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Corruption · Turkey

Turkey suffers heavy losses as Iraq-Turkey pipeline remains shut amid corruption and diplomatic deadlock - Nordic Monitor

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey faces mounting economic and geopolitical costs as the Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline, a key energy corridor linking northern Iraq’s oil fields to the Mediterranean, has been closed for more than two years. Parliamentary proceedings and recent investigations suggest the prolonged shutdown is not solely due to diplomatic impasses or legal disputes but is also connected to alleged corruption benefiting the inner circle of …Read Article

Erdogan · Iran

Israel kills Iranian Quds Force General Shahriyari once protected by Erdogan in Turkey - Nordic Monitor

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Behnam Shahriyari, a notorious general in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force who once operated freely in Turkey under the protection of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was killed on June 21 in a precision airstrike by Israeli forces in western Iran, according to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). His death marks the end of a bloody chapter for a man long accused of financing and arming terrorist …Read Article

ISIS · Hatay

Turkish intelligence secretly shipped arms to ISIS terrorist group in Syria - Nordic Monitor

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Turkish intelligence agency Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı (MIT) shipped weapons to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) from a secret depot it maintained in the southern border town of Reyhanlı, according to explosive court testimony obtained by Nordic Monitor. During a hearing at the Ankara 4th High Criminal Court on August 5, 2020, retired colonel Fatih Yarımbaş — a former member of Turkey’s elite Special Forc…Read Article

Turkish intelligence knew of ISIS safe houses before Reina attack, yet took no action - Nordic Monitor

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkish intelligence was aware of ISIS safe houses in Turkey harboring terrorists, including 42-year-old Abdulkadir Masharipov (aka Abu Mohammed al-Horasani), who carried out the 2017 Reina nightclub attack in Istanbul that killed 39 people — 10 Turkish citizens and 29 foreigners from countries such as Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Kuwait, India, Lebanon, Israel and Tunisia — and injured dozens, yet failed to take…ISIS · Istanbul Read Article

Kazakh medical student’s life upended by Turkish intelligence over false allegations - Nordic Monitor

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Abdullah Bozkurt/ Stockholm Turkey’s notorious intelligence agency, Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı (MIT), secretly designated a Kazakh medical student as a national security threat without providing any evidence, effectively destroying his future and barring him from completing his medical studies in Turkey. The revelation surfaced in an October 2024 ruling by Turkey’s Constitutional Court, which dismissed a complaint filed by Kazakh national Ramiz …Bursa, Turkey · Bursa Read Article

Turkish spies who tortured victim kidnapped from Kosovo protected by judiciary - Nordic Monitor

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkish intelligence agents who abducted a teacher from Kosovo and subjected him to mistreatment during a forced transfer to Turkey have been shielded from prosecution, despite a formal complaint lodged by the victim. Mustafa Erdem, a teacher and the general director of the Gülistan Education Institutions, who was abducted from Kosovo in March 2018 during a covert operation carried out by officers of the Turkish intell…Istanbul, Turkey · Istanbul Read Article

Germany Accuses Turkey of Endangering Public Security, Conducting Covert Operations Targeting Dissidents - Nordic Monitor

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Levent Kenez/Stockholm A German government report has accused Turkish intelligence of operating covertly within its borders, targeting opposition groups and diaspora organizations critical of Ankara. The claims are detailed in the 2024 annual report by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), which describes ongoing surveillance and influence efforts by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization, MİT. The report states t…Germany · Germany See the Story

Turkish spy agency MIT disrupts Christian lives amid false allegations - Nordic Monitor

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Amid rising authoritarianism and xenophobia under President Recep Tayyipp Erdogan and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), Turkey’s intelligence agency, Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı (MIT), has stepped up its repression of the country’s Christian population. Motivated by political Islamist ideology, the Erdogan government’s systematic profiling of unsuspecting Christians has upended the lives of law-abiding for…Antalya · Antalya See the Story

Turkey Condemns Israel's Interception of Gaza-Bound Aid Boat, Madleen

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Espionage trial uncovers MIT surveillance of foreign diplomats in Turkey - Nordic Monitor

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The recent conviction of a former special operations officer on espionage charges in Turkey underscores Turkish intelligence agency MIT’s (Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı) assertive campaign to surveil and monitor the activities of foreign diplomats in the country, offering a rare glimpse into the agency’s operational capabilities. The evidence submitted to the court by MIT included both video footage and still photographs …Ankara · Ankara Read Article

Ankara accuses West of prolonging Ukrainian-Russian war - Nordic Monitor

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Levent Kenez/Stockholm In an interview with the state-run TRT Haber on Tuesday, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan offered a critical assessment of Western involvement in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, putting particular emphasis on the roles of the United States and European countries. He argued that certain Western policies have contributed to prolonging the conflict rather than facilitating its resolution. Since the outbreak of the war in …Ankara · Ankara Read Article

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Top Nordic Monitor News

Turkey suffers heavy losses as Iraq-Turkey pipeline remains shut amid corruption and diplomatic deadlock - Nordic Monitor

Israel kills Iranian Quds Force General Shahriyari once protected by Erdogan in Turkey - Nordic Monitor

Turkish intelligence secretly shipped arms to ISIS terrorist group in Syria - Nordic Monitor

Turkish intelligence knew of ISIS safe houses before Reina attack, yet took no action - Nordic Monitor

Kazakh medical student’s life upended by Turkish intelligence over false allegations - Nordic Monitor

Turkish spies who tortured victim kidnapped from Kosovo protected by judiciary - Nordic Monitor

Germany Accuses Turkey of Endangering Public Security, Conducting Covert Operations Targeting Dissidents - Nordic Monitor

Turkish spy agency MIT disrupts Christian lives amid false allegations - Nordic Monitor

Turkey Condemns Israel's Interception of Gaza-Bound Aid Boat, Madleen

Espionage trial uncovers MIT surveillance of foreign diplomats in Turkey - Nordic Monitor

Ankara accuses West of prolonging Ukrainian-Russian war - Nordic Monitor

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