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
The Revelation Exposes Yet Another Layer of Ankara’s Increasingly Aggressive Campaign of Transnational Repression
Drug Trafficking in Turkey Operates in a Permissive Atmosphere Nurtured over Two Decades by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Ruling Justice and Development Party
For Counterterrorism Officials, the Plot Is a Chilling Reminder That While ISIS’s ‘Caliphate’ Is Gone, Its Global Recruitment Pipelines Through Turkey Have Not Been Dismantled
By Invoking the Terrorist Exclusion List Rather than FTO Designation, Washington Signals Concern but Skips a Diplomatic Confrontation
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security Has Added Nine Turkish Companies to Its Entity List
The Attacks Briefly Disrupted Operations but Underscored a Worrying Expansion of Ideologically Driven Turkish Cyber-Activism Into Western Civilian Infrastructure
An Affidavit Filed in Virginia Revealed an Alleged International Crime Network Using Turkey as a Central Hub for Laundering Stolen Euros and Operating a Human Smuggling Route to the U.S.
The Venice Commission Emphasized That the Right of the Orthodox Church to Use Its Own Titles, Including ‘Ecumenical,’ Is Part of Religious Freedom and Institutional Autonomy
At the Heart of the Dispute Lies an Allegation That Halkbank Played a Central Role in an Elaborate Financial Network Designed to Help Iran Evade U.S. Sanctions
The Judiciary Is Caught Between Enforcing the Law, Managing Diplomatic Sensitivities, and Confronting the Limitations of Statutes That Often Classify Espionage as a Minor Offense
Why Did Turkish Authorities Wait More than Two Years to Act, Even as Other European Regulators Flagged the Company as Fraudulent?
Italy Trapped in Extradition of Notorious Turkish Mobster as Judges Assess Torture Risks in Turkey
Mustafa Göktepe Became One of the Many Targets of a Vicious Campaign by the Erdoğan Government
The Case Reveals a Web of Traffickers Who for Years Used Turkey as a Strategic Hub to Channel Heroin Into European Markets via Russia and the Balkans
The Crackdown on Bribery and Corruption Announced in April at Europe’s Main Land Border Crossing with Turkey Appears to Function Primarily as a Cosmetic Gesture
The Sprawling New Compound in Ankara Faces Renewed Legal Uncertainty After Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals Annulled a Lower Court Ruling
Turkey’s Facilitation of an Asylum Scam for Migrants Willing to Pay Top Money for Illegal Transfer to Europe via Private Jets Has Been Exposed
The Erdoğan Government’s Policy Decisions and Pro-Jihadist Ideological Leanings Have Made Turks More Vulnerable to Radicalization