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Nordic Monitor is a news web site and tracking site that is run by the Stockholm-based Nordic Research and Monitoring Network.

It covers religious, ideological and ethnic extremist movements and radical groups, with a special focus on Turkey.

01/10/2025

Abdullah Bozkurt / Stockholm Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned the conviction of Atef Shahat Abdelaal Elgendy, a senior figure in Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood (MB), along with his co-defendant, also an MB member, who were both accused of having ties to the jihadist Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group. With its ruling the highly politicized court — dominated by the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and its far-right ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) — signaled that Turkey’s leadership remains intent on shielding Egyptian jihadist figures despite a recent thaw in relations with Cairo following Ankara’s earlier open support for the Muslim Brotherhood....

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30/09/2025

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm An Iranian investor entangled in US sanctions over his cryptocurrency activities turned to Turkey to establish legal residence after years of failed attempts elsewhere, using Turkish documents and banking records to withdraw part of his frozen funds from the bankrupt US-based exchange Bittrex. But even as Turkey provided him with the crucial documentation that finally unlocked his assets, his ambitious effort to convince a Delaware court that he was owed $88 million in damages collapsed, leaving him with only a fraction of the fortune he claimed to have lost....

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29/09/2025

Levent Kenez/Stockholm A research paper published by a journal linked to Turkey’s military has reignited debate over Ankara’s role in NATO, warning that the country carries heavy frontline responsibilities while enjoying limited influence in alliance decision-making. The article, appearing in the Journal of Defence and Security Research and authored by Mehmet Kılıç of Başkent University, points to a paradox at the heart of NATO’s evolving defense posture....

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28/09/2025

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A massive US class-action lawsuit has turned the spotlight on Turkey’s growing role as a safe haven for international fraudsters, exposing how the country became a staging ground for the $100 billion OmegaPro crypto Ponzi scheme. The 137-page complaint, filed in Miami federal court in August 2024 and amended in February 2025, details how OmegaPro and its successor Go Global lured millions of investors across Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas with promises of “guaranteed” 200–300 percent returns....

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25/09/2025

Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey has moved to reshape its energy policy with a series of long-term liquefied natural gas agreements, part of a broader effort to reduce its dependence on Russia and Iran while strengthening ties with Washington during the Trump administration. The announcements came during Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar’s visit to New York this week for the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly....

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24/09/2025

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has inadvertently opened a legal pathway that could expose whether the National Intelligence Organization (MIT) played a role in “weaponizing” migration against Cyprus, an allegation long voiced by Nicosia and critics of Ankara’s eastern Mediterranean policy. In a ruling issued in May, the high court partially upheld prison sentences stemming from a deadly 2018 migrant-smuggling voyage in the eastern Mediterranean while sending key parts of the case back to the trial court....

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23/09/2025

Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey has begun providing formal air defense instruction to Syrian army personnel as part of a broader military cooperation framework agreed between Ankara and Damascus earlier this year, according to Turkish defense officials. During a September inspection visit to units of the Second Army in Gaziantep, Land Forces Commander Gen. Metin Tokel confirmed that Syrian soldiers were receiving training from Turkish instructors on a modernized 35 mm towed air defense gun system....

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22/09/2025

Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) has released its official national statistics on the Human Capital Index, with the numbers painting a troubling picture. The index, which measures how well countries invest in the health and education of their children, shows that although most Turkish children survive early childhood, weaknesses in education and gaps in long-term health mean a child born today is expected to achieve only about two-thirds of their potential productivity by the time they turn 18....

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21/09/2025

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Italy’s headline arrest of Turkish crime boss Barış (also known as Boris) Boyun and its attempt to return him to his native country has hit the nation’s toughest legal obstacle: Judges cannot approve extradition if there is a real risk of torture or degrading treatment in Turkey. That obligation, reaffirmed by Italy’s Supreme Court of Cassation (Corte Suprema di Cassazione) in an April ruling, means Boyun is likely to remain under Italian judicial oversight while the courts conduct a meticulous review of evidence and human rights concerns, relying on independent reports rather than assurances from Turkish authorities....

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18/09/2025

Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Serbia’s Justice and Reconciliation Party (SPP), a political force representing the Bosniak minority and identified with Islamist and conservative ideology. The agreement, announced by AKP Deputy Chairman for Foreign Relations Zafer Sirakaya on September 17, highlights Ankara’s ongoing efforts to deepen its presence among Muslim communities in the Balkans....

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17/09/2025

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A belated investigation by Turkish authorities into a sprawling drug trafficking syndicate stretching from Iran to Western Europe has exposed how an Iranian trafficker acquired Turkish citizenship with apparent ease and emerged as a central figure in an international crime network. The case, largely built on intelligence shared by European law enforcement, reveals a web of traffickers who for years used Turkey as a strategic hub to channel he**in into European markets via Russia and the Balkans....

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16/09/2025

Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm When Brazilian Supreme Court (Supremo Tribunal Federal, STF) Justice Flávio Dino revoked the detention of Turkish-Brazilian national Mustafa Göktepe on May 8, 2025, he did more than free a man. He signaled, once again, that Brazil’s highest court would not bend to Ankara’s campaign of branding political opponents as terrorists and pursuing them through blatant abuse of judicial mechanisms....

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