Erdogan’s Turkey seen as safe haven for fugitives, US federal case signals
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm In an ongoing US federal case involving a Turkish national accused of defrauding the American government of more...
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...
US blacklists more Turkish companies linked to Iran, signaling tougher stance on sanctions evasion by Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The United States has intensified its crackdown on Turkish companies, imposing new punitive sanctions on about a dozen...
Turkey retreats from justice in ISIS suicide bombing that killed Israelis
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Despite evidence of complicity in a suicide attack that killed foreigners including three Israeli citizens in Istanbul in...
Cyber-jihad from Turkey: Erdogan-protected al-Qaeda faction hacked US, Canadian airports
Abdullah Bozkurt / Stockholm A Turkish hacker group apparently aligned with pro–al-Qaeda Turkish radical organization the Islamic Great East Raiders...
‘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...
Turkish president’s palace contractor hit by US sanctions over links to Russian intelligence and military
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A Turkish company that retrofitted President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s lavish presidential palace with professional sound, visual, lighting and...
US top court’s Halkbank ruling could spell trouble for Turkey’s Erdogan over Iran sanctions scheme
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The nightmare scenario behind Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s long-running fear that he could one day be drawn...
Turkish link uncovered in US money laundering and migrant smuggling probe
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A recently unsealed affidavit filed in the Eastern District of Virginia has exposed the scope of an alleged...
Turkey sticks to policy of denial on Ecumenical Patriarchate’s status, government letter reveals
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey continues to deny the ecumenical status of the leader of some 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide by...
