Turkey trains Syrian Army in air defense using Turkish munitions as military ties deepen
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey has begun providing formal air defense instruction to Syrian army personnel as part of a broader military...
New official figures show Turkey falling behind in education and health after 22 years of Erdogan’s rule
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) has released its official national statistics on the Human Capital Index, with the numbers...
Turkish ruling party deal with Bosniak Islamists in Serbia to boost Erdogan’s influence in the Balkans
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Serbia’s Justice and Reconciliation...
Turkey intensifies restrictions on protests, opposition events and cultural gatherings
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has long refused to permit large-scale demonstrations, treating marches and...
Turkey’s prison population reaches historic high under Erdogan’s rule
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey’s prison population has reached an unprecedented level, hitting the highest figure in the country’s modern history, according...
Germany pressures Turkish government-funded mosques to break with radical messaging
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Germany’s interior ministry has formally called on the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB), the German branch of...
Erdogan continues to support Brotherhood ties to shape his image among Muslims
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues to demonstrate his longstanding support for clerics linked to the Muslim Brotherhood despite ongoing...
76 percent of Turkish army officers now graduates of Erdogan’s military schools
Levent Kenez/Stockholm More than three-quarters of Turkish military officers are now graduates of the National Defense University, a school created...
Turkish government urged to give intelligence training to state-funded students abroad
Levent Kenez/Stockholm An academic article promoted by the government has called on Turkish authorities to treat thousands of state-funded graduate students...
US denies talk of agreement on Turkey’s S-400 purchase
A recent letter from a senior US State Department official has confirmed that Washington has not changed its position on...
