Abdullah Bozkurt

Milstein Writing Fellow

Abdullah Bozkurt is a Swedish-based investigative journalist and analyst who runs the Nordic Research and Monitoring Network. He also serves on the advisory board of The Investigative Journal and as chairman of the Stockholm Center for Freedom. Bozkurt is the author of the book Turkey Interrupted: Derailing Democracy (2015). He previously worked as a journalist in New York, Washington, Istanbul and Ankara. He tweets at @abdbozkurt.

Articles by this Author
Organized Crime Syndicates Ranging from Drug Trafficking Networks to Racketeering Groups Have Operate with Near-Total Impunity in Turkey
Centralized Power and Expanding Capabilities Point Toward a Potential Regional Confrontation
The Plan Shifts Away from State-Dispatched Clerics Toward Locally Trained Personnel While Simultaneously Expanding the Diyanet’s Vast Global Network
Judicial Leniency and Political Priorities Collide in Istanbul Attack
Digital and Grassroots Platforms Circulate Narratives of Civilizational Conflict
Explosive Claims Point to Coordinated Pressure Campaign Targeting Wealthy Individuals
Legal Reforms Follow U.S. Pressure, but Sanctions Evasion Track Record Remains
The Strategy Is Rapidly Expanding Ankara’s Global Footprint in Arms Sales and Military Technology Transfers
Hayrettin Demircan Was Formally Designated a Suspect by Public Prosecutors Investigating Clandestine Iranian Intelligence Activities on Turkish Soil as Part of a Terrorism Probe
A U.S. Justice Department Brief Adds Fresh Details to a Terrorism Case That Already Cast Turkey as a Key Transit Corridor for Islamic State in Iraq and Syria Operatives
Turkuvaz Media Group Promotes Conspiracy Theories Portraying Jews as Criminals, Intelligence Operatives, and Members of a Global Cabal
U.S. Prosecutors Described Mirsad Kandic as a Trusted Facilitator Within ISIS’s International Support Network
When Turkish Networks Move Money, Weapons, People and Narcotics Across Borders, They Export Not Only Violence but Also the Institutional Weaknesses and Culture of Impunity
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Has Adopted a Strategic Approach Toward Iran That Prioritizes the Survival of the Clerical Regime in Tehran
Defense Minister Yaşar Güler’s Letters Put Ankara’s Syria Strategy on the Record.
The Current Islamist Government of Turkey Has Never Taken Any Action to Curb This Illegal Funding for Hezbollah
The Sweeping Indictment Alleges That a Turkish Construction Contractor and a Senior NATO Official Operated a Covert Bribery and Fraud Scheme for Nearly a Decade
Years of State Protection and Legal Impunity Allowed Jihadist Networks to Flourish Inside Turkey
Musa Abu Jafar Is a Salafist Cleric Who Has Long Promoted Jihadist Causes Across Multiple Countries
Insider Admissions Confirm Turkey’s Role in Engineering Sanctions Workarounds That Later Exploded Into a U.S. Criminal Case