growing organized crime problem, according to figures and assessments documented in parliamentary budget ...
Report finds Turkey bridging cocaine routes between continents amid mafia and state collaboration
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey is emerging as a critical link in global cocaine trafficking routes between Latin America and European, Russian ...
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