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[OPINION] Turkey’s non-compliance with ECHR will only get worse

by Abdullah Bozkurt Most Turks are pinning their hopes on the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to secure a remedy for the massive injustices...

[OPINION] Anadolu news agency: Erdoğan’s Islamist propaganda tool

Abdullah Bozkurt Turkey’s state-run news agency Anadolu Ajansı (Anatolia Agency or AA) has become the main instrument of propaganda in the hands of the country’s...

[OPINION] Turkey’s criminal prosecutions doomed to fail on procedural flaws

Abdullah Bozkurt Even if we are to believe the truth of stories that totally absurd and ridiculous terrorism, espionage and coup plotting charges are levelled...

[OPINION] US Congress tightens hold on Erdoğan’s Turkey

by Abdullah Bozkurt As if existing legal troubles originating from the close ties between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Iranian sanctions buster Reza Zarrab,...

[OPINION] European rights court finds Turkey’s intel agency MİT in breach of ECHR

by Abdullah Bozkurt In a landmark decision, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey’s notorious National Intelligence Organization (MİT) violated the...

[OPINION] Turkey’s Maarif Foundation: Erdoğan’s Trojan horse

Abdullah Bozkurt Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, led by overly ambitious and self-aggrandizing President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has spent millions of dollars...

[OPINION] Turkey is now a rogue intelligence state under Erdoğan

Abdullah Bozkurt The sweeping changes to the intelligence law with the latest government decree that bypassed Parliament and avoided public debate cause one to conclude...

[OPINION] Erdoğan’s growing personality cult in Turkey

Abdullah Bozkurt Almost the entire Cabinet and senior members of the ruling Justice and Development party (AKP) government now follow the personality cult of Turkish...

[OPINION] Sippenhaft yet again: Hunting witches’ families in Turkey

by Melis Ton Sippenhaft is a term referring to a deplorable practice that belongs to Europe’s Middle Ages. Centuries ago, before Europeans adopted the Roman...

[OPINION] Erdoğan’s scheming to frame the innocent exposed

by Abdullah Bozkurt As the rule of law has ceased to exist in Turkey, a NATO ally and EU candidate country, it is no longer...

[OPINION] Is Qatar Charity funding al-Qaeda in Turkey?

Abdullah Bozkurt Turkish Islamists and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government have hastily rallied for Qatar in Doha’s recent row with Gulf and Arab states not...

How to counter Erdoğan’s disinformation war from Turkey

by Abdullah Bozkurt There is a lack of a coherent and comprehensive strategy, if not complacency, to neutralize and fight back at the multi-billion dollar...

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