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Erdogan’s deteriorating health triggers power struggle among family and loyalists in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's increasingly frequent verbal slips, apparent moments of confusion, memory lapses, angry outbursts and...
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Official data show more people leaving than entering Turkey amid population decline
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey recorded higher immigration and lower emigration in 2025 compared to the previous year, according to official data...
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Erdogan gov’t increasingly weaponizes internet regulations against opposition groups, report finds
Levent Kenez/Stockholm More than 1.5 million websites and domain names had been blocked in Turkey by the end of 2025,...
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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...
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Erdogan expands control over private enterprise as takeovers reach record scale
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey’s expanding use of court-appointed trustees to oversee private companies has reached its largest scale in years, with...
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New official data show Turkey’s demographic crisis deepening as birth rate falls to 1.42 children per woman
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey’s demographic decline accelerated further after newly released official statistics showed the country’s fertility rate dropping to 1.42...
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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...
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Businessman accused of espionage says he works with Turkish intelligence, admits spying on Erdogan opponents in Europe and US
Levent Kenez/Stockholm A Turkish businessman accused by prosecutors of working as an agent for Israel, the United States and Britain...
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Erdogan turned Turkey’s judiciary into a weapon with help from his rivals
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey’s judiciary has never been flawless, but it once maintained a meaningful degree of independence from the executive...
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Turkey raises alarm as falling birth rates trigger nationwide mobilization
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey declared a nationwide demographic mobilization after a sustained decline in birth rates triggered concerns about the country’s...
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