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NATO · Turkey

Turkey and Syria engage in secret talks on maritime border agreement - Nordic Monitor

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A letter signed by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan confirms for the first time that secret negotiations have been ongoing to delineate maritime boundaries between Turkey and Syria after the Assad regime was overthrown by Turkish-backed jihadist groups last year. The letter, obtained by Nordic Monitor, reveals that multiple Turkish institutions have been instructed to draft an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) agreemen…See the Story

Erdogan · Ankara

Erdogan appoints general accused of torture, corruption and aiding jihadists to lead $30 billion military fund - Nordic Monitor

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Levent Kenez/Stockholm Retired Lt. Gen. Zekai Aksakallı, a key figure in a controversial coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016, and a former commander of the Turkish Special Forces, has been appointed chairman of OYAK (Ordu Yardımlaşma Kurulu), the military’s pension and investment fund. The powerful fund is affiliated with the Turkish Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defense. OYAK owns more than 130 companies in 20 countries including the Uni…Read Article

Sanctions · Ankara

Turkey faces mounting defense challenges amid regional tensions - Nordic Monitor

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey’s struggle to modernize its armed forces, hampered by sanctions, procurement delays and domestic political interference, has sparked growing concern among military analysts. The recent Israeli strike on Iran has revealed Ankara’s vulnerabilities, raising new questions about its deterrent capabilities. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has paid tribute to domestically produced military drones, Altay tanks and the KAAN f…Read Article

Turkey’s FM criticizes nuclear weapons treaty as unjust, questions Turkish endorsement - Nordic Monitor

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan criticized the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), calling it structurally unjust and questioning why Turkey signed it in the first place. His remarks, delivered during a program evaluating the aftermath of the 12-day war between Israel and Iran broadcast on June 27 on the pro-government A Haber television channel, come at a time of growing tensions over nuclear is…Ankara · Ankara Read Article

EU’s aid to Turkey diverted to spying operations in Europe by Erdogan gov't - Nordic Monitor

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Abdullah Bozkurt/StockholmEuropean Union · Turkey Read Article

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 …Corruption · Turkey Read Article

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 …Erdogan · Iran Read Article

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

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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…ISIS · Hatay Read Article

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

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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

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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

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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

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Top Nordic Monitor News

Turkey and Syria engage in secret talks on maritime border agreement - Nordic Monitor

Erdogan appoints general accused of torture, corruption and aiding jihadists to lead $30 billion military fund - Nordic Monitor

Turkey faces mounting defense challenges amid regional tensions - Nordic Monitor

Turkey’s FM criticizes nuclear weapons treaty as unjust, questions Turkish endorsement - Nordic Monitor

EU’s aid to Turkey diverted to spying operations in Europe by Erdogan gov't - Nordic Monitor

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

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